Trouble for Mio GPS?

Mio GPS units are made by Mitac, its parent company. Mitac also makes GPS units for other manufacturers that are then sold under other brand names. With its booming Mio business, Mitac is starting to wonder if they have a conflict of interest and are potentially losing bids for other GPS manufacturing business. The Digitimes are reporting that Mitac recently lost a bid to make Magellan eXplorist handhelds. Was this conflict of interest a factor? With expectations to make over 4 million GPS units this year, Mitac faces a tough decision, should they stick with their own brand and lose the manufacturing business or quite the Mio brand and just make other brand GPS's?
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Posted by Scott Martin at October 23, 2006 9:48 AM