MediaTek launches 4-in-1 chip targeting smartphones, tablets

Jul 22, 01:00

MediaTek has rolled out a new 4-in-1 SoC solution designed for smartphones, tablet PCs and portable electronics devices. Dubbed MT6620, the solution integrates 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth...

Software designer Wistron ITS cooperates with Hitachi over landmark software

May 26, 01:40

Taiwan-based Wistron ITS, a software design subsidiary of Wistron, has recently cooperated with Japan-based Hitachi and plans to import the landmark information software GeoPDF, which...

Taiwan eyes telematics business derived from EU navigation satellite Galileo

Mar 24, 14:12

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on March 23 announced the commencement of the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) 2011 Taiwan, a European Union (EU)-sponsored...

Taiwan market: Asustek launches GPS smartphone A50 through cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom

Dec 29, 01:30

Asustek Computer on December 28 announced the launch of A50, a smartphone equipped with GPS navigation functionality, for contract-bundled sale in the Taiwan market through cooperation...

Mitac International files lawsuit against PND software designer Maction

Dec 21, 01:55

Taiwan-based GPS portable navigation device (PND) maker Mitac International has filed lawsuit against Taiwan-based PND software designer Maction, accusing Maction to have violated...

Zenitron points to touch panel IC and USB 3.0 as main growth drivers in 2011

Dec 15, 14:43

IC distributor Zenitron expects touch panel IC and USB 3.0 products to be the main revenue growth drivers in 2011.

Taiwan market: Mio introduces GPS driving recorder

Dec 1, 10:55

Mio Technology, a division under the Mitac Group, introduced its first driving recorders with global positioning system (GPS) and shock sensor functionalities built in and priced...

Taiwan market: Garmin occupies over 50% of GPS PND sales

Nov 5, 14:17

US-based Garmin has dominated Taiwan's portable navigation device (PND) market with a share of more than 50%, followed by local vendors Mio and PaPaGo with over 20% and more than...

Smartphones impact automotive infotainment, says iSuppli

Sep 13, 13:58

Already having impacted the automotive telephony, digital music and navigation segments, the smartphone is poised to have a greater influence on car infotainment systems in the future,...

Shipments of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handsets increase 92% in 2009, says Berg Insight

Aug 20, 15:18

Global shipments of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handsets increased 92% in 2009 to 150 million units, according to research firm Berg Insight. Growing at a CAGR of 38.7%, shipments are forecast...

Four out of five cell phones to integrate GPS by end of 2011, says iSuppli

Jul 19, 16:13

With cell phones increasingly becoming the nexus of the burgeoning markets for navigation and Location Based Services (LBS), the use of GPS technology in such platforms is set to...

One-third of all cars to integrate eco-friendly navigation systems by 2020, says iSuppli

May 4, 15:00

Rising concerns over the environmental impact of passenger cars and trucks will spur massive growth in the use of eco-assist systems in the coming years, with slightly more than one-third...

HTC acquires stake in China-based LBS provider, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 21, 14:20

High Tech Computer (HTC) on April 20 announced that it will acquire a 10% stake in Shanghai-based location based service (LBS) provider Shanghai Gsuo Information Technology via a...

China-based GPS vendor UniStrong outsources PND production to Foxconn and Foxlink, say sources

Apr 7, 13:56

Beijing UniStrong Science & Technology, the largest vendor of GPS products in China, has begun outsourcing the production of its own-brand PND products to the Foxconn (Hon Hai)...

Shipments of GPS-enabled handsets almost doubles in 2009, says Berg Insight

Mar 21, 15:29

Global shipments of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handsets increased 92% in 2009 to 150 million units, according to a new research report by Berg Insight. Growing at a compound annual growth...

Global LBS platform and infrastructure revenues to reach US$1.8 billion by 2015, says ABI Research

Mar 16, 16:58

Global LBS platforms revenues will grow from US$560 million in 2010 to US$1.8 billion in 2015, at which point they will reach saturation. While in the past mobile location center...

