Garmin Has Navi-Gone Mobile

This was a significant week for transatlantic telecom tie-ups. Swedish infrastructure giant Ericsson snapped up Telcordia Technologies, the company that was once Bellcore, the R&D arm of the Baby Bells. Closer to the consumer, though, was Garmin’s acquisition of German navigation competitor Navigon.
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A Rough Road Ahead for PNDs

This month brought two promising moves in the evolution of connected consumer electronics. Amazon announced the Kindle DX, which it believes will signal a new chapter in textbook and newspaper distribution. And AT&T announced that it would tap Jasper Wireless as its preferred embedded solution to hasten the development of connected consumer electronics or what the carrier calls “emerging devices” (you know, like a camera).

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