+salcedo Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 (edited) Just read that a Santa Clara, CA based investment group will be aquiring Thales Navigation. http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/sto...17/daily46.html They will rename the company Magellan Navigation, and move the headquarters to the U.S. (currently in France). I wonder if this is good news, bad news, or no news for us Magellan owners? Heres another link http://www.magellangps.com/news/releases/v...ease.asp?id=486 Edited July 20, 2006 by salcedo Quote Link to comment
ElementalJay Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 (edited) REUTERS - "The new Magellan Navigation headquarters construction was halted temporarily today when it was found that digging had begun approximately 50 feet from the intended location..." Edited July 20, 2006 by ElementalJay Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Moving to GPS Units/Software forum... Quote Link to comment
Dirtnapper Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 (edited) San Dimas, wasn't that the old home addy.... I hope that they can build confidence in their customers like the old Magellan...too late for me, I am now with Garmin, not looking back! Thales really srcewed it up and drove customers away. Edited July 21, 2006 by Dirtnapper Quote Link to comment
+Airmapper Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 REUTERS - "The new Magellan Navigation headquarters construction was halted temporarily today when it was found that digging had begun approximately 50 feet from the intended location..." Sounds like they need to quit using thier own equipment. Quote Link to comment
+Timpat Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 REUTERS - "The new Magellan Navigation headquarters construction was halted temporarily today when it was found that digging had begun approximately 50 feet from the intended location..." I'm still LMAO ...thanks, I needed that! Quote Link to comment
+embra Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I think the news may be good. I've had the sense that the downhill slide in customer support was due to a lack of enthusiasm in long-term growth prospects. I think Thales was just biding their time with minimal support until they could find a buyer. Now that they have, perhaps the new owners will run the business better. Quote Link to comment
+MAG315 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I think the change in ownership can only be a good thing for Magellan. Quote Link to comment
+salcedo Posted July 21, 2006 Author Share Posted July 21, 2006 I guess what I'm worried about is that they may do away with the handhelds and focus only on car based, or embedded GPS receivers. I'd noticed about a week or two ago that they dropped the prices eve further on many of the eXplorist models on their website. Of course that could just be an attempt to grab a larger share of the market. Quote Link to comment
+budd-rdc Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I think the news may be good. I've had the sense that the downhill slide in customer support was due to a lack of enthusiasm in long-term growth prospects. I think Thales was just biding their time with minimal support until they could find a buyer. Now that they have, perhaps the new owners will run the business better. Yup, I agree. Their customer support ineptness was beyond the normal level of ineptness. Looking forward to some executive firings "retirings" soon. That's usually a good sign of a turnaround. Quote Link to comment
Dr_Dajom Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 If they bought it they will invest, so that has to be a good thing. Quote Link to comment
Jfrag Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Now granted, I am still so new to this that I am still shiney... and I have found all of 3 caches in my week-old, new hobby, but I will say this. I bought a Magellan eXplorist 210 and it has managed to walk me within 3 feet of two of the caches and 10 on the third. Not too bad. I might change my tune if it ever craps out on me, but for now I am happy with the product. Quote Link to comment
arthurking83 Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 REUTERS - "The new Magellan Navigation headquarters construction was halted temporarily today when it was found that digging had begun approximately 50 feet from the intended location..." Sounds like they need to quit using thier own equipment. Maybe the news has had a profound effect on the accuracy of the equipment? Quote Link to comment
Dr_Dajom Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 REUTERS - "The new Magellan Navigation headquarters construction was halted temporarily today when it was found that digging had begun approximately 50 feet from the intended location..." Sounds like they need to quit using thier own equipment. Maybe the news has had a profound effect on the accuracy of the equipment? Yes, if 6-8 mm is not close enough maybe they should. Quote Link to comment
+buddles Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Here is the link to the article in GPS World. Quote Link to comment
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