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News: Is Dedicated Satnav Reaching The End Of The Road?

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With ever more powerful smartphones being launched each week and almost every new handset featuring a GPS receiver and the much vaunted 'connectivity', is there a future for the dedicated PND (Portable Navigation Device)?

Even budget model GPS equipped smartphones have better hardware specifications than a premium PND and the only area in which the PND can compete is screen real estate. And it could be argued that some of the 7" tablet devices can fill that niche.

So is there a long term market for the PND? Is the "Jack of all trades" smartphone really a a true alternative for everyone or do PND's still have a place in the future GPS marketplace?

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Posted on Sunday, March 13 @ 21:29:11 UTC by Darren Griffin

 
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