TomTom to expand workforce to meet rising demand (Dutch)

On 12.27.10, In Mobile, By Editor

Dutch navigation equipment maker TomTom NV’s Chief Executive Harold Goddijn has stated that the company will expand its workforce next year to meet growing demand from the car industry and emerging markets.

Goddijn revealed that TomTom will increase its workforce to 4,000 people from 3,500. The company needs to expand their leading position and the company will mainly focus on growing in Asia.

Godijn added that he expects to sign more deals with car manufacturers, in addition to current deals with companies such as Renault SA and Mazda Motor Corp. The acquisition of digital mapmaker TeleAtlas in 2008 was a good decision. Tele Atlas is the core of their business. It fits in their strategy to become less dependent on personal navigation devices and expand to the automotive industry.

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Garmin-Asus Smartphone Venture comes to an end

On 10.26.10, In Mobile, By Editor

­Taiwan’s Asustek Computer has confirmed that it is ending its smartphone cooperation with in-car navigation vendor, Garmin. It is also estimated that Garmin will close its own smartphone venture, as the company has previously hinted it might.

gas Both the companies announced their joint venture in February 2009.

As per the reports citing Canalys analyst Tim Shepherd, the smartphone market is seeing huge growth, but the Garmin-Asus alliance has, to date, delivered disappointing volumes. Garmin CFO, Kevin Rauckman recently revealed that the co-branded smartphones had managed just US$27 million in revenue during the second quarter.

Few days back, rival navigation services provider, TomTom announced a deal to incorporate its software into HTC supplied smartphones.

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TomTom Upgrades iPhone App

On 03.17.10, In Mobile Marketing, By Editor

TomTom announced that the TomTom for iPhone navigation can now be purchased in the Apple iTunes. The company has come up with several enhancements to its iPhone application, including HD traffic compatibility and Local Search powered by Google.

The company claims that the new features, combined with enhanced integration with the iPhone interface, ensures optimal routing and a more intuitive navigation experience.

According to the Managing Director of TomTom, Corinne Vigreux, millions of users can now get benefitted from the same easy-to-use and intuitive interface, turn-by-turn spoken navigation and unique routing technology that their 30 million portable navigation device users have been relying on everyday.

He also claimed the company to be the world’s leading provider of navigation solutions and digital maps and considered it to be the most natural fit for an advanced navigation application on the iPhone.

TomTom Traffic automatically updates the receiver at an interval of three minutes. It provides a real-time traffic speed and incident reports directly on the iPhone. TomTom HD Traffic is an optional service and can be purchased from App store.

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HTC to launch 4 mobile devices in Europe in Q4

On 08.15.06, In Mobile, By Editor

Taiwan

‘s HTC has announced four new Microsoft Windows-based mobile devices for launch in
Europe
in the fourth quarter. The HTC P360 PDA, which features a 2 megapixel camera and is HSDPA-ready, is set to be released in September. The S310, also due out in September, is a candy-bar style, quad-band messaging device. In October, HTC will release the S620 smartphone and P3300 PDA with built-in GPS. The S620 is only 12.8 mm thin and weighs 130 g. It features a QWERTY keyboard and a touch-sensitive navigation bar. The P3300 will be sold with Navigator 6 software from TomTom. The PDA phone uses HTC’s trackball and track wheel technology for easy viewing of 2D and 3D maps.

Source- http://www.telecompaper.com

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