In accordance with the sources at Taiwan-based component producer, Primax Electronics ,according to the grapevine, has been landed 60,000 GPS devices order from the handset giant. Primax Electronics is based in Taiwan and is a manufacture partner of Bluetooth headsets for Nokia. In question, the GPS equipment is the Nokia 330 Auto Navigation, an in-car personal navigation device (PND), which was launched by Nokia on October 30.
Nokia & Primax both took a rain check to give any comment on the report. Nevertheless, sources at Primax revealed that the firm has been bring about GPS technology-based devices for a long span of time, and is at present vigorously in search of partners to build up the GPS market. Nokia’s entry into the GPS market is anticipated to considerably have an effect on first-tier branded PND purveyors, like TomTom, Garmin and Magellan.
