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Thursday 3 September 2009
Smartphones to surpass PNDs in navigation market in 2014, says iSuppli
By 2014, usage of navigation-enabled smartphones will rise to 305 million units, exceeding the 128 million PNDs that will be around by then, according to iSuppli.
Tuesday 1 September 2009
Healthy outlook for GPS for sport and fitness, says ABI Research
Shipments of dedicated sport and fitness hardware such as Suunto GPS watches, Garmin cycling computers, and GPS golf rangefinders are suffering from the recession. But smartphone...
Monday 17 August 2009
Samsung unveils three new digital cameras for launch in August
Samsung Electronics on August 14 debuted three new digital camera models, ST500, ST550 and ST1000, for launch simultaneously in Taiwan, South Korea, the US, the UK and other main...
Wednesday 12 August 2009
Global PND market recovering from slump, say sources
Sequential improvements in revenues in the second quarter of 2009 recorded by the word's top-two vendors, Garmin and TomTom, signal that the global PND market has recovered from the...
Monday 10 August 2009
System makers freeze GPS chip orders for MStar, sources claim
MStar Semiconductor has yet to settle disputes with its customers who experienced issues with their devices adopting the IC designer's GPS chips, according to industry sources. Most...
Friday 31 July 2009
Garmin-Asus smartphone hits Taiwan market amid growing global demand for GPS-enabled handsets
Asustek Computer and Garmin have launched their co-developed GPS-centric smartphone, the Nuvifone G60, in the Taiwan market, cashing in on the growing demand for GPS-enabled handsets...
Tuesday 28 July 2009
CSR debuts SiRFstarIV location-aware architecture
Fresh on the heels of its merger with SiRF, CSR has launched its SiRFstarIV location-aware architecture with SiRFaware self-assisted, micro-power GPS technology, which enables consumer...
Thursday 9 July 2009
Synnex starts marketing Navigon-brand GPS devices in Australia
Synnex Technology International, a 3C (computer, communication, consumer electronics) channel distributor in Taiwan, has said that it began to market Navigon-brand in-car GPS devices...
Wednesday 8 July 2009
Consumer LBS market to more than double in 2009, says Gartner
Worldwide consumer location-based service (LBS) subscribers and revenues are on pace to double in 2009, according to Gartner. Despite an expected 4% decrease in mobile device sales,...
Monday 6 July 2009
Global handset navigation subscriber base to grow to 26 million by 2010, says ABI Research
While PND and in-dash navigation device sales continue to suffer from the economic recession, handset-based turn-by-turn navigation is boosted by the rapidly growing smartphone segment...
Thursday 2 July 2009
Yageo unveils 1044 SMD LP patch antenna for GPS applications
Yageo has announced 1044 SMD LP patch antenna catering to GPS applications for smartphones, PNDs and notebooks. Yageo's 1044 SMD LP patch antenna is capable of delivering up to 80%...
Wednesday 1 July 2009
Driver IC designer ILI says margin improved in 2Q09
ILI Technology has estimated a gross margin of 20-25% for the second quarter, up from 18% in the first. The LCD driver IC designer said it expects clearer order visibility through...
Tuesday 30 June 2009
CSR and SiRF complete merger
CSR and SiRF Technology have completed the merger between SiRF and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSR, creating a leading pure-play provider of connectivity and...
Tuesday 23 June 2009
MStar GPS chips have positioning issues, sources claim
An estimated 100,000 GPS devices built around an MStar Semiconductor solution and shipped to Taiwan, China, and North America shut down at zero o'clock on June 14 (GMT time), which...
Wednesday 17 June 2009
New SiRF processor most likely to target mobile TV solutions
The recent launch by GPS chip design house Sirf of its SiRFatlasIV multifunction location system processor will most likely target mobile TV applications at first, according to Kanwar...