GLG News by GPS Hardware Trends Experts: Retailers and Technologists

* Far East vendors are traditionally aggressive in their pursuit of market share.* Technologies that reach the point of diminishing returns are at risk against such competitors.

* Mobile payment offers a convenient method to handle transactions* Mobile payment may be the technical link that enables effective mobile advertising and location services

* A majority of handsets for the GSM networks do not presently integrated GPS technology* Success at ATT/Cingular presents a growing market opportunity for GPS technology suppliers

* GPS technology has improved vastly over the past 5 years, but is it ready for mainstream wireless?* Are there compelling applications that expose the value of GPS to consumers?

It was reported this week that an independent study by mindWireless (a wireless management company) crowned Sprint Nextel's CDMA system as having the fewest dropped calls over a 6 month period. While interesting to savor independent studies like this, one must take these results with much skepticis...

- Airlines, with cutting back on service, frequency, amenities, coupled with delays & security have deserted the premium market, at least domestically.- New forms of high end travel - fractional, cards, and impending VLJ have garnered the premium market

- The liability of all fractional aircraft owners (VLJ and otherwise) has not been tested in any court of law, so it is not possible to determine ultimate liability with complete certainty.

At the conclusion of the AED’s 88th Annual Meeting & CONDEX, held in Las Vegas on January 16-18, the enthusiasm and optimism for the year ahead was mentioned by many attendees.  This year’s show was one of the highest attended on record in fact. Total registrations climbed 17 percent from last...

IP war and protection is getting more aggressive as Sirf sues GL.  This is after they have settled with uNav, another GPS player only a few months ago. Sirf seems quite concerned with the momentum of their competitors as they transition to court protection, an not innovation, to stay...