GPS HAS AN ALTERNATIVE, A grayscale E-INK - NO

In the spring trends - navigation and reading. Our satellite constellation GLONASS is globally the only viable alternative in the event of failure or disconnection of the American GPS, but the Russians are increasingly buying e-books.



GLONASS / GPS-navigators will be even more popular

In March 2011 started production of cars Lada Kalina and Lada Priora, equipped with navigators, able to work simultaneously with GLONASS and GPS. And in May of that year started selling the first commercially mass-produced portable car navigation with the GLONASS / GPS. Among the first such devices was Lexand SG-555. Following Lexand joined other local brands.

Over the next eight months in Russia sold about 100 thousand navigators to the GLONASS / GPS, with a total annual market volume of 1.5 million (according to Smartmarketing) - about 7%. According to the forecasts of the same agency, the proportion of navigators in total sales in 2012 will be even greater, and may be about 10-12%.

The advantage of "dvusistemnyh" gadgets over conventional GPS-navigators - 30% more than a quick search of satellites and more reliable performance in high-rise buildings. Currently, GLONASS is used as a complement to GPS, but if the latter becomes available, it is our satellite constellation is the only current alternative. At this point in the orbit sufficiently active GLONASS satellites to talk about the 100% coverage of the globe.



Color E-Ink is delayed

Last year for fans of electronic fiction has ended on a positive note: some vendors bukriderov hinted at the fact that in 2012, could begin mass production of electronic devices with color ink. Alas, coming to an end the first quarter, and a color E-Ink does not smell. Now, most market experts readers agree that before 2013 we did not see.

But all the key players in the world market of readers have switched to the technology E-Ink Pearl. In particular, the leading in Russia in terms of sales for three years, the international brand PocketBook. The first reader of this brand to display the "pearl" electronic ink, PocketBook Touch, on sale beginning in March.

Reader with a capacitive touch display, popular not only for us, one of the largest IT-print editions in Germany, the magazine ComputerBild, recognized the best reader PocketBook Touch of Europe. Second place was taken by reader Sony PRS-T1, the third - Kobo eReader Touch Edition. The first device Amazon Kindle in the German ranking is found only in the 5th position.