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Study: More car shoppers move toward Asian brands

DETROIT -- The trend of U.S. new-car buyers shopping for Asian brand vehicles more than for American vehicles picked up momentum this year, said a...

Recent decades have seen the widespread adoption of short-range wireless communications, including wireless LANs (Wi-Fi), ultra-wideband (UWB), an...

The clear leader in TD-SCDMA devices in its home market, ZTE's ambition abroad is to be every operator's best friend, leveraging its huge technica...

Ultra-mobile devices – UMPCs, netbooks, and mobile Internet devices – and consumer electronics devices such as game devices, portable ...

Sanyo NV-BD600DT  Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. said last week it will start providing its CARWINGS connected services system to aftermarket ...

Fastrax, a provider of programmable GPS receivers and software solutions for OEMs said GPS functionalities in the new Suunto X10 sport monitorin...

Looks like Apple’s collaboration with Nike will continue for some more time to come. And there’s some proof with Apple’s ...

SUNNYVALE, CA, Sep 17, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- TeleNav, Inc., the first company to launch a GPS navigation service for mobile phones in t...

Google Inc is set to debut Android in New York on Tuesday. Android is Google's open source operating system for mobile phones. T-Mobile will be th...

Indoor Positioning, Nokia’s mind-bending system to guide you around inside buildings where traditional GPS is unavailable, is due to la...

Shanghai, September 22 (Gasgoo.com) Chongqing Changan Suzuki is set to make the Sedici crossover model for Fiat later this year, and this OEM proj...

DETROIT -- Chrysler LLC is considering building an electric sports car based on a lightweight chassis made by England's Lotus Cars Ltd.  ...

Tokyo, Japan - Nissan Motor Company has announced that cumulative production at its Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company (DFL PV) has reached...

BMW this week announced that it will integrate Google Maps into its 2009 BMW Assist and Navigation system for the 1- and 3-series. Drivers will ...

GPS makers are busy readying their latest units for the upcoming holiday buying season, leading to new-product introductions (see the latest from ...

Contests to Access Sony Ericsson Capuchin Concept which Bridges Flash and Java September 10, 2008 - NAVTEQ, a leading provider of digital map d...

Shanghai, September 17 (Gasgoo.com) GM on Tuesday began the construction of a new $250 million corporate campus in Shanghai, which includes a rese...

Jebsen & Co. (China) Motors Ltd., a seven-year-old official Porsche importer for the Chinese market, was recently renamed Porsche (China)...

Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp., the biggest overseas carmaker in China, forecast its sales in the country will grow up to 15 pe...

GENEVA (Reuters) -- China has appealed against a ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that its import regime for car parts is illegal, its...

  "Veriplace will protect the location information of users on the networks of all of our AmberWatch Mobile carrier partners," sai...

"Dial Directions' innovative approach to address voice-entry using a phone call makes navigation even easier than before, and offers a ne...

Last week U.S. wireless operator AT&T officially announced the availability of its Assisted-GPS technology within its wireless network and t...

Chicago– September 15, 2008 – NAVTEQ, a leading global provider of digital map data for location-based solutions and vehicle navigatio...

SHANGHAI -- Slower growth of car sales in China will be short-lived, said Nick Reilly, president of General Motors Asia Pacific.   "Ma...

MUNICH -- Porsche today said it has raised its stake in Volkswagen group to 35 percent from 31 percent. It said VW is now a subsidiary of Porsche ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp sees signs of slower auto sales in Europe and China although there are also signs sales in the United Stat...

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, September 3rd, 2008 - According to new research from CompassIntelligence.com, businesses in the US will spend roughly $11.6 b...

China is experiencing what passes for a downturn in its booming domestic auto market, which is to say a slowdown in the rate of growth. &qu...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -- China's passenger car sales fell in August from a year earlier, the first monthly decline in more than two years as a slowin...

While the world is still waiting for the first-ever Garmin phone to be launched, Australian mobile users might be pleased to find out that Telst...

Mio Technology and Microsoft have announced today that the Taiwanese PND manufacturer will use Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 as its operating...

Location-Based Services (LBS) provider deCarta has launched deCarta Mobile, its software platform supporting location-enabled application deployme...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Tuesday it has opened up new services to back up, synchronize and share content...

