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Articles tagged with: Pnd
GPS smartphone shipments overtake PNDs in EMEA
Based on its latest research, Canalys estimates that global shipments of pnds (Portable Navigation Devices) in Q3 2008 rose 14% year-on-year, from 7.7 million to 8.8 million units, with North America and Asia Pacific still seeing good volume growth, of 49% and 25% respectively. But shipments in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) were down 6% in the same period. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, gps, garmin, pnds, satellite, 3, tomtom, tomtom
PND Shipment Growth Decelerates as Alternatives Gain Ground
The Portable Navigation Device's (pnd's) days of navigation domination are numbered, as mobile-handset alternatives gain in popularity over the next few years, according to iSuppli. more
Related Tags: smartphone, samsung, isuppli, smartphones, gps, garmin, pnds, oem, e911
2008 Cellular GPS Market Set to Overshadow PND Shipments
A bumper Christmas market is set to make GPS the hottest new feature in the cellular market. Taking the huge CDMA GPS market aside, GPS-enabled handsets are set to greatly outnumber pnd shipments in 2008. more
Related Tags: samsung, motorola, apple, gps, driving, lbs, cdma, lg, ims-research, ims, telmap
Almost 40% of smart phones shipping in EMEA have GPS integrated
A new report Canalys finds that growth slowed in the smart phone market in EMEA in Q2, but total shipments of 12.6 million still made it the second biggest quarter ever in volume terms. Canalys estimates that smart phones represented 13% of all mobile phone shipments. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, mobile-tv, samsung, motorola, apple, gps, driving, tim, htc, rim, mobile-internet, pnds, battery, portable-navigation-device
Indian consumer survey reveals interest in location-based services
Canalys has released the first highlights from a new survey of around 1,200 consumers, which explores the opportunity for navigation and location-based services on mobile phones and portable navigation devices (pnds) in India. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, social-networking, gps, India
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
Related Tags: wi-fi, social-networking, qualcomm, abi-research, telematics, pnds, satellite, chipsets, personal-navigation-device, personal-navigation-device
Asia Navigation Device Shipments to Exceed 185 Million in 2012
Lower-priced pnds and GPS-enabled handsets helped the Asian navigation market to prosper in 2007, and total shipments topped 39 million for the year. That figure is expected to exceed 185 million in 2012, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. more
Related Tags: gps, abi-research, location-based-services, pnds
In Europe, LBS Needs To Be More Than Sat-Nav
People have been saying, for some time, that the European cellular market is on the edge of finally embracing location based services (LBS); but, is this true? more
Related Tags: google, european-commission, roaming, gps, location-based-services, edge, pnds, ims
Explosive Growth in Real-Time Two-Way Connected Navigation
Within the broad category of Connected Navigation are devices ABI Research has termed RTTW (Real-Time Two-Way) Connected Navigation. Unlike other forms of connected navigation which can include wired connections and one-way data receivers, Real-Time Two-Way connectivity opens a new dimension of service possibilities for navigation devices. more
Related Tags: abi-research, xl, gps, chipsets, tomtom, tomtom
Personal Navigation Devices Will Surpass 100 Million Units by 2011
The consumer navigation market has seen unprecedented levels of activity and growth in 2007, mainly driven by pnds (personal navigation devices) which offer a compelling mix of ease of use, features, portability, and affordability says ABI Research. As an established mass market CE category, pnd markets will continue to grow strongly to reach a global sales volume of more than 100 million units by 2011. Dedicated pnds will remain the preferred form factor for use in the car but will be complemented by handset-based systems for pedestrian navigation and new use cases such as outdoors. New form factors such as portable media players, ultra mobile PCs, Internet tablets and mobile Internet devices will also appear. more
Related Tags: abi-research, navteq, pnds, oem