Sarantel says thin is in

It's been a hectic two months for Brad Hurte at Sarantel, who has been on the road almost non-stop. As head of North American operations for the U.K.-based provider of filtering anntenas for mobile and wireless devices, he's in a good position to watch OEM trends in consumer devices. His most recent trips to Asia and the CTIA conference have reinforced his opinion that GPS devices are following the same evolutionary path as cellphones -- external antennas are on the way out in favor of embedded components. Which is all good news for his company since it launched its GeoHelix-P2 antenna earlier this year.

-posted by Rachel