Tag: navigation
TomTom to Ship First PND with Apps
Apps are a driving force behind our love affair with smartphones, so why not include them on a...
NAV-TV, Directus Team for Uconnect System
NAV-TV and Directus have joined forces to create the first add-on back up camera and navigation system for...
Directus Appoints Exclusive Distributor
Directus announced that Mito Corporation will serve as its exclusive distributor for all products. Directus supplies the Prodigy...
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...
Audiovox Ships Sonata OE Radio
Audiovox said it is shipping the first OEM replacement “look-a-like” radio for the Hyundai Sonata. The Advent OE...
Pioneer Intro’s Super Reality AVIC in Japan
Pioneer’s AVIC in-car navigation system stole the show with its augmented reality feature at a recent launch of...
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...
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....
TomTom Teams with HTC Phones
TomTom is teaming up with HTC to offer navigation on HTC smartphones. TomTom maps will come preloaded on...
Alpine Shows OEM Replacement Kits
Updated! Alpine pre-announced a line of OE factory replacement radios kits called “Perfect Fit” at KnowledgeFest and said...
Internet for Car Screens: Directus Prodigy One
Directus will unveil at the SEMA show in November a “Prodigy One” telematics device that can put the...
Garmin Buys MetriGear
Garmin’s outdoor/fitness GPS business has been growing. So it is not sitting around waiting for a rebirth of...
Navi on Phones up 44%
Here’s the latest stats to show just how fast GPS navigation is moving over to phones. comScore says...
Higher GPS use on Cellphones
By Amy Gilroy In navigation the U.S. market tends to follow the European market by about 18 months....
Traffic’s Getting Worse (Again)
Here’s a selling point for car electronics and GPS devices: the typical commuter with a 30-minute ride to...
TomTom Ups GPS Share to 30%
TomTom reported it swung back to profitability in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009, claiming it saw...
More GPS for Smartphones
Two more signs that navigation is becoming an every-day feature on leading smartphones were seen at Mobile World...
Garmin Finally Shows Android Nuvifone
Garmin is expanding its GPS/smartphone line, announcing features on its first Android-based nuvifone promised a year ago. The...