Toyota Motor Corp. has just adjusted downward its global sales goal for 2008 and 2009 but increased its Chinese goal for the two years. The la...

Shanghai, September 10 (Gasgoo.com) On September 4, the F18 sedan project of BMW Brilliance Auto was prematurely revealed. Now while the German ca...

Ford is struggling to meet sales targets in the Asia-Pacific region, due mostly to a less than optimum product mix balanced in favor of larger v...

Germany-based automaker Opel will introduce its sports utility vehicle (SUV) model Antara to the Chinese market at the end of this month, Opel&rsq...

Two of Germany’s most important carmakers are at odds over who will control day-to-day operations once a planned stock acquisition is comple...

MUNICH -- BMW plans to develop more niche models to help it offset falling sales in its traditional segments. After the X6 SUV, which was launch...

Shanghai, September 9 (Gasgoo.com) Nissan's SVU model X-Trail will roll off line on September 19 in the Dongfeng Nissan joint venture and wil...

A recently launched, non-commercial website, Laptop GPS World, has geared itself for users of GPS navigation on laptop and ultra-mobile PCs, as op...

Trusted Reviews: The Nuviphone was by far and away the main focus of the Garmin stand even if only three prototype models were present and ea...

(Credit: CNET Networks)   The 2008 Acura MDX remains largely unchanged from the 2007 model, when we reviewed the then-new redesign and ...

Nokia unveiled the Nokia N85, the latest Nokia Nseries multimedia phone made to set new standards for mobile entertainment, gaming and sharing. Al...

Former NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge Semifinalist Launches Application Powered by NAVTEQ® Map Data Chicago – August 26, 2008 – ...

Blaupunkt, which has been for some times in the Personal Navigation Device (PND) business – with a lukewarm success – unveiled at th...

Never get stuck without a cab again using cab4me, a winner in Google's Android Developer Challenge.(Credit: Google)   Google has made sever...

(Credit: Sony Electronics Inc.) Sony announced today that it is updating and expanding its line of Nav-U personal navigation systems to inclu...

Motorola Q Global(Credit: Motorola) A new Moto smartphone joined the Motorola Q9h in AT&T's lineup on Thursday. The Motorola Q Globa...

As you've been able to read in our review of one of the devices from the Moov series, the Moov 330 Europe, one of the most important technologie...

Talking points for Toyota executives over the past year have kept a heavy emphasis on plans to offer every vehicle in the lineup as a hybrid, wi...

This year could see China overtake Germany as Volkswagen’s biggest market for the first time, with sales in the country already at record le...

New statistics from IT research company Analysys show that Baidu's share in the domestic search engine market rose to 64.4 per cent in the secon...

NEW YORK -The first GPS-based fleet management systems focused primarily on asset location and tracking. The basic application was adopted initial...

Since 2007, Beijing Hyundai, have been busy working on developing the current Hyundai China’s line up. Beijing Hyundai (BJ) have alrea...

BMW of North America LLC said today that it will raise U.S. vehicle prices 2.1 percent across its lineup of BMW-branded vehicles for the 2009 mode...

Google has upgraded with a geolocation API its Gears browser plug-in, which is designed to let users work with Web-based applications when they ar...

JinJiang Inn Launches RMB90 Per-Room-Brand Budget hotelier Jinjiang Inn plans to launch a new brand, with rooms priced between RMB90 and RMB130 p...

Two new Blaupunkt navigation systems, the TravelPilot 500 and 700, will feature interactive voice controls, Bluetooth, and, in the case of the 700...

LG has officially announced the launch of the LG KC910 touch screen handset. This slim touch camera phone claims to be the successor to the LG Vie...

Hyundai aims to start volume production in its new Czech plant three months earlier than planned.   The Korean carmaker likely wil...

NUERBURGRING, Germany -- Jean-Philippe Collin, head of PSA Group's Peugeot brand, plans to meet the group's ambitious sales goals by expanding int...

Although, the freshened Buick LaCrosse sedan will get its world debut this November at the Los Angeles Auto Show, GM is showing a small part of it...

BEIJING -- The Volkswagen group expects to sell more cars in China than Germany this year, making China the automaker's largest market. Despi...

