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...
The PND R&D teams under Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Wistron have been shifted to the development of e-book readers and MIDs due to declining PND orders,...
Google's recent release of Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0-platform devices may impact GPS PND vendors such as Garmin and TomTom as well as other handset makers, according...
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,...
Taiwan-based handset maker Inventec Appliances expects consolidated revenues to increase from NT$11.6 billion (US$354 million) posted in the third quarter to NT$15 billion in the...
Portable navigation devices (PNDs) now have entered a period of slowing growth, spurring companies throughout the supply chain to re-evaluate their business models, according to iS...
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...
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.
Small- to medium-size TFT-LCDs will experience dramatic changes over the next year, driven by market demand and the shift of larger fabs to production of small- to medium-size panels,...
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...
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...
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%...
The Taiwan government has imposed a quality inspection measure on all GPS PND devices for sale in Taiwan, according to sources at the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection...
Mitac International recently placed a large order of PND processors due to the improving PND market demand in the US, helping to digest inventory at its IC distributor Zenitron, according...
