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Articles tagged with: Personal and Abi Research
Mobile advertising on social networking sites must drive two-way interaction
The publication of the new white paper by Peggy Anne Salz, highlights that in the personal world of mobile social networks, advertising that encourages two-way interaction between advertisers and consumers will be more successful than conventional "push" style banner ads. The report suggests that virtual gifting is seen by many as the starting point for cultivating this two-way conversation. more
Related Tags: social-networking, bango, analytics, rsa, ovi, mobile-advertising, testing, mobile-analytics
Global PND Shipments Will Stagnate at 39 Million Units in 2009
The once booming personal navigation device market is grinding to a halt in 2009 with little or no growth expected in most regions. With the European PND market forecast to decline and the North American market remaining flat, Asia-Pacific remains the only growth market. more
Related Tags: nokia, smartphone, eu, gps, lbs, ovi, touchscreen, pnd, pnds, tomtom, tomtom, personal-navigation-device, navigation, navigation-services
Consumers View MIDs as Cell Phone Replacements
..n the form of specialized Internet-connected CE devices such as media players or personal navigation devices. more
Related Tags: smartphone, itu, netbooks, palm-pre, palm, mobile-internet, 3, navigation
GPS-Enabled Handsets Expected to Bypass the Economic Downturn
..e location awareness will be synonymous with smart devices, a point where personal navigation, social spatial knowledge, and location-specific contextual information will be assumed handset capabilities." more
Related Tags: android, google, nokia, iphone, smartphone, apple, ict, edge, smartphones, gps, blackberry, open-source, apple-iphone, smart, chipsets, navigation
GPS Smartphones Generating Renewed Momentum for the LBS Infrastructure Industry
The recent launches of GPS-enabled smartphones with touch screen interfaces such as Apple's iPhone, the BlackBerry Storm, the T-Mobile G1, Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic, and Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 are fueling interest in handset-based navigation and location based services (LBS) despite the worsening economic climate. In turn this drives both third party LBS application development and the roll out of LBS infrastructure by carriers to support the much needed Secure User Plane Location (SUPL)-compliant Assisted GPS functionality. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, wi-fi, t-mobile, nokia, iphone, smartphone, apple, apple, smartphones, gps, ericsson, lbs, location-based-services, blackberry, sony, a-gps, e911, personal-navigation-devices, displays, xperia, polaris-wireless, navigation, option, touch-screen
Predictive Traffic Data Will Bring Much Needed Value to the Navigation Market
..h launches in other European countries and the addition of driver personalization scheduled for the end of 2008. It provides greater confidence in the routes selected and journey times enabling consumers and professionals such as logistics comp more
Related Tags: driving, navigon, garmin, weather, navigation, congestion
Location Ecosystem Still Looking for Sustainable Growth and Viable Business Model
Despite the relative success of personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) and industrial GPS applications, the location ecosystem has yet to reach a mature stage as it continues to encounter challenges on its way to continued profitable growth. While penetration levels of consumer telematics and LBS services remain low, the more established product categories suffer from price erosion and dwindling margin levels as evidenced by the recent financial results of PND vendor TomTom. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, social-networking, rsa, gps, wind, lbs, pnd, telematics, pnds, personal-navigation-devices, navigation
Business Customers’ Mobile IM Adoption More About Familiarity than Mobility
..martphone penetration is a big factor driving mobile messaging ARPUs. But personal usage of mobile services is also an important factor. AT&T appears to have successfully combined these two drivers, showing the greatest overall mobile messa more
Related Tags: t-mobile, mobile-messaging, smartphone, arpu, driving, verizon, mobile-im, sprint, displays, qwerty,
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