All In One

With the recent launch of the Nokia N95, as well as the GPS-enabled BlackBerries, it is clear that consumer-focused, mobile phone GPS is an emerging trend. This is much to the chagrin of traditional, hand-held navigational device manufacturers. According to Reuters:

While a few years ago personal navigation device makers like Dutch
TomTom shrugged off possible rivalry from the handset industry, they
have now acknowledged the potential risk to their business.

The world’s top handset maker Nokia started to sell its first
navigation phone N95 a month ago, and other top vendors are expected to
follow shortly, hoping to make 2007 the breakthrough year for cell
phone navigation.

The article continues,

According to researchers Canalys, the navigation products market is
set to grow in 2007 by about two thirds from last year, with
traditional personal navigation devices (PND) taking 85 percent of the
market.

Analysis firm Berg Insight has forecast annual shipments
of handset-based personal navigation products in Europe and the U.S. to
reach 12 million units by 2009, compared with 1 million in 2005.

Reuters