GyPSii on Internet tablets before year end   GyPSii today said it will add support of its social networking application for Moblin-b...

Yahoo continues its run of new service announcements, this time launching general availability of its location-sharing platform on Tuesday. &nbs...

Magellan's connected PND: coming to you... later!   In a note released today ABI Research analyst Dominique Bonte explains that the la...

Tech Data recently added the TomTom GPS product line to its portfolio. According to PND, Garmin rules the U.S. with a runaway market share of 47 p...

Route 66 is preparing to launch two new ultra-slim navigation devices - the Mini and Maxi - both of which will benefit from the knowledge of Lonel...

Tired of lugging a big travel book on vacation? Some Nokia phone users won't have to. They'll be able to download Lonely Planet travel guides dire...

Intel Developer Forum, Clarion launched the production version of ClarionMiND, a portable GPS device with full Internet connectivity that runs on ...

Motorola has speeded up the outsourcing of 3.5G handsets by teaming up with Foxconn International Holdings (FIH)/Chi Mei Communication Systems (CM...

Garmin's devices to get uLocate's friend finder Buddy Beacon   uLocate Communications said today it has signed an agreement with Garmin ...

LORDSTOWN, Ohio - General Motors Corp. said Thursday it will invest more than $500 million in the U.S. to build a new compact car that will compet...

Columbus Geographic Systems (GIS) has announced that it has completed a successful round of meetings with German auto manufacture Mercedes Benz, a...

DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. will add an additional $50 million to an escrow account established to reimburse some of the costs for Visteon Corp.'s o...

GUANGZHOU, China -- Nissan will soon start exporting passenger vehicles from China to overseas markets.   The shipment, to be made to Egyp...

DETROIT -- General Motors says it will offer employee discounts to everyone starting Wednesday, Aug. 20. The sale will apply to all of GM's eight ...

BEIJING -- Brilliance Jinbei Automotive Co., a small Chinese automaker, will display cars at the Detroit auto show in January.   The comp...

The growth of the location based services (LBS) market is driven by the emergence of connected navigation devices, the development of new device f...

TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co's (F) plan to overhaul its North American operations to produce more cars remains unchanged amid...

Shanghai, August 13 (Gasgoo.com) In the first seven months of this year, China's auto imports rose 48%% from one year earlier to 246,985 vehicles,...

GUANGZHOU Automobile Group Co has been in talks with the Hunan Changfeng Motor Co on a possible tie-up, according to an insider. "We hav...

US logistics firm United Parcel Service (UPS) will open two US$180 million transport hubs in China and quadruple its staff there in the next few y...

China's crude oil imports unexpectedly fell 7% in July to a seven-month low, as refiners balked at high crude prices, Reuters reported. Oil prices...

GLENVIEW, Ill., Aug. 5 -- Navman Wireless North America, awholly owned subsidiary of Navman Wireless Holdings, and a leading global provider of ve...

GPS-based personal navigation devices have become extremely popular over the past few years, especially among drivers. However, considering the fa...

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp (GM) said on Thursday it expects to spend $900 million over the next few years to adjust its manufacturing...

According to Chinese media reports, VW are planning to launch the 6th Generation VW Golf in China in 2009, giving the Chinese a wonderful jump fro...

Shanghai, August 13 (Gasgoo.com) The former MG general manager Zhang Xin submitted his letter of resignation to SAIC on July 22, reported 21st Cen...

Nikon has announced the launch of a new "Bridge" camera to follow on from the company's Coolpix P5000 model on Thursday ahead of Christm...

Sprint recently released the new Palm Treo with Bluetooth, GPS maps and navigation running the new Windows Mobile 6.1 software.  Unlik&#...

OLATHE, Kan., Aug 04, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., today announced the introduction of the Road Tech ...

Waypoint, a Netherlands-based retailer specialized in recreational navigation has launched this month OnRoute, the first GPS bicycle map for the...

Shanghai, August 7 (Gasgoo.com)  China's passenger vehicle sales plunged 18 percent for the month of July compared with June in terms of vehi...

LONDON - August 1, 2008 - The recent emergence of location-based mobile social networking services offered by providers such as GyPSii, Pelago and...

