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...

System makers freeze GPS chip orders for MStar, sources claim

Aug 10, 13:51

MStar Semiconductor has yet to settle disputes with its customers who experienced issues with their devices adopting the IC designer's GPS chips, according to industry sources. Most...

CSR debuts SiRFstarIV location-aware architecture

Jul 28, 17:10

Fresh on the heels of its merger with SiRF, CSR has launched its SiRFstarIV location-aware architecture with SiRFaware self-assisted, micro-power GPS technology, which enables consumer...

Synnex starts marketing Navigon-brand GPS devices in Australia

Jul 9, 16:09

Synnex Technology International, a 3C (computer, communication, consumer electronics) channel distributor in Taiwan, has said that it began to market Navigon-brand in-car GPS devices...

Consumer LBS market to more than double in 2009, says Gartner

Jul 8, 16:07

Worldwide consumer location-based service (LBS) subscribers and revenues are on pace to double in 2009, according to Gartner. Despite an expected 4% decrease in mobile device sales,...

Global handset navigation subscriber base to grow to 26 million by 2010, says ABI Research

Jul 6, 10:39

While PND and in-dash navigation device sales continue to suffer from the economic recession, handset-based turn-by-turn navigation is boosted by the rapidly growing smartphone segment...

Yageo unveils 1044 SMD LP patch antenna for GPS applications

Jul 2, 15:27

Yageo has announced 1044 SMD LP patch antenna catering to GPS applications for smartphones, PNDs and notebooks. Yageo's 1044 SMD LP patch antenna is capable of delivering up to 80%...

Driver IC designer ILI says margin improved in 2Q09

Jul 1, 15:21

ILI Technology has estimated a gross margin of 20-25% for the second quarter, up from 18% in the first. The LCD driver IC designer said it expects clearer order visibility through...

CSR and SiRF complete merger

Jun 30, 11:02

CSR and SiRF Technology have completed the merger between SiRF and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSR, creating a leading pure-play provider of connectivity and...

New SiRF processor most likely to target mobile TV solutions

Jun 17, 16:04

The recent launch by GPS chip design house Sirf of its SiRFatlasIV multifunction location system processor will most likely target mobile TV applications at first, according to Kanwar...

MediaTek gearing up new WCDMA and DSC chips

Jun 17, 14:36

MediaTek is expected to introduce a lineup of new chip solutions for WCDMA handsets and digital still cameras (DSCs) soon, with volume production slated for the latter half of 2009,...

Skymedi supplies eMMC for HTC, Nokia and Garmin, sources say

Jun 15, 12:05

Taiwan's Skymedi, a memory controller IC maker, has recently cut into the supply chains of High Tech Computer (HTC), Nokia and Garmin with its eMMC products, according to industry...

SiRF introduces SiRFatlasIV multifunction location system processor

Jun 10, 17:01

SiRF Technology has introduced the SiRFatlasIV multifunction location system processor targeting an emerging class of location-centric devices.

Alternative positioning technologies the key to unlocking the handset, says ABI Research

Jun 4, 14:58

While GPS has become a standard feature in smartphones driven by the popularity of mapping, navigation and LBS applications, GPS penetration in feature phones remains low outside...

Garmin selects MediaTek GPS chipsets for outdoor navigation devices

May 26, 11:56

MediaTek has announced that its single-chip all-in-one GPS solution MT3329 is in mass production and has been integrated with a wide range of Garmin outdoor navigators, the Garmin...

As LBS subscribers multiply, sustainable business models begin to emerge, says ABI Research

May 13, 10:37

The number of subscribers to handset-hosted location based services (LBS) increased in 2008 to more than 18 million. North America continued to be the dominant region, accounting...

Mio unveils three new PND products

Apr 30, 15:08

Mio Technology, the brand division of Mitac International, has unveiled three PND products, the Moov S505, S555 and V765.

Mobile computing and CE devices to drive next wave of rapid GPS growth, reports In-Stat

Apr 30, 14:32

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...

Garmin and TomTom face challenging competition in Asia

Apr 29, 12:09

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...

GPS navigation service providers to focus on combining LBS and advertising in 2009, says Navteq

Apr 22, 12:16

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...

Global PND shipments will stagnate at 39 million units in 2009, says ABI Research

Mar 25, 10:38

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...

GPS IC shipment growth slowing to 15% in 2009, says ABI Research

Mar 19, 10:36

Shipments of GPS semiconductors will increase 15% on a unit basis in 2009 compared to the previous year, according to a new analysis by ABI Research. This growth rate is lower than...

Mitac PND market share lags behind competitors in 4Q08

Mar 18, 14:39

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%...

North America overtakes EMEA as largest satellite navigation market, says Canalys

Mar 17, 16:42

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...

Broadcom tops GPS IC vendors, says ABI Research

Mar 16, 10:32

Broadcom ranked at the top of ABI Research's latest worldwide GPS IC vendors evaluation.

CeBIT 2009: Mitac showcasing military-specific moblie devices

Mar 3, 12:00

Mitac Technology has announced that it is showcasing the latest offerings from Getac's rugged solutions including the Getac PS535F, a next generation fully rugged GPS PDA featuring...

Garmin sees sales growth in 4Q08; increases global PND market share

Feb 24, 17:01

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%...

International g-sensor makers eyeing handset-based pedestrian navigation applications

Newswatch - Feb 24, 11:47

International accelerometer (g-sensor) makers expect pedestrian navigation applications for handsets to help driving sales growth, as the market for notebook PC and game console applications...

CSR and SiRF combine forces for Bluetooth and GPS

Feb 11, 11:53

CSR and SiRF have entered into a conditional agreement under which SiRF will merge with CSR, increasing the scale of CSR in the GPS technology market and strengthening CSR's position...

Broadcom combo chip solution integrates Bluetooth, GPS and FM radios

Feb 11, 11:20

Broadcom has extends its combo chip portfolio with an integrated GPS, Bluetooth and FM radio solution that delivers location based services (LBS) and multimedia in a single-chip de...

Commentary: Will the co-brand strategy for handsets work for Garmin and Asustek?

Feb 6, 16:58

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...