Articles tagged with: Pnds and Personal

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

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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

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