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Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 January 2007
GPS receiver shipments top 5 million
u-blox America has delivered its 5 millionth GPS receiver to Mobile Crossing, an innovative manufacturer of rugged handheld GPS computers and personal navigation devices (PND).
u-blox America has delivered its 5 millionth GPS receiver to Mobile Crossing, an innovative manufacturer of rugged handheld GPS computers and personal navigation devices (PND) Nikolaos Papadopoulos, President of u-blox America, delivered the GPS receiver personally to Raymond Hou, CEO of Mobile Crossing, during a special ceremony held at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Jun 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Also present during the ceremonial delivery was Hansjorg Sage representing 3i Germany, a significant investor in u-blox.
Rugged handheld devices like the Mobile Crossing WPX are built to higher standards of quality, durability and performance.
Mobile Crossing chose u-blox's latest GPS receivers for the WPX thanks to their combination of low-power consumption, high accuracy and exceptional indoor performance.
All WPX rugged computers come standard with SuperSense, the ultra-high-sensitivity GPS technology from u-blox.
The WPX is available immediately to system integrators and software developers as a GPS integrated platform.
Mobile Crossing also plans to release a consumer navigation system based on the WPX hardware in the coming months.
As a result of the ruggedness, unique industrial design and integrated GPS technology, this personal navigation device is extremely versatile and appealing to outdoors sportsmen and fashion-conscious drivers alike.
"We are pleased to have selected u-blox for unsurpassed performance, reliability and features".
"We are honoured to accept the 5 millionth u-blox GPS receiver shipped", said Hou.
"We are excited that Mobile Crossing has decided to use u-blox for its WayPoint X", said Papadopoulos.
"Leaders such as Mobile Crossing are instrumental for u-blox's strategy to become the dominant GPS provider to the consumer navigation market".
Sageadded: "We are very impressed with u-blox's performance and how fast it has reached the five million receivers sold mark".
"We are very confident that u-blox will sustain this accelerated growth rate in the years to come".
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