Will Smart Phones Crush the Stand-Alone GPS Market?
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009Eric Savitz (Barron’s) submits: The days of the stand-alone portable navigation device market are numbered. By 2014, according to research firm iSuppli , the market for PNDs will be eclipsed by GPS-equipped smart phones. In 2009, the firm says, there will be 114 million PNDs in use, compared to 57.8 million smart phones. But by 2014, the numbers will flip: 305 million smart phones will be in use, versus 128 million PNDs, according to a forecast by iSuppli. Complete Story »
Eric Schmidt Caught Using A BlackBerry…
Thursday, July 9th, 2009It is a pretty sad tale for Android if even Google’s CEO is a BlackBerry addict… He was caught on camera at Allen & Co.’s media summit taking pictures of reporters gathered outside with a BlackBerry . It even has a nice Google sticker on the back. So now we have Obama and Eric Schmidt offering RIM some great free PR… Related Articles: Eric Carr Of Loopt Explains GPS & Location Technologies Eric Savitz – Factors That May Propel RIM Forward BlackBerry Curve 8520 aka