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Tuesday 9 June 2009
Mitac to offer new Litepad-series PND product line in 2H09
Taiwan-based GPS device maker Mitac International will offer its brand new Litepad-series PND product lineup in the second half of 2009, according to company president Billy Ho.
Thursday 30 April 2009
Mio unveils three new PND products
Mio Technology, the brand division of Mitac International, has unveiled three PND products, the Moov S505, S555 and V765.
Wednesday 29 April 2009
Garmin and TomTom face challenging competition in Asia
While Garmin and TomTom together occupied 67% of the global shipments of portable navigation devices (PNDs) in the fourth quarter of 2008, their combined share in the Asia market...
Wednesday 18 March 2009
Mitac PND market share lags behind competitors in 4Q08
Taiwan-based Mitac International's Mio- and Navman-branded PND devices held 6% of the global GPS PND market in the fourth quarter of 2008, much lower than the 37% of Garmin and 30%...
Tuesday 17 March 2009
North America overtakes EMEA as largest satellite navigation market, says Canalys
North America overtook EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) as the largest regional market for PNDs in the final quarter of 2008, according to research firm Canalys. In fourth-quarter...
Wednesday 25 February 2009
Wintek to ship LCD panels for GPS devices and DSCs
Taiwan-based small- to medium-size TFT-LCD and touch panel maker Wintek will start shipments of TFT-LCD panels for use in GPS navigation devices and digital still cameras (DSCs),...
Tuesday 24 February 2009
Garmin sees sales growth in 4Q08; increases global PND market share
Garmin has reported sales of US$1.05 billion for the fourth quarter of 2008, up 20% sequentially but down 14% on year. Gross margin was 41.1%, representing a slight decline from 44.3%...
Friday 6 February 2009
Commentary: Will the co-brand strategy for handsets work for Garmin and Asustek?
The early February announcement of a strategic alliance between Asustek Computer and PND vendor Garmin to develop and market co-branded LBS (location base service)-centric mobile...
Wednesday 4 February 2009
Garmin and Asustek to create co-branded LBS-centric Nuvifone
Garmin and Asustek Computer have announced a strategic alliance that will leverage the companies' navigation and mobile telephony expertise to design, manufacture and distribute co-branded...
Thursday 22 January 2009
China market: GPS PND sales up almost 64% in 2008
An estimated 1.57 million GPS PNDs (portable navigation devices) were sold in the China market in 2008, rising by 63.7% from 2007, according to China-based CCID Consulting.
Wednesday 14 January 2009
Mitac completes purchase of Magellan consumer product division
Mitac International has announced the completion of its purchase of the Consumer Product Division of Magellan Navigation. Magellan will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitac....
Monday 22 December 2008
Garmin expects to ship 18 million GPS devices in 2008
Garmin, due to better than originally expected sales performance in the North American market since the Black Friday weekend, estimates that its 2008 total sales volume of PNDs and...
Friday 19 December 2008
Mitac International to offer GPS PNDs based on Windows Embedded NavReady 2009
Mitac International has adopted Microsoft's Windows Embedded NavReady 2009, a new platform based on Windows Embedded CE specifically tailored for GPS navigation devices, and will...
Thursday 11 December 2008
Mitac falling short of 2008 GPS PND shipments target; to enter netbook OEM business
Mitac International will probably be unable to sustain its goal to ship eight million GPS PNDs (including own-brand and ODM/OEM models) in 2008 due to a severe slump in the global...
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Taiwan PND makers face growing competition from other GPS applications
Taiwan-based ODM/OEM GPS PND makers are under increasing competitive pressure because various portable devices, including handsets, netbook, MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) and digital...