ABI Research Examines Japan's Latest Navigation Offerings: What Features Translate To Other Regions?OYSTER BAY Oyster Bay, uninc. area (1990 pop. 6,687) of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau co., SE N.Y., on N Long Island, on Long Island Sound; settled 1653. It is chiefly residential. , N.Y. -- It's common industry knowledge that Japan is the dominant region for in-vehicle navigation, sporting a larger market itself than most continents, and product offerings that are far more advanced. May is traditionally the month when Japanese aftermarket vendors announce their new navigation systems for the coming year. So which features will become must-have items in the Japanese market, and what might make its way to North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe? "Last year's big new feature was 3D navigation," explains ABI Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. (Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. Research senior analyst Dan Benjamin. "It was tremendous that navigation systems could actually display buildings' facades, and even lane markers. This year we're seeing more integration of entertainment-centric features. Fujitsu Ten is going to offer a disc changer Changer The name given to a clearing member that is willing to assume the opposite position of a futures contract within a larger alternative exchange, of which it also is a clearing member. . Models from Clarion, Kenwood, and Pioneer can control an iPod. Pioneer has even added a standard USB port. Virtually every vendor now supports playback of audio and video from flash media cards." But can drivers outside Japan look forward to these features any time soon? "Not all of them," replies Benjamin. "On other continents, vendors have been cautious about having the price points of devices creep up to the Japanese level, which can exceed US$3,000. More of the developments elsewhere have been with regard to price reduction. But it doesn't cost much to add a USB port or a flash card reader A peripheral device that reads and writes a flash memory card. Typically connecting to the computer via the USB port, readers were first available for only one type of card. Today, readers are available for all popular memory cards. , so these are the kinds of improvements we expect to see within the next year or so." ABI Research's second quarter update to its "Aftermarket Navigation, Infotainment, and Telematics Research Service" provides subscribers with a newly added industry database of navigation players in the Japanese aftermarket, and refreshes its existing coverage of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. and European navigation. Features are compared in a detailed catalog, paired with analysis of distribution channels and price points. Existing market data and forecasts are provided for each region through 2010. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , ABI Research maintains global operations that support annual research programs, intelligence services and market reports in wireless, automotive, semiconductors, broadband, and energy. For more information please visit www.abiresearch.com, or call +1.516.624.2500. |
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