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Articles tagged with: Pnds and Telematics
Speech Applications in Mobile Computing to Triple by 2014
As individuals around the world become more accustomed to using mobile computing devices in hands-busy, eyes-busy environments, the market for speech recognition technologies within these devices is expected to gain considerable traction within the next five years. In a new report, market analyst Datamonitor predicts the global market for advanced speech recognition (ASR) in mobile handsets will increase from $32.7 million in 2009 to $99.6 million in 2014. That for ASR in in-vehicle telematics is expected to grow at a similar rate, from $64.3 million in 2009 to 208.2 million by 2014. 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
Related Tags: wi-fi, social-networking, rsa, gps, wind, abi-research, lbs, personal, pnd, personal-navigation-devices
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, pnd, satellite, chipsets, personal-navigation-device, personal-navigation-device
Portable Navigation: The Future is Bright for Connectivity
Mobile phone-based navigation is remaking the GPS market. While Garmin and TomTom remain the worldwide market leaders for portable navigation devices (pnds) today, mobile phone makers Nokia, Motorola, LG and Samsung are expected to lead the way in the near future. This will happen as the worldwide portable navigation market grows from 50 million units in 2007 to more than 500 million units in 2015, according to Telematics Research Group. more
Related Tags: gps, samsung, lg, compete, garmin, tomtom, tomtom
Cell phones and PDAs; Tomorrow's navigation systems
Aside from commercial or marine applications, most global positioning systems (GPS) are installed in cars--helping people get from point A to B while driving. But a new breed of navigation systems is about to change this as millions of consumers will soon get driving directions via their cell phone or PDA. more
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