Comments on: SiRF Losing Money And Downsizing, Om Malik Says Portable GPS Is Dead

By: SiRF Firing 25 Percent Of Its Staff, Rough Waters Ahead | GPS Obsessed

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:12:00 +0000

[...] is actually the third round of layoffs SiRF has announced this year. In March the company cut 7 percent of its workforce just before former chief executive Michael Canning stepped down. After brutal [...]

By: GPS Chipset Shipments Boast 26.8% Annual Compound Growth Rate To 2012; Revenues Expected To Plateau | GPS Obsessed

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:40:28 +0000

[...] revenues are expected to plateau, something that’s leading to the current problems at TomTom, SiRF and [...]

By: More Waxing On The Future Of PND’s | GPS Obsessed

More Waxing On The Future Of PND’s | GPS Obsessed — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:07:23 +0000

[...] he may have been a little too conservative in predicting that cellphone navigation would eventually kill the PND. “Eventually” is the word in question, because with a plethora of GPS-enabled mobile [...]

By: GPS Obsessed » ABI Research: GPS Devices Will Bring In $62 Billion By 2012

GPS Obsessed » ABI Research: GPS Devices Will Bring In $62 Billion By 2012 — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:19:58 +0000

[...] With profit margins getting a little thin for PND makers such as Garmin and TomTom, some have predicted a demise of the portable GPS unit in the not-so-distant future.Â Not everyone agrees thoughi.Â ABI [...]

By: GPS Obsessed » SiRF CEO And President Michael Canning Resigns, Investors Happy

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:04:33 +0000

[...] like GPS chipmaker SiRF’s woes of the past year were a little too much for President and CEO Michael Canning who has resigned [...]

By: GPS Obsessed » DeLorme Earthmate GPS LT-40 2009: Cheap GPS Solution For Laptop Toters

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:26:56 +0000

[...] feel the need for a portable navigation device, mobile phone, laptop, and PDA. Most of these tools integrate the features of all the others in some way these days. If you’ve ever been a truck driver, cop, or passenger in the back of [...]

By: GPS Obsessed » Garmin Takes Worst Lickin’ Of The Past Year On Wall Street Today

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:46:17 +0000

[...] the pinch if a big name like Garmin is watching its value crumble.Â We still don’t think the portable navigation market is dead yet.Â There are others besides Om Malik that think it is though.Â Take a look at all these [...]