GPS/NAVIGATION

Looking at navigation products, from standalone personal navigation devices to mobile and phone-based applications that map the world.

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"Indoor GPS" May Soon be a Reality for Many Smartphone Owners

April 26, 2012

As more consumers around the world upgrade to smartphones, the adoption of indoor positioning systems will soon provide users granular navigation data more effectively than...

Phone Giants Battle Google Over Indoor Location Market

December 22, 2011

Indoor location positioning looks poised to be the next hot mobile service with its ability to enable smarter mobile offers and more accurate local searches....

Personal Navigation Devices Services Help Garmin Back on Track

November 2, 2011

Garmin Ltd raised its forecast for the year as it starts to gain from its move to add high-margin services to its staple personal...

TomTom Shares Surge on Strategy Shift

October 24, 2011

TomTom, the Dutch navigation equipment and digital map maker, is switching focus away from the cash-bleeding personal navigation devices that made it a household...

TomTom Unveils iPad Navigation App

September 1, 2011

TomTom will expand its offerings to include a satnav application for Apple's iPad, hoping to balance the fast shrinking of its key personal navigation...

New IdeaPads, Tablet To Come From Lenovo

Lenovo_U300s September 1, 2011

Coming off the recent release of new tablets , Lenovo is capping off the summer of 2011 with more product introductions, including new notebooks and...

Oh Snap, FCC May Kill LightSquared to Save GPS Services

August 10, 2011

The Federal Communications Commission and other regulators are prepared to stop wireless broadband startup LightSquared from operating if its network poses any risk to...

TomTom Writes Down Prospects for Satnav Devices

July 22, 2011

TomTom, the Dutch navigation equipment and digital map-maker, posted a second-quarter net loss of 489 million euros ($703 million) on Friday after booking a big...

GPS as Commodity: TomTom Slashes Expectations for Navigation Devices

June 28, 2011

Personal navigation device firm TomTom slashes guidance again, citing weak markets. Is the aftermarket GPS dead? Dutch tech company TomTom revised its guidance again...

TomTom Replaces Google with Launch of Local Search Engine for Devices

June 20, 2011

Dutch navigation device manufacturer TomTom has announced it will drop Google as its main provider of local search to launch its own search engine called...

 
 
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