GPS phones, the real
The economic crisis? Mobile phones equipped with chips to know how to avoid shipping. It seems only a joke but it actually says the latest study by ABI Research. In 2009 the demand for mobile phones capable of trasformars in navigation systems will grow by 6.4% compared to 2008 (provided for 240 million units sold). The figure buys even more value when you consider that the same research institute expects an overall decline in sales between 4 and 5% reported to the cellular compartment.
The trend that involves mobile phones equipped with GPS is part of a wider scenario dominated by the demand for mobile phones increasingly feature rich advanced (but there are those who says the opposite), as currently only smartphones can be. Yet even here there are some differences, given that the slight slowdown in the growth of demand for smartphones exceptions sees as the iPhone 3G, BlackBerry and Nokia N Series, intended to increase still further its share of users in the next five years (+ 19%). Between now and 2014, says ABI Research, nine out of ten smartphones will have integrated GPS chips.
“The declining cost of components and the increased interest in satellite navigation functions held high demand for mobile phones with integrated GPS chips,” explains George Perros, an analyst for ABI Research. In this respect, it is expected a contribution from the spread of open operating systems such as Android, which Google provides developers with the necessary resources for the implementation of location-based applications for the small screen of mobile. “The GPS navigation becomes increasingly a standard feature in modern mobile phones,” concludes Perros. Could not agree.
