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
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WirelessDeveloper on 19th Dec 2008 (via wirelessdevnet.com)
Portable navigation device (PND) shipments in Europe and North America will continue to grow into the next decade, according to Berg Insight. The research firm also forecasts that shipments will reach 56 million units in 2012. However, eroding prices are expected to cause a decline in revenues in 2009. "The personal navigation market has enjoyed phenomenal success in the recent years," said Andre ...
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JustAnotherMobilePhoneBlog on 28th Nov 2008 (via feeds.feedburner.com)
Last week TeleNav announced their new Shotgun personal navigation device (PND). The Shotgun takes the tried and true TeleNav navigation software (found on many carrier phones as AT&T Navigator, Sprint Navigation, etc.) and places it on a very nice piece of hardware. I was sent an evaluation unit to check out and wanted to offer a few first impressions, along with plenty of device pics and scr...
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TheMobileGadgeteer on 18th Nov 2008 (via feeds.feedburner.com)
Best Buy, under its Isignia brand, will launch some personal navigation devices (PND) that will have cellular modem capabilities to them. The Insignia GPS devices will utilize Windows CE, the core system behind Windows Mobile. The device's selling price will also cover the cost of wireless data through an unspecified mobile network virtual operator (MVNO). The bundled cost of wireless subscri...
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Pocketnow on 25th Oct 2008 (via feeds.feedburner.com)
The once-hot market for portable navigation devices is starting to cool off because of competition from smart phones with built-in GPS navigation. Some say the PND could soon go the way of the personal digital assistant.
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CellularNews on 22nd Oct 2008 (via feeds.feedburner.com)
The portable navigation device's (PND) days of navigation domination are numbered, as mobile-handset alternatives gain in popularity over the next few years, according to iSuppli. In 2007, PNDs accounted for about half of all navigation device shipments, with the remainder divided up among automotive in-dash systems, smart phones and mobile handsets. However, by 2010, the PNDs' share of shipments ...
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JustAnotherMobilePhoneBlog on 27th Sep 2008 (via feeds.feedburner.com)
The Portable Navigation Device's (PND's) days of navigation domination are numbered, as mobile-handset alternatives gain in popularity over the next few years, according to iSuppli.
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RMI announces mPND initiative set to deliver rich media capabilities, Mobile TV, and lower cost GPS in new PND products.
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MobileTechNews on 16th Sep 2008 (via mobiletechnews.com)