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Market research firm iSuppli expects shipments of connected PNDs in Western Europe to rise to 4.6 million units in 2014, up from 388,000 in 2009.

iSuppli believes that PND makers are likely to answer the challenge brought by smartphones in offering differentiated, connected devices. iSuppli indeed noticed that “TomTom, in particular, has gone in a new direction with its latest connected PND—the GO 1000 Live.” iSuppli thinks that open up the platform to third party content and services provider is going in the right direction.