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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.
Friday 15 May 2009
Major PND players likely to launch CMMB-enabled devices for China market by year-end
PND players are expected to launch devices supporting China's CMMB mobile TV standard before the end of the year, according to sources within Taiwan's PND industry.
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.
Thursday 30 April 2009
Mobile computing and CE devices to drive next wave of rapid GPS growth, reports In-Stat
Although cellular handsets will continue to dominate shipments of devices with integrated GPS, the next growth spurt will come from mobile consumer electronics (CE) and mobile computing...
Monday 27 April 2009
Touchscreen penetration in notebooks no more than 5% this year, says AUO president
LJ Chen, president of TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO), has indicated that touchscreen penetration in the notebook market will only reach 2-5% this year globally, as it may...
Wednesday 22 April 2009
GPS navigation service providers to focus on combining LBS and advertising in 2009, says Navteq
Providers of GPS navigation services around the world are expected to focus their operations in 2009 on combining location-based services (LBS) with advertising, according to Partner...
Wednesday 25 March 2009
Global PND shipments will stagnate at 39 million units in 2009, says ABI Research
The once booming PND market is grinding to a halt in 2009 with little or no growth expected in most regions, according to ABI Research. With the European PND market forecast to decline...
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...
Monday 16 March 2009
IC distributors offering integrated magnetic sensor solutions for PND market
IC distributors plan to begin shipments of integrated accelerometer (g-sensor) and magnetic sensor solutions for the PND segment towards the end of the second quarter of 2009, according...
Friday 13 March 2009
MID shipments to rise nearly eightfold by 2012, says iSuppli
The definition of the mobile Internet device (MID) may be somewhat nebulous, given the category overlaps multiple products, ranging from some ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs) to certain portable...
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...
Friday 23 January 2009
AUO expects 30% drop in small- to medium-size panel shipments in 1Q
AU Optronics (AUO) expects its small- to medium-size LCD panel shipments to drop 30% in the first quarter because of seasonality.