GPS-Enabled Handsets Expected to Bypass the Economic Downturn, According to ABI Research.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 -- Shipments of GPS-enabled mobile phones will hit a speed-bump in 2009, but will still manage to post year-to-year unit growth through the current economic downturn, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new market study by 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. While global handset shipments are expected to drop by 4--5% in 2009, GPS-enabled phones will climb to 240 million units, an increase of 6.4% over 2008. This surprising performance will be driven by the ongoing demand for feature-rich smartphones. Although slowing slightly in 2009, demand for smartphones, a group that includes the Apple iPhone 3G, RIM's BlackBerry devices, and Nokia N series phones among a growing list, will increase at an average annual unit shipment rate of 19 percent through 2014. During the period, GPS chipsets will continue to penetrate this segment; nine of every ten smartphones will contain GPS ICs in 2014, compared with one in three in 2008. "Falling component prices and increasing consumer awareness of handset location capabilities will keep demand for GPS-enabled phones healthy, in spite of the slumping global economic picture," says senior analyst George Perros. Other factors that will continue the trend toward the inclusion of GPS functionality in handsets include the spread of open source operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. such as Google's Android An open platform for cellphones from the Open Handset Alliance (OHA). Based on Linux, Android includes a library of Java classes for building mobile applications. Android and GPhone which provide application specific interfaces (APIs) that allow software developers to create location-based content for mobile devices, and the continuing emergence of navigation and map-based applications for handsets. "As the quality of positioning technology in handsets improves and the cost of including it declines, GPS location technology will approach the status of a standard device feature," adds Perros. "We are approaching the point where location awareness Location awareness, or more commonly "location-aware", is a general term used for something that can show that it is aware of your current location. An example is a GPS. There are also certain websites that use user locations, such as show what other users live nearby the current will be synonymous with synonymous with adjective equivalent to, the same as, identical to, similar to, identified with, equal to, tantamount to, interchangeable with, one and the same as smart devices, a point where personal navigation, social spatial knowledge, and location-specific contextual information will be assumed handset capabilities." A new study from ABI Research, GPS-enabled Handsets (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/market_research/GPS_enabled_mobile_Devices), examines the evolving technology, economic and market factors driving the adoption rate of GPS-capable mobile phones, and analyzes the business opportunities and challenges of provisioning and providing accurate positioning data across wireless network subscriber populations. It forms part of two ABI Research Services: Location Based Services (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Location_Aware_Services), and Mobile Devices (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Mobile_Devices_Research_Service). ABI Research provides in-depth analysis and quantitative forecasting of emerging trends in global connectivity. From offices in 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. , Europe and Asia, ABI Research's worldwide team of experts advise thousands of decision makers through research and advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal in seven key practice areas. Est. 1990. For more information visit www.abiresearch.com, or call +1.516.624.2500. |
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