Looking to beef up its GPS product line, Mitac International has agreed to buy the consumer products division of GPS maker Magellan Navigation for an undisclosed sum.

MiTAC said that Magellan is the third-largest brand in the North American PND market, with a 6.6% share in the third quarter of 2008 and single-quarter shipment of about 208,000 units, trailing Garmin and TomTom

Taiwanese company Mitac, known to us their GPS-navigators Mio, announced the acquisition of American companies Magellan. It is about buying a GPS-business California Magellan, including assets, trademarks, intellectual property, etc. The amount of the transaction is not clearly defined, but already knows that it will not exceed $ 96 million specific amount will be determined in January 2009,

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It looks like Magellan has decided to sell their consumer products division to MiTAC. MiTAC is of course the owner of Mio. I guess they should be happy they purchased their rival. What will happen to Magellan’s GPS products? Time will tell! But for now Magellan is more popular than Mio despite it doesn’t necessarily

A week ago I posted on Zeus Quest: Anagennisis of Gaia, and today I'm happy to announce the winners of 5 free copies that were offered here by the publisher. The following forum members should be hearing from the publisher soon (and if not, feel free to contact me). Congratulations goes to... yawanag, jgrnt1, hubermsdj, timtam, and Magellan! Enjoy the game!

Magellan announced a new GPS series. It’s the Maestro 4350 composed of the 4350 and 4370 version. Both units have a new interface called OneTouch which will be very helpful in case you decide to pick any one of them. OneTouch will help you select your favorite destination from a single page. Each icon will

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The Magellan Maestro 4370 GPS System was first announced in the start of 2008, and a couple of months later the unit is finally on their website with pricing information and many other details. The average cost of a GPS system - even if it is a good one - turns out to be

iPhone owners who usually don't like to eat at home have now a new app that can help them in finding the way to a good restaurant. Named LocalEats and developed by Magellan Press, Inc., the application relies on the GPS capabilities of Apple's handset in order to lead hungry people to a restaurant of their choice in 50 of US' most important cities. The new app is based on info from ...