Chicago – July 28, 2008 – Traffic.com, a NAVTEQ brand and a leading source of traffic solutions for consumers, provides free real-time...

Garmin announced today that they needed to lower their outlook for the rest of the year on sales and earnings, while also announcing that they are...

AT&T Inc. has unveiled a global edition of its Navigator software for its GPS-enabled smartphones, making it available for 20 countries, inclu...

OLATHE,KS-— Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today that...

Vancouver, BC --Intrinsyc Software International, Inc. (TSX: ICS), a global wireless software solutions provider, today announced the signing of a...

July 21, 2008: Blaupunkt, a Bosch group-owned in-car entertainment products company, forayed into in-car portable navigation devices market in the...

BRUSSELS, July 23 (Reuters) - German sports car maker Porsche won permission from the European Commission on Wednesday to acquire control of Volks...

Garmin, Southampton England , the global leader in portable satellite navigation, today announced it has strengthened its relationship with Ford E...

While many innovative LBS (Location Based Services) applications such as friend finders and location-based search will be launched by carriers in ...

Asia-Pacific Will Overtake Europe and North America as Largest Personal Navigation Market in 2012, Says ABI Research LONDON-Personal navigatio...

Garmin today announced it has strengthened its relationship with Ford Europe by developing a mounting solution that allows an elegant integration ...

Outdoor GPS devices and solutions are quickly gaining momentum. An increasing number of high-end handheld outdoor GPS devices with intuitive user ...

Nokia Chat is a new, GPS-aware software and instant messaging service which is being previewed through Nokia Beta Labs. Nokia Chat is an instant m...

Rotterdam - 7 July 2008 - AND Automotive Navigation Data, leading provider of worldwide digital mapping used for navigation and location-based ser...

Nokia is launching one of its biggest-ever marketing campaigns centred around its latest handset, the 6220, to promote the manufacturer’s pu...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 9, 2008 - Fueled by rapid growth in China, India, and Africa, worldwide cellular subscriptions continued to expand ra...

São Paulo, July, 2008 – Representatives from important companies, the government and the Federal Police have confirmed they will be a...

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Yahoo's stock price jumped nearly 12 percent after Microsoft said Monday it is willing to reopen talks on a "major tran...

Nokia has been going navi-crazy lately. Last week, the Finnish conglomerate bought location-based social networking company Plazes for an estimate...

The next generation of portable navigation devices Windows Embedded NavReady is the first category-specific offering from Windows Embedded. NavRe...

San Jose, CA – June 10, 2008 – deCarta, the leading supplier of software and services for the Location-Based Services (LBS) industry, ...

In contrast with the leadership of Symbian and the strong growth of Windows Mobile, mobile Linux witnessed a decline in 2007, which contributed to...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 25, 2008-Worldwide shipment growth of personal navigation devices (PNDs) was higher than anticipated last year, with shipm...

Boston, Mass.-June 3, 2008 – Tele Atlas (FSE: TA6, EUNV: TA), a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation a...

Buried in Bob Iannucci’s discussion at Supernova 2008 last week was this comment: “Connecting people only through voice communications...

SAN FRANCISCO—June 9, 2008—Apple® today introduced the new iPhone™ 3G, combining all the revolutionary features of iPhone wi...

     据Frost&Sullivan的调查，在车载导航前装领域我国最大的导航电子地图供应商四维图新(NavInfo)占到70%以上的市场份额。到此四维...

       2007年9月6日下午，世纪科贸大厦9层多功能会议厅，一场有关在线地图服务的现状和趋势的讨论正在热烈进行，这是由四维...

      新科可谓是家电厂商涉足GPS市场的先驱，继它之后也有众多这样的厂商，例如TCL、长虹佳华等等纷纷加入开发导航产品的行列，当...

      获悉，投资公司戈壁合伙人正在积极促成其投资的电子地图服务提供商灵图软件与网络广告运营商龙拓互动两家公司之间的资本合作...

      有消息报道，最近SiRF与Inter达成了合作协议，宣布要合作共同开发据有导航功能的未来移动设备。而从两家公司在各自领域的实...

      相比于已经蓬勃发展的PND产品，GPS在手持终端的应用正在逐渐兴起。在手机，特别是智能手机产品中，GPS导航功能正是高端产品...