http://gpstracklog.com/2009/04/mio-reportedly-leaving-us-market.html GPS reviews, news, tips and tricks Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:47:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://gpstracklog.com/2009/04/mio-reportedly-leaving-us-market.html#comment-3299 Syed Muhammad Fahad Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:42:40 +0000 http://96.30.5.180/~gpstrac/2009/04/mio-reportedly-leaving-us-market.html#comment-3299 Well, what if this monopoly lead to Garmin to the same spot where Magellan was few years ago i.e. 90% of US market share, that caused them to take dumb decisions, introducing new PNDs with non-sense error, that was the time when Garmin started to ate up things. I think Navigon will give the same sort of stiff competition to Garmin. The old generation in US is reluctant for Navigon but the younger will get attracted by it soon. Moreover, the way critics over-criticize Navigon and favor Garmin is also a driving factor that's making users think about Navigon. Just as an example, remember when Navigon introduced Lane Assistance and Live Time Traffic, all the ciritics found them as useless, but when they were introduced by Garmin[265WT and 765T], suddenly they became the "must-have" in units. Such things in the end are always killer for the company like Garmin since such paid-critic tactics won't work long and change the fate 180 degrees out of phase! Well, what if this monopoly lead to Garmin to the same spot where Magellan was few years ago i.e. 90% of US market share, that caused them to take dumb decisions, introducing new PNDs with non-sense error, that was the time when Garmin started to ate up things.
I think Navigon will give the same sort of stiff competition to Garmin. The old generation in US is reluctant for Navigon but the younger will get attracted by it soon.
Moreover, the way critics over-criticize Navigon and favor Garmin is also a driving factor that’s making users think about Navigon.
Just as an example, remember when Navigon introduced Lane Assistance and Live Time Traffic, all the ciritics found them as useless, but when they were introduced by Garmin[265WT and 765T], suddenly they became the “must-have” in units.
Such things in the end are always killer for the company like Garmin since such paid-critic tactics won’t work long and change the fate 180 degrees out of phase!

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