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Thursday 28 August 2008
Mitac to give up SiRF GPS solutions due to patent dispute
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,...
Tuesday 19 August 2008
LCD panel makers turning to PNDs for new orders
While AU Optronics (AUO) and TPD Displays have been the major LCD panel suppliers for portable navigation device (PND) applications, weakening small- to medium-size panel demand has...
Thursday 24 July 2008
Garmin widens its gap against TomTom in North America PND market in 2Q, says NPD
PND vendor Garmin has widened its gap against rival TomTom to 37 percentage points in the North American market in the second quarter of this year, compared to 23% points in the previous...
Monday 21 July 2008
Taiwan market: Second-tier brands cut prices for 3.5-inch GPS PNDs
While 3.5-inch GPS (global positioning system) PNDs (portable navigation devices) launched by international vendors in the Taiwan market sell at above NT$5,000 (US$164), a few second-tier...
Monday 14 July 2008
Garmin sets up marketing subsidiary in China
Garmin has established a subsidiary in China, Garmin China Company, to work as a marketing base to pursue the in-car GPS market, according Garmin in Taiwan.
Friday 11 July 2008
Weak PND market worries GPS chip suppliers
With global demand of Portable Navigation Device (PND) products declining rapidly in the first quarter and inventory building up, the average selling price (ASP) for PNDs trended...
Tuesday 8 July 2008
Mitac to launch its first GPS-enabled 3G handset in 4Q
Taiwan PND vendor Mitac International plans to launch its first GPS-enabled 3G handset in the fourth quarter of this year, according to company sources, who also added that the forthcoming...
Thursday 3 July 2008
China PND market growing fast but lacking order
The demand for GPS (global positioning system) PNDs (portable navigation devices) in the China market is increasing fast, with the sales volume of 389,900 units in the first quarter...
Wednesday 2 July 2008
Innolux tips netbooks and PNDs as next market favorites
While demand for digital photo frames has been weak, Innolux Display is tipping netbooks and PNDs to be the next favorites of the market.
Monday 23 June 2008
PND-use display shipments to top 60 million units in 2010, says iSuppli
Small- to medium-size display shipments to the PND segment are expected to almost double to 60.2 million units in 2010 from 30.6 million in 2007, thanks to declining prices for displays,...
Wednesday 18 June 2008
Mitac GPS devices featuring SE Asian maps at CommunicAsia 2008, reports paper
Mitac International, a Taiwan-based maker of GPS (global positioning system) PNDs (portable navigation devices), is exhibiting its Mio-branded C230 and C320b PNDs with built-in electronic...
Friday 6 June 2008
China-based makers cut OEM prices for PNDs without maps to US$60
Makers of GPS PNDs in China have triggered price-cut competition by lowering OEM prices for models without built-in electronic map data to US$60 when ordered in minimum volumes of...
Wednesday 4 June 2008
Computex 2008: Mio launches new GPS devices
Mio, a subsidiary of Mitac International, launched two GPS phones and a GPS navigation device at Computex 2008.