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Economic Downturn Favors Cheaper Navigation Form Factors, According to ABI Research
March 13th, 2009
While sales of high-end PNDs and expensive in-dash navigation solutions are being hit hard by the economic recession, handset-based navigation is enjoying renewed momentum, with PND vendors TomTom and Garmin entering this space hoping to take a piece of this fast-growing navigation segment. “Much of the current activity in the location industry is focused on handset-based navigation,” says ABI Research practice director Dominique Bonte. “The launch of open source mobile operating systems and GPS-enabled smartphones with large touch screens is currently one of the main drivers. Telenav’s GPS Navigator was recently launched on Android phones.” The...
Source: Health Business Week (2009-03-13)
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