Comments on: Death of the PND http://www.gpsreview.net/death-of-the-pnd/ GPS Reviews for Garmin, Magellan, TomTom, and other GPS Systems Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:27:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Zill http://www.gpsreview.net/death-of-the-pnd/#comment-56289 Zill Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:18:33 +0000 http://www.gpsreview.net/death-of-the-pnd/#comment-56289 A very good article. Just a to let everyone know that there are OEM Nav sytems out there today that incorporate very sophisticated voice recognition technology. It's mainly the premium brands that support e.g Jaguar and Land Rover models but it's out there now. Agree that PND's have a limited life, and can see a growing trend for manufacturer's to support integrated solutions from the factory. I know this beacuse I work for an OEM Sat Nav manufacturer that supplies integrated solution to these manufacturer's and as part of my role I look into what the competition are doing. I am fast drawing a similar conclusion to this article. Zill A very good article. Just a to let everyone know that there are OEM Nav sytems out there today that incorporate very sophisticated voice recognition technology. It’s mainly the premium brands that support e.g Jaguar and Land Rover models but it’s out there now.

Agree that PND’s have a limited life, and can see a growing trend for manufacturer’s to support integrated solutions from the factory. I know this beacuse I work for an OEM Sat Nav manufacturer that supplies integrated solution to these manufacturer’s and as part of my role I look into what the competition are doing. I am fast drawing a similar conclusion to this article.

Zill

]]> By: Tim http://www.gpsreview.net/death-of-the-pnd/#comment-44221 Tim Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:46:49 +0000 http://www.gpsreview.net/death-of-the-pnd/#comment-44221 Brian - I do foresee other GPS companies getting into voice recognition. I think the bigger companies are waiting until they can get it working "just right" before they release it. Currently it has a few kinks. Magellan only offers it for simple commands like "go home" or "nearest gas". Garmin is offering it for address entry. You can read about the TomTom system in our <a href=http://www.gpsreview.net/tomtom-go-920t/">920T Review</a>. Brian – I do foresee other GPS companies getting into voice recognition. I think the bigger companies are waiting until they can get it working “just right” before they release it. Currently it has a few kinks. Magellan only offers it for simple commands like “go home” or “nearest gas”. Garmin is offering it for address entry. You can read about the TomTom system in our 920T Review.

]]> By: Brian G. http://www.gpsreview.net/death-of-the-pnd/#comment-44208 Brian G. Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.gpsreview.net/death-of-the-pnd/#comment-44208 I particularly enjoyed this article. I am very familiar with OEM nav systems, as I do lots of dealership training on them for sales consultants. There are already some of the items that you mention that are being done by OEM in-dash nav units (Automatic screen dimming at night, for example), and, though most have some level of voice recognition, even that is becoming more sophisticated. Check out the pop-up nav system in the 2008 Cadillac CTS for a big leap for OEM systems' voice recognition - vocal address entry while you are driving is now possible! I'm excited about the vocal address entry on the CTS, but what confounds (surprises?) me is that there are very few PNDs that offer any sort voice recognition. Typically OEM systems will automatically mute the audio system to provide a quieter environment, and that certainly helps. But with cars getting quieter, you'd think that more PND makers would include this feature. I know that Magellan and Tom Tom are starting to offer that feature, but does anybody else?? I'm in the market for a PND, and I hope that they don't "die", but since I see the benefits of Voice Recognition on a daily basis, I don't want to consider any system that fails to offer it. Do you forsee other makers bringing it to market - and have I missed any makers that already have? Thanks for a great resource for the "GPS Nation"! I particularly enjoyed this article. I am very familiar with OEM nav systems, as I do lots of dealership training on them for sales consultants. There are already some of the items that you mention that are being done by OEM in-dash nav units (Automatic screen dimming at night, for example), and, though most have some level of voice recognition, even that is becoming more sophisticated. Check out the pop-up nav system in the 2008 Cadillac CTS for a big leap for OEM systems’ voice recognition – vocal address entry while you are driving is now possible!

I’m excited about the vocal address entry on the CTS, but what confounds (surprises?) me is that there are very few PNDs that offer any sort voice recognition. Typically OEM systems will automatically mute the audio system to provide a quieter environment, and that certainly helps. But with cars getting quieter, you’d think that more PND makers would include this feature. I know that Magellan and Tom Tom are starting to offer that feature, but does anybody else?? I’m in the market for a PND, and I hope that they don’t “die”, but since I see the benefits of Voice Recognition on a daily basis, I don’t want to consider any system that fails to offer it. Do you forsee other makers bringing it to market – and have I missed any makers that already have?

Thanks for a great resource for the “GPS Nation”!

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