Standalone GPS Units Fall To The Mighty Mobile

by Carlo Longino on 09. Sep, 2008 in Stats

First it was digital cameras, then watches, then as Russell predicted in April, GPS-enabled mobile handsets will this year outsell standalone GPS units.

GPS Phones Surpass Standalone Devices:

More GPS-enabled handsets will ship this year than standalone navigation devices, IMS Research said today.

Take that, separatistas!

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  • Tony Verow, MD
    Does anybody envision a company like Garmin trying the inevitable and adding phone capability to their GPS units ? Or are the telecoms too entrenched in legal protections to permit this ?
  • Carlo
    It means there's a hell of a lot of GPS-enabled devices out there. It also means that the standalone GPS market is going be tough going forward, since as Russell said a while back, mobile GPS apps will provide good enough solutions for most people.
  • What about use of embedded GPS? All the info I have seen indicates sorta poor use rates, and very high churn off the (large percentage) of them that require a subscription to use.

    No, really. I know what I think about this, but what do you think it means?
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