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It's Not a Good Day to Be a GPS Manufacturer [Stocks]
gizmodo.com - 28 days ago
It's Not a Good Day to Be a GPS Manufacturer [Stocks]
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[ 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 Car Kit, navigation software will not work with iPod touch
appleinsider.com - 28 days ago
TomTom Car Kit, navigation software will not work with iPod touch
— appleinsider.com — The forthcoming TomTom Car Kit navigation dock will not enable GPS functionality for the corresponding App Store... software on the iPod touch and first-generation iPhone. (more) TomTom Car Kit, navigation software will not work with ...

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TomTom iPhone Car Kit hits US Apple Store
slashgear.com - 30 days ago
TomTom iPhone Car Kit hits US Apple Store
— slashgear.com — That expensive TomTom iPhone Car Kit hit the Apple Store in Europe earlier this month for 99,99... euro. Americans who have been waiting to get their hands on the TomTom iPhone kit can now grab the thing at the US Apple Store . The TomTom Car Kit ... (more) TomTom iPhone Car Kit hits US Apple Store

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TomTom: Car Kit in US Apple Store, Mobile Nav Recap
appadvice.com - 10/25/2009
TomTom: Car Kit in US Apple Store, Mobile Nav Recap
— appadvice.com — tomtom1 The once broken hyperlink to the TomTom Car Kit in the US Apple Store works now... , meaning Apple has started selling the car kit in US dollars. The GPS enhancing, car mounted kit ships in two to three weeks - for free - and is going for ... (more) TomTom: Car Kit in US Apple Store, Mobile Nav Recap

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Mobilewhack.com:  Google’s new Maps navigation is already affecting GPS market

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Google’s new Maps navigation is already affecting GPS market
Mobilewhack.com — ... , it will probably make a lot of people happy with its turn-by-turn instructions. However, it does change things in the Navigation market. Apparently, Garmin and TomTom’s stock prices fell at an alarming rate. This could be one of those times where free technology is going to overshadow those who have gotten rich off of it. Source Related Posts ...

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Garmin, TomTom stock tanks due to Android, results
electronista.com 28 days ago — 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 ...
Is Google Navigation the death of Garmin, Magellan and TomTom?
dvice.com 28 days ago — Google has just released its free navigation software for mobile phones running Android 2.0, much to the chagrin of the big names in the GPS game. While folks like Garmin and Magellan have plenty to fear, even companies that use an iPhone app have to ...
Google says new free nav app could go iPhone; What are webOS' chances? — PreCentral.net
  Google’s just-announced Android GPS navigation app is more than just impressive - it’s actually quite awesome. But right now, it’s just for Android (and only on Android 2.0), but it’s still awesome . The Google Maps-integrated satellite navigation app brings ...
Will Google and Android Kill Standalone GPS? — Slashdot
xchg passes along a WiseAndroid piece on the drop in value of Garmin and TomTom shares following Google's announcement yesterday of Google Maps Navigation. "Shares of GPS device makers Garmin and TomTom plummeted... through a combination of their quarterly results and the launch of Google Maps ...
Google “doing exactly what Microsoft did” says angry GPS app dev — SlashGear
With Google Maps Navigation causing ripples not only among Android users but in the share prices of Garmin, TomTom and other mapping providers, it seems some location-based services providers are coming out fighting. LaptopMag have been talking to Networks in Motion’s (NIM) Steve Andler, ...
ASUS Eee Smartbook dropping Q1 2010 for around $180 — SlashGear
Bargain hunters looking for a new ultraportable this Christmas could do well to hold off until the new year, as ASUS CEO Jerry Shen has announced the company plans to launch an Android-based Smartbook in Q1 2010 that could be priced at around $180. ASUS were among the companies demonstrating ...
Garmin Nuvifone G60 Now Selling for $100 On Amazon — GadgetReview
Many an Android device might soon have access to Google’s free map application, Navigation , but for those of you that can’t hold out until early November there is always the Garmin nüvifone G60 GPS Phone for AT&T. During the initial launch AT&T was asking as much as ...
Is TomTom Toast? — Technologizer
Among the bevy of interesting things about Verizon’s Droid smartphone is Android 2.0’s new version of Google Maps , which includes full-blown turn-by-turn GPS navigation with spoken instructions–for free. Judging from the couple of trips around San Francisco it’s guided ...
With Maps Navigation, Google Puts Dedicated GPS Makers on a Road to Nowhere — Digital Daily
Google is moving into your market. For tech companies, few words are more frightening, and yesterday we saw why. The mere announcement of Google Maps Navigation sent shares of established GPS device makers like Garmin (GRMN) and TomTom into an ugly downward spiral. Shares of Garmin lost ...
Droid drops Nov. 6th, brings Android 2.0 along with it — Gadget Teaser
Today Verizon officially announced the Motorola Droid launch date : November 6th. The Droid will be the first phone to release with Android 2.0, which will include that jealousy-that-burns-like-the-herp-inducing navigation system. Yeah, the free turn-by-turn GPS that sent Garmin and TomTom ...
El valor de las acciones de Garmin y TomTom caen debido a Android — Actualidad GPS - manuales y noticias sobre navegadores GPS
Las acciones de los fabricantes de dispositivos GPS Garmin y TomTom se han desplomado debido a una combinación de sus resultados trimestrales y el lanzamiento de los mapas de navegación de Google . A raíz los pobres resultados de Garmin, como de TomTom, las acciones de los dos han caído ...
Not a good day to be TomTom and Garmin — SlipperyBrick.com
Looks like both TomTom and Garmin might be having a bit of a bad day to put it mildly, thanks to the announcement of Google Maps Navigation. As the graph shows, things are not looking good. Nope. Not at all. GPS makers can at least take some comfort in the fact that the new Google Maps ...
Google and the Deadly Power of Data [Comment] — Gizmodo
Today, as soon as Google showed off its beta GPS navigator, the stocks of Garmin, TomTom and other companies in that industry fell into the toilet . It's hard to compete with free Google apps, but that's not why they're screwed... TomTom owns Tele Atlas , who drives the roads of the world in ...
Google Maps Navigation à l’attaque des GPS ! — Le Journal du Geek
Coup dur pour TomTom, Mio, Garmin et les autres, Google vient d’annoncer la sortie de Google Maps Navigation , qui sera disponible avec Android 2.0 ! Il s’agit donc d’un logiciel GPS gratuit qui sera entièrement gratuit (financé entièrement par la publicité Géolocalisée). Le ...
Google Gets into the Turn-By-Turn GPS Business (PC World) — Latest iPhone News : iPhoneTopic.com
PC World - Google is gunning for a piece of the GPS turn-by-turn market with a new driving direction app for Google Android handsets. The move is a direct assault on GPS market leaders Garmin, TomTom, and Apple's iPhone which is growing in popularity as a GPS navigation device alternative.