Comments on: SiRFs Year Long Wipeout Finally Ends http://www.locationawhere.com/10/02/2009/companies/sirfs-year-long-wipeout-finally-ends Location Matters Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ben http://www.locationawhere.com/10/02/2009/companies/sirfs-year-long-wipeout-finally-ends/comment-page-1#comment-35 ben Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:28:00 +0000 http://www.locationawhere.com/?p=106#comment-35 Yeah it sees strange that they'd stray from their laser focus on GPS to integrate video, but not do the same for the other hybrid positing technologies, that would seem less of a stretch. I know analysts brought it up a bunch on the quarterly calls, but they seemed very focused on navigation and accuracy elements and felt that GPS was unbeatable in that regard... kinda missing the bigger picture if you ask me. Yeah it sees strange that they’d stray from their laser focus on GPS to integrate video, but not do the same for the other hybrid positing technologies, that would seem less of a stretch. I know analysts brought it up a bunch on the quarterly calls, but they seemed very focused on navigation and accuracy elements and felt that GPS was unbeatable in that regard… kinda missing the bigger picture if you ask me.

]]> By: Eng Hua Yap http://www.locationawhere.com/10/02/2009/companies/sirfs-year-long-wipeout-finally-ends/comment-page-1#comment-34 Eng Hua Yap Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:28:00 +0000 http://www.locationawhere.com/?p=106#comment-34 SiRF did try to venture out into mobile video business but it was a failure. Bad investment.<br/><br/>I think internally, SiRF's management was also not up to par to react sufficiently to its changing market environment. In my opinion, they became too cumbersome to compete with their competitors. SiRF did try to venture out into mobile video business but it was a failure. Bad investment.

I think internally, SiRF’s management was also not up to par to react sufficiently to its changing market environment. In my opinion, they became too cumbersome to compete with their competitors.

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