Taiwan market: Garmin-Asustek unveils M10 GPS-enabled smartphone

Feb 5, 14:07

Garmin-Asustek has unveiled its third GPS-enabled smartphone, the M10, in the Taiwan market. The M10, which is powered by a Qualcomm 7227 600MHz chipset and runs on Windows Mobile...

China launches 3rd self-developed global positioning satellite

Jan 19, 15:54

China on January 17 used a self-made rocket to launch a geostationary satellite moving a step further in setting up its self-developed global positioning and navigation satellite...

Maction to increase GPS shipments to China-based Soueast Motor in 2010

Dec 18, 15:17

Maction Technologies, the vendor of PAPAGO map software in Taiwan, has stated that its shipments of in-car GPS devices to China-based South East (Soueast) Motor will increase substantially...

GPS chip vendors eyeing integrated platforms or portable mobile device segments, say Taiwan makers

Dec 9, 14:20

Global and Taiwan-based providers of GPS chipset solutions vendors, which are facing increasing price competition in the GPS PND segment, are either shifting their focus to the development...

Global off-deck LBS application activations to exceed 260 million in 2010, says ABI Research

Nov 27, 10:30

ABI Research expects off-deck LBS application downloads to increase to more than 260 million in 2010 and to reach almost two billion by 2014 since the surging popularity enjoyed by...

Taiwan market: Garmin launches three new PNDs, aims to capture top-rank in 2010, reports paper

Newswatch - Nov 4, 15:14

PND vendor Garmin has introduced three new PND devices, the nuvi 1470T, 1480 and 1350, into the Taiwan market, all featuring in-house developed Taiwan map and travel information,...

PNDs face challenge from GPS-enabled handsets, says In-Stat

Oct 14, 17:11

Stand-alone personal navigation device (PND) sales will continue to grow over the next five years, albeit at an anemic rate, while GPS-enabled mobile phone shipments will nearly triple...

Global number of GPS IC shipments will approach 450 million in 2010, says ABI Research

Sep 30, 16:11

While GPS IC shipment growth has slowed during 2009, next year should see a 30% increase in shipments, according to ABI Research. The unabated interest in GPS-enabled smartphones...

Elan sees increasing orders for touch solutions

Sep 24, 14:33

Elan Microelectronics has recently landed more orders for touchscreen IC and module solutions, with order visibility extending into the first half of 2010, according to market sources...

Taiwan market: Asustek ties up with two carriers to promote Nuvifone G60 and M20 GPS handsets

Sep 4, 13:54

Asustek Computer has tied up with Taiwan Mobile and Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to push sales of Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60 and M20 GPS-enabled handsets, respectively, with aims to ship...

Lanner introduces automotive DVR with 3G wireless and 4-channel H.264

Sep 3, 15:10

Lanner Electronics has announced the release of the VW-1104, a compact mobile DVR platform built on the Intel Atom CPU and offering Wi-Fi, 3G mobile and GPS communications along with...

Smartphones to surpass PNDs in navigation market in 2014, says iSuppli

Sep 3, 14:16

By 2014, usage of navigation-enabled smartphones will rise to 305 million units, exceeding the 128 million PNDs that will be around by then, according to iSuppli.

Healthy outlook for GPS for sport and fitness, says ABI Research

Sep 1, 11:22

Shipments of dedicated sport and fitness hardware such as Suunto GPS watches, Garmin cycling computers, and GPS golf rangefinders are suffering from the recession. But smartphone...

Samsung unveils three new digital cameras for launch in August

Aug 17, 10:40

Samsung Electronics on August 14 debuted three new digital camera models, ST500, ST550 and ST1000, for launch simultaneously in Taiwan, South Korea, the US, the UK and other main...

Global PND market recovering from slump, say sources

Aug 12, 12:09

Sequential improvements in revenues in the second quarter of 2009 recorded by the word's top-two vendors, Garmin and TomTom, signal that the global PND market has recovered from the...