Articles tagged with: Navigation and Telematics

iSuppli Gets Exclusive First Look at Mercedes-Benz's mbrace System

.. use with the onboard navigation system. iSuppli's Infotainment Usability Service "We were delighted to be the first market intelligence firm to have access to this vehicle," said Phil Magney, vice president of iSuppli's Automotive Business U more

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The Next Internet Boom: Connected Cars

..nds-Free Interfaces (HFI) to the entertainment or navigation system. Telematics refers to the solutions and applications built on top of information content flowing via wireless communication to and/or from cars. Telematics systems presently u more

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Airbiquity Taps Telenor for International M2M Data Services

..unced a partnership to enable in-vehicle connectivity for applications in automotive, portable navigation and fleet solutions across Europe. Under this new agreement, Telenor Connexion will provide international GPRS communication services for M more

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Speech Applications in Mobile Computing to Triple by 2014

..f in-vehicle telematics, which are entertainment or navigation systems factory-installed in automobiles, and PNDs use a combination of ASR and text-to-speech (TTS) technologies. Common functions include address input, music playlist management, more

Location Ecosystem Still Looking for Sustainable Growth and Viable Business Model

..Dominique Bonte. "The industry is still characterized by too much experimentation, with navigation vendors moving from PNDs to handset-based navigation and vice versa, diluting their market and brand positions in the process. Each player in th more

Cellular Machine-to-Machine Module Shipments to Increase Fourfold by 2013

..as GM's widely deployed OnStar, as well as by in-dash navigation systems. "In the US, the competitive response to OnStar's success is a major factor in promoting cellular M2M," says Lucero. Most of the major car manufacturers are re more

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Third of Portable Navigation Devices Will Offer Two-Way Connectivity by 2013

The emergence of connected navigation services such as real-time traffic, live local search and map updates is prompting many PND vendors such as Magellan, Mio, TomTom, and Dash to develop connected personal navigation device (PND) solutions with two-way real-time connectivity based on cellular or Wi-Fi technology. more

A Vehicle Communications System in Your Mobile Phone

..otive manufacturers are now facing up to that reality. It hasn't been easy. "Satellite navigation was a telematics killer application that the automotive industry couldn't exploit," says Dave Marples, chief scientist for systems developers Tec more

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Portable Navigation: The Future is Bright for Connectivity

Mobile phone-based navigation is remaking the GPS market. While Garmin and TomTom remain the worldwide market leaders for portable navigation devices (PNDs) today, mobile phone makers Nokia, Motorola, LG and Samsung are expected to lead the way in the near future. This will happen as the worldwide portable navigation market grows from 50 million units in 2007 to more than 500 million units in 2015, according to Telematics Research Group. more

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Samsung Handset Supports Real-Time Traffic Service

..tation information service based on terrestrial DMB data broadcasting. Personal Media Players or navigation devices that support the TPEG service have been released in the past, but SPH-B5800 is the first mobile phone to support the TPEG service.The more

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