Articles tagged with: Pnds and Driving

Mobile Internet Device Shipments to Rise Nearly Eightfold by 2012

The definition of the Mobile Internet Device (MID) may be somewhat nebulous, given the category overlaps multiple products, ranging from some Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs) to certain Portable Media Players (PMPs). However, there's nothing nebulous about the MID growth opportunity, with global unit shipments expected to expand by nearly a factor of eight from 2007 to 2012, according to iSuppli Corp.  more

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Touch Screens in Mobile Devices to Deliver $5 Billion Next Year

Touch screens have been available for some time and are found in a variety of fixed and portable devices, but it was the launch of AppleÃ's iPhone that refocused the publicÃ's attention on them as never before. Shipments in 2007 of touch screen-based mobile devices increased 91% over 2006, and ABI Research forecasts that revenue from the global touch screen market for mobile phones and other handheld devices such as MIDs, UMPCs, and pnds will reach $5 billion in 2009.  more

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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

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