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Phone 3G Adds Potential To Compete With PNDs"

Twice"By 2012, smartphones, cellular phones, PDAs and portable media players (PMPs) combined will overtake PNDs in GPS sales, according to Parks Associates. Currently there are 3 to 4 million regular users of GPS via smartphones, cellular phones, PDAs and (PMPs) in North America but these will surpass the 28 million mark by 2012, overtaking PND annual sales at that time, said senior analyst Harry Wang."

From the article, "iPhone 3G Adds Potential To Compete With PNDs" by Amy Gilroy

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