Articles tagged with: Pnds and Personal Navigation Devices

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, abi-research, lbs, personal, pnd, telematics

Mio and Qualcomm Announce Collaboration to Develop GPS Devices

GPS device manufacturer, Mio Technology and Qualcomm have announced a collaboration to develop connected personal navigation devices (pnds). These new connected pnds will leverage Qualcomm's technology with the QST1100 chipset to deliver GPS capability within cellular devices.  more

Related Tags: qualcomm, gps, chipset

Navigation Maps: Hidden Treasure?

Holders of map Intellectual Property (IP) now occupy the most important position in the global GPS navigation supply chain. Navteq and Tele Atlas, the two remaining major independent map IP suppliers with broad geographic coverage, now are in the process of being acquired, with Nokia recently announcing a bid for Navteq.  more

Related Tags: european-commission, isuppli, gps, garmin, pnd, navteq, antitrust, tele-atlas, tomtom, tomtom

Mobile Phones to Radically Change the Navigation Device Market

Mobile phone operators now have the ability to market a downloadable navigation application that is just as good as, if not better, than personal navigation devices (pnds), reports In-Stat. As a result, handset-based mapping and navigation applications could cause a major change in the overall navigation market, which is now dominated by relatively expensive standalone devices, the high-tech market research firm says. more

Related Tags: in-stat, a-gps, e911