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Sunday 21 March 2010
Shipments of GPS-enabled handsets almost doubles in 2009, says Berg Insight
Global shipments of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handsets increased 92% in 2009 to 150 million units, according to a new research report by Berg Insight. Growing at a compound annual growth...
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Global LBS platform and infrastructure revenues to reach US$1.8 billion by 2015, says ABI Research
Global LBS platforms revenues will grow from US$560 million in 2010 to US$1.8 billion in 2015, at which point they will reach saturation. While in the past mobile location center...
Wednesday 10 February 2010
Lanner releases SFF digital signage computer with 3G communications and GPS
Lanner Electronics has announced the new LEC-7020, an Intel Atom-based industrial computer with 3G, GPS and Wi-Fi capabilities. The small form factor (SFF) computer has a VGA, COM,...
Friday 5 February 2010
Taiwan market: Garmin-Asustek unveils M10 GPS-enabled smartphone
Garmin-Asustek has unveiled its third GPS-enabled smartphone, the M10, in the Taiwan market. The M10, which is powered by a Qualcomm 7227 600MHz chipset and runs on Windows Mobile...
Tuesday 19 January 2010
China launches 3rd self-developed global positioning satellite
China on January 17 used a self-made rocket to launch a geostationary satellite moving a step further in setting up its self-developed global positioning and navigation satellite...
Friday 18 December 2009
Maction to increase GPS shipments to China-based Soueast Motor in 2010
Maction Technologies, the vendor of PAPAGO map software in Taiwan, has stated that its shipments of in-car GPS devices to China-based South East (Soueast) Motor will increase substantially...
Wednesday 9 December 2009
GPS chip vendors eyeing integrated platforms or portable mobile device segments, say Taiwan makers
Global and Taiwan-based providers of GPS chipset solutions vendors, which are facing increasing price competition in the GPS PND segment, are either shifting their focus to the development...
Tuesday 1 December 2009
GPS chip makers eyeing notebook market
GPS IC makers and distributors will expand their territory in the notebook market as Windows 7 enables built-in GPS platform, according to IC distributors in Taiwan.
Friday 27 November 2009
Global off-deck LBS application activations to exceed 260 million in 2010, says ABI Research
ABI Research expects off-deck LBS application downloads to increase to more than 260 million in 2010 and to reach almost two billion by 2014 since the surging popularity enjoyed by...
Wednesday 4 November 2009
Taiwan market: Garmin launches three new PNDs, aims to capture top-rank in 2010, reports paper
PND vendor Garmin has introduced three new PND devices, the nuvi 1470T, 1480 and 1350, into the Taiwan market, all featuring in-house developed Taiwan map and travel information,...
Wednesday 14 October 2009
PNDs face challenge from GPS-enabled handsets, says In-Stat
Stand-alone personal navigation device (PND) sales will continue to grow over the next five years, albeit at an anemic rate, while GPS-enabled mobile phone shipments will nearly triple...
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Global number of GPS IC shipments will approach 450 million in 2010, says ABI Research
While GPS IC shipment growth has slowed during 2009, next year should see a 30% increase in shipments, according to ABI Research. The unabated interest in GPS-enabled smartphones...
Thursday 24 September 2009
Elan sees increasing orders for touch solutions
Elan Microelectronics has recently landed more orders for touchscreen IC and module solutions, with order visibility extending into the first half of 2010, according to market sources...
Friday 4 September 2009
Taiwan market: Asustek ties up with two carriers to promote Nuvifone G60 and M20 GPS handsets
Asustek Computer has tied up with Taiwan Mobile and Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to push sales of Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60 and M20 GPS-enabled handsets, respectively, with aims to ship...
Thursday 3 September 2009
Lanner introduces automotive DVR with 3G wireless and 4-channel H.264
Lanner Electronics has announced the release of the VW-1104, a compact mobile DVR platform built on the Intel Atom CPU and offering Wi-Fi, 3G mobile and GPS communications along with...