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Will Google and Android Kill Standalone GPS?

Posted by kdawson on from the wall-street-is-not-main-street dept.

xchg passes along a WiseAndroid piece on the drop in value of Garmin and TomTom shares following Google's announcement yesterday of Google Maps Navigation. "Shares of GPS device makers Garmin and TomTom plummeted... through a combination of their quarterly results and the launch of Google Maps Navigation. Following both low guidance for Garmin's next quarter as well as poor results from TomTom, shares for the two fell 16.4 percent and 20.8 percent respectively and remained low through the entire trading day after news of Google's free, turn-by-turn mapping service became public." Today Lauren Weinstein posted a number of reasons why standalone GPS won't go away any time soon.

7 of 439 comments (clear)

  1. Computer by conureman · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't want to talk to a computer unless it has Majel Roddenberry's voice.

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    1. Re:Computer by e2d2 · · Score: 2, Funny

      (picking up mouse and talking into it) "Computer?"

      Oh, a keyboard. How quaint.

  2. wait... by sandwichbutton · · Score: 1, Funny

    does this mean that using the north star for gps is obsolete then?

  3. Re:Android GPS - works for US only by middlemen · · Score: 2, Funny

    the London black cab drivers

    Hey! It's African American dude!

  4. Re:No. You're stupid for thinking this. by killmenow · · Score: 2, Funny

    Continuing...

    Will standalone GPS units kill the map/atlas printing business?
    Will computers kill the pencil+paper industry?
    Will cars kill the bicycle industry?
    Will the internet kill the shopping mall industry?

    etc.

  5. Re:No by Philip+K+Dickhead · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let's kill Google, and hide the body under the floor.

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  6. Re:No by Ceiynt · · Score: 2, Funny

    No sir, not the mobile. The Pipboy 3000.