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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Although global handset market demand failed to meet expectations in the fourth quarter, MediaTek's market share in China and export markets continues to increase thanks to difficulties...
More than half of all automobile models sold in the United States in 2009 will offer optional support for Apple's iPod, reflecting automakers' drive to accelerate sales by offering...
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.
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.
As smartphone functionality is becoming more diverse and comprehensive, chip designers are looking to integrate more functionality into a single chip to minimize power consumption,...
Netherlands-based TomTom, at a September 9 press conference, announced the launch of ONE Traffic and XL Traffic, two new GPS PNDs featuring RDS-TMC (radio data system-traffic message...
Mitac International will stop using GPS chipset solutions provided by US-based SiRF Technology which are involved in SiRF's infringement of six GPS patents belonging to Global Locate,...
