inspirator schreef op 18 januari 2012 22:27:
Since the different solutions are tailored for slightly different use-cases, multiple navigation-capable device solutions can be expected to co-exist in the future. Many consumers are also likely to use more than one category of navigation capable device.
In many developed markets such as Europe and North America where the PND penetration is already high, the PND device category is facing increasing competition from handset-based navigation services and low cost in-dash navigation systems.
Worldwide shipments of PNDs fell to about 33 million units in 2011, down from nearly 38 million in 2010. Berg Insight believes that PND shipments in Europe and North America have peaked and will gradually decline to about 7 and 6 million units per annum respectively in 2016.
New markets in other parts of the world will only partly compensate for the decline in the mature markets. Worldwide shipments of PNDs are forecasted to gradually decline to 23 million units in 2016.