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It's Not a Good Day to Be a GPS Manufacturer [Stocks]
It's Not a Good Day to Be a GPS Manufacturer [Stocks]
gizmodo.com — [ Engadget ] Google's free GPS feature on Android 2.0 is great news! Unless you're the fine folks at Garmin and TomTom, in which case, oh shit. [ Engadget ] (more) It's Not a Good Day to Be a GPS Manufacturer [Stocks]
Garmin, TomTom stock tanks due to Android, results
Garmin, TomTom stock tanks due to Android, results
electronista.com — Shares of GPS device makers Garmin and TomTom plummeted today through a combination of their quarterly results and the launch of Google Maps Navigation. Following both low guidance for Garmin's next quarter as well as poor results from TomTom, shares ... (more) Garmin, TomTom stock tanks due to Android, results
Google’s New Mobile App Cuts GPS Nav Companies At The Knees
Google’s New Mobile App Cuts GPS Nav Companies At The Knees
techcrunch.com — Google released a new mobile navigation app today and GPS navigation companies such as Garmin And TomTom saw their shares take a plunge . The announcement shaved $1.2 billion off of Garmin’s market cap alone. It’s shares are down more ... (more) Google’s New Mobile App Cuts GPS Nav Companies At The Knees
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It's Not a Good Day to Be a GPS Manufacturer [Stocks]
Gizmodo — [Engadget]Google's free GPS feature on Android 2.0 is great news! Unless you're the fine folks at Garmin and TomTom, in which case, oh shit. [Engadget] ...

TomTom and Garmin Must be Hating It
Gadget Venue — ... the said phone available on a network to download the maps real time. After a recent trip to the middle of nowhere I found that my online navigation just didn’t function when it had to replan a route. With nav systems like TomTom and Garmin they do store data off line on the memory card, so they do have a good benefit for some. It will be interesting to see which direction things move in over the next few days and months. Follow the graphs here… Tip to Engadget for spotting this. TomTom and Garmin Must be Hating It > ...

There is only one way someone can beat Google at the mapping game now
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... and with it crushed the stock prices of Tom Tom and Garmin, makers of dedicated navigation devices. The question of whether or not we’ll see Google ( ...

Around the Androidosphere [Remnants]
AndroidGuys — ... Did you happen to see what TomTom and Garmin stock did the other day when Google Maps Navigator was announced?  Ouch. ...

Around the Androidosphere [Remnants]
AndroidGuys — ... Did you happen to see what TomTom and Garmin stock did the other day when Google Maps Navigator was announced?  Ouch. ...

Navigon updates US iPhone navigation app, live traffic updates are a go
Engadget Mobile — ... A little later than previously alluded to, but Navigon's finally rolling out live traffic update to its MobileNavigator iPhone app. Same prices as mentioned before, it'll regularly be $24.99, but for the next four weeks, it's only gonna ring up at $19.99 for lifetime use, no monthly fees. Not that TomTom needed anything else to think about, of course. Full presser after the break. Continue reading Navigon updates US iPhone navigation app, live traffic updates are a go Navigon updates US iPhone navigation app, live traffic updates are a ...

TomTom to bring free lane guidance, text-to-speech, iPod control to iPhone GPS app
Engadget Mobile — ... TomTom's probably still dizzy from the hit that Google laid on it just a few days ago, but it has somehow managed to get its bearings long enough to announce that a slew of gratis updates are incoming for its highly-hyped iPhone navigation app. Following in Navigon's footsteps, the outfit has today stated that a free update has been submitted to Apple for approval, and when (er, if) it clears Cupertino's ambiguous review process, it'll deliver advanced lane guidance, text-to-speech, "Help Me," updated map / safety cameras (in select European ...

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