Talk:Dashtop mobile

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Much ado about nothing. This is what can be resulting from mobile handsets. As of end-2007, global handsets are estimated at 3 billion, with an uncofirmed forecast showing the number will soar to 4 billion by the end of 2008. The growth of handset subscribers is expected largely from emerging economies,like India and China. As of end-2007, the advanced multimedia phones stood at 10% of the total handsets in use worldwide. Nokia did well in its lower-end offensive. The multimedia handsets will need to account for over 50% of the global market, if mobile multimedia is to take off. Lower-end handsets already sold may cause some drag in the aftermarket, posing a roadblock for 3G and 4G multimedia handsets.

Six mobile platforms are in hectic compeitition to carve out biggers slices of the market and aim to gain the monoplistic postion. As of end-2007, the technological 'blind spots' are ubiquitous. Among the blind spots, an all-in-one 'Dashtop Mobile Equipment (DME)' is expected to form the next wave of wireless industry, though DME, by most counts, won't be the main stream of the wireless broadband industry for a while.

In 2007, there was a reversal of the trend in the global GPS navigation industry. It may appear to many industrial insiders that portable GPS navgiators and GPS-enabled handsets both are stimulating a whopping growth, while the expensive 'in-dash" GPS navigation may start losing ground, entrenching the market leaders like Garmin, TomTom and Magellan.

However, there will be a big swing back in GPS-enabled devices. A swing back to the vehicle dashboard. The reason is simple. The use of portable handsets are gradually being bannded while Users are on the driving mode. Statistical figures are being avoided here on purpose. Automobiles are increasing at an annual rate of over 50 milliion, and even the emerging economies will witness a substatial growth in demand for automobiles and wireless gadgets.

To gain a dominant position in the mobile world, big guys are making Hobson's choices and waging a costly format war as well. They will need to further develop their technological insights and acumen to harness vehicle traffic and commoditize vehicle dashtop.Chmyr (talk) 20:55, 5 December 2007 (UTC)