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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...
Tuesday 16 December 2008
Mio to upgrade software and services for PNDs
Mio Technology, the world's third largest vendor of PNDs (portable navigation devices) under its brand Mio, will enhance its software to offer value-added location-based service (LBS)...
Tuesday 16 December 2008
Mitac acquires GPS PND business of US-based Magellan
Mitac International, a Taiwan-based maker of GPS (global positioning system) PNDs (portable navigation devices) on a ODM/OEM basis and for sale under its own brand Mio as well, on...
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...
Thursday 27 November 2008
PND shipments to grow in 2009, but prices to decline, says Berg Insight
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...
Thursday 13 November 2008
China market: 359,000 GPS PNDs sold in 3Q08
In the China market, 359,000 GPS (global positioning system) PNDs (portable navigation devices) were sold during the third quarter of 2008, increasing 39.4% on year, according to...
Wednesday 12 November 2008
Taiwan market: TomTom offers Google Maps download service
TomTom International has announced its cooperation with Google to provide free service of downloading coordinates and POI (points of interest) from Chinese-language Google Maps onto...
Wednesday 5 November 2008
Small- to medium-size displays market heading toward slow down, says DisplaySearch
Suppliers of small- to medium-size displays (under 10 inches in diagonal) will face a much less cheerier holiday season than last year. According to the latest forecast from DisplaySearch,...
Thursday 30 October 2008
TomTom lowers PND shipment target for 2008
TomTom has adjusted its PND shipments outlook for 2008 to 12-13 million units from its previous projection of 14-15 million units as demand for navigation solutions has grown at a...
Thursday 16 October 2008
Mitac PND devices come with Touch UI
Taiwan-based Mitac International has begun to offer PND devices with its self-developed touch user interface, the Spirit, under the Navman brand, according to the company.
Thursday 2 October 2008
Mitac International aims to ship over 10 million GPS PNDs in 2009
Mitac International expects to ship more than 10 million GPS PNDs in 2009, according Mio Technology president Samuel Wang at a press conference on October.
Friday 26 September 2008
PND shipment growth decelerates as alternatives gain ground
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.
Thursday 11 September 2008
China-based Coship to launch PND device with Mobile TV powered by Siano
Leading Chinese digital TV provider, Coship, has announced the launch of a new member, the CPND-4303A, to its GPS product line, with DVB-T mobile TV capability, powered by Siano's...