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Android: A Look at the Past & Present of Google Pastries
With the inclusion of the Android 2.
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The In-Vehicle Digital Radio Landscape
Faced with the expanding number of global formats, the automotive industry has not yet identi?ed a clear winner for digital radio.
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Black Friday PND Pricing: Top Brands Lead Price War
iSuppli Corp.
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Does Google’s PND App Signal the Swan Song of Dedicated Devices?
For European Portable Navigation Device (PND) manufacturer TomTom and U.
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PND Pioneer Tom-Tom Moves to Software Realm
European automotive and consumer device manufacturers can be credited with inventing or developing a huge range of technologies.
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Navigation on Smart Phones: Who Needs a PND?
With a growing range of navigation applications on large-screen smart phones such as the iPhone, the Portable Navigation Device (PND) is now under considerable threat as a stand-alone dedicated device, according to iSuppli Corp.
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Vehicle Scrappage: Look Out for the Double-Dip Ahead?
While government-sponsored scrappage programs may be mitigating the worst impacts of the automotive downturn in the short term, they may cause another sales downturn further in the future, causing a potential double-dip downturn for the global car market, according to iSuppli Corp.
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China’s Industrial Electronics Market Finds Strength in Diversity
Although it’s not immune to the recession, China’s industrial electronics equipment segment will continue to expand in 2009 due the wide diversity of applications served by the market, according to iSuppli Corp.
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The March of Mobile App Stores Continues
The last year has seen a new phenomenon establish itself as a driving force in the mobile space: application stores.
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Carmakers Face Choice Between Connectivity and Built-in Capabilities
As they strive to remain on top of trends in infotainment and personal electronics, global automakers and their suppliers are struggling to identify the ?ne line that divides the hardware that they provide in their vehicles, and the outside products brought into cars by motorists, according to iSuppli Corp.
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STMicroelectronics Defies Flat Car Infotainment Chip Market
Defying a flat year for the global automotive infotainment semiconductor market, leading supplier STMicroelectronics NV managed to achieve double-digit revenue growth in 2008 due in part to the success of its Cartesio product, a combined media processor and GPS baseband chip, according to iSuppli Corp.
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Nokia Taps Location-Based Services to Navigate out of Slump
Nokia is striving to bounce back from its weak first-quarter performance by capitalizing on its strength in GPS and Location-Based Services (LBS), according to iSuppli Corp.
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LBS Business Models: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Beyond real-time traffic information services, many other location-based content services are being delivered to location-aware devices such as Portable Navigation Devices (PNDs), smart phones, feature phones with GPS and other one-way or two-way connected devices.
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Plunging Prices to Spur Wider Adoption of In-Dash Navigation
Dramatic declines in pricing for car in-dash navigation systems will spur more widespread adoption starting in 2011, according to iSuppli Corp.
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Google Search Results: Form Over Function For G1
For anyone who’s handled the G1, the form factor has probably raised an eyebrow.
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PND Shipment Growth Decelerates as Alternatives Gain Ground
The Portable Navigation Device's (PND's) days of navigation domination are numbered, as mobile-handset alternatives gain in popularity over the next few years, according to iSuppli Corp.
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These Navs are Made for Walking
Having taken the automotive market by storm, makers of Portable Navigation Devices (PNDs) now are targeting the walking people of the world, offering systems designed specifically to meet the needs of pedestrians.
