After the boom of Personal Navigation Devices (PND) from 2004 to 2008, we have been expecting "Connected PNDs" to revive the category and bring innovative services. So, where do we stand today ?
Connected PNDs are navigation devices able to receive dynamic information, mostly through an integrated SIM card with a GPRS/3G connection.
Typical examples of dynamic information are gas prices, traffic and incident information, location of mobile speedcams, parking space availability, weather information, movie times, Internet search, etc.
We reviewed the market and listed the devices available or about to be, and there are plenty, from both big names and small start-ups :
Now that TomTom has showed the way with both mid-range and high-range connected devices, we expect other big names to follow. In a future article, we will try to estimate the market size.
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