May 4, 2009 10:07 AM EDT by Todd Haselton
Navigon today announced that it is leaving the North American personal navigation device (PND) market, due to economic stress. The good news is, if you are a current Navigon owner, CEO Egon Minar told GPSBusinessNews.com that Navigon “will continue to fulfill all obligations to our existing PND customers in terms of map update[s], etc.” Hopefully that means support and “Lifetime traffic,” are still included in those obligations. The company is hoping to pump up its mobile business, though. It recently signed on with T-Mobile Germany for built-in navigation on its line of smart phones. T-Mobile in the United States uses a Telenav solution on its devices. [via GPSBusinessNews]
Featured Sponsor
May 7th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
I am in the market for a Navigon. Now that they’ve announced pulling out of the US PND market, is it wise to buy one anymore? I am particularly referring to the “live traffic” updates and the map updates. They said that are still going to continue support, but I fear that since they aren’t directly in the market that they won’t be motivated to provide competitive services. Thoughts?