Tag: GPS
TomTom Reports “Steep” Decline in U.S. PND Market
TomTom reported a 23 percent decline in its consumer business, which includes portable navigation devices (PND)s as the...
TomTom: PND Sales to Drop 30% in N.A.
TomTom lowered its outlook for revenue for the full calendar year due to 2 reasons: Sales of consumer...
Garmin to Buy Pet Tracking Company
Garmin has signed an agreement to buy Tri-Tronics, a leading manufacturer of electronic dog training equipment. The acquisition...
Magellan Ships BackUp Camera for PNDs
Magellan is now shipping the first back up camera that works with a top brand portable navigation device...
Garmin Announces Plans to Buy Navigon
As expected, Garmin announced it plans to buy Navigon, a German maker of portable navigation devices (PNDs) and...
Garmin in Talks to Buy Navigon: Reuters
Garmin is in talks to buy Navigon, which sells GPS apps for smartphones and as well as portable...
TomTom’s Blue&Me Finally Hits U.S.
TomTom is finally bringing its “Blue&Me” car navigation/radio to North America in the 2012 Fiat 500. The system...
OEM Car Navigation Spiked 70%
You may have noticed a lot of new cars are coming with navigation. Sales of OEM navi units...
TomTom’s HD Traffic Expands to All LIVE PNDs
TomTom’s HD Traffic—which improves real time traffic—was available on a single model, but now it will expand to...
PNDs Fall Faster than Planned: TomTom
Total U.S. portable navigation device (PND) sales for Q1 fell to 2.1 million units, compared to 2.6 million...
Navi/WiFi for Kenwood, Pioneer, Scion, Etc
Directus has expanded it’s Prodigy One navigation/WiFi+ system to be compatible with aftermarket Clarion, Kenwood, and Pioneer radios...
TomTom’s SuperSlim PNDs Ship
TomTom is now shipping the super slim VIA portable navigation devices it previewed at the Consumer Electronics Show...
Window Film Can Mess with Electronics
As many of you know, window tints that are formulated with metal can cause interference with electronics, including...
Garmin Earnings Slide as PND Sales Drop
Like TomTom, Garmin reported that sales of portable navigation devices (PNDs) fell in the second half last year....
Backup Cameras Marry PNDs
Suppliers are beginning to develop back up cameras designed especially for portable navigation devices (PNDs), and to sell...
TomTom Debuts HD Traffic for U.S.
Finally, HD Traffic is coming to America. After launching in Europe about 3 years ago, the service that...
Black Friday GPS Sales Fall 27%
GPS was one of the hardest hit categories in consumer electronics over Black Friday as unit sales dived...
Black Friday Discounts for Car AV, GPS
Black Friday circulars from Best Buy, Walmart and other retailers are posted on several Web sites showing sales...
Garmin Cuts Outlook; Exits Smartphones
Update! Garmin said it is withdrawing resources from smartphones after disappointing sales in the category and is redirecting...
Suzuki is 1st Car Company w/ Connected PND
Garmin said it will supply a wireless navigation device for Suzuki 2011 vehicles, making Suzuki the first U.S....