The Future of GPS - Some GPS Smartphones, mostly Stand Alones

At the turn of the year, it's always good to take a look at where things stand and where they are going. There is a nice little post over at Silicon,com that references a report from research company Strategy Analytics that by 2010, about one quarter of GPS enabled devices will be GPS enabled smart phones - fully functioning types, not just basic calling and GPS enabled things that are selling for $20 at the mall. Their research found that while only 5% of travel is to unknown areas, people will be turning to stand alone GPS devices for additional higher end services like TMC traffic, and other connected location based services like restaurant reviews and true search of POI's based on meta tags, not just titles. (Hummm, sounds like Dash Navigation)

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