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Category Archives: Hints and Tips

Helpful Tips and Tricks for your CoPilot Live

By Devon Valenti // Marketing Manager, North America | Published: January 13, 2011

For those of you who are new to this blog or CoPilot Live in general  (given the recent holiday season there may be a lot of you!)—we want to ensure you’re aware of how much helpful information you can find right here on the blog.  And for those of you who are regular visitors to [...]

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Tips and Tricks: Optimizing Stops for Efficient Holiday Shopping

By Devon Valenti // Marketing Manager, North America | Published: December 10, 2010

Every year I promise myself I’m going to plan ahead and start ordering gifts online for my family and friends for the holidays.  But the same thing seems to happen every year.  I only have 2 weekends left before Christmas and I haven’t bought one single Christmas gift and a lot of what I could [...]

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Tips and Tricks: Don’t Forget to Backup

By Devon Valenti // Marketing Manager, North America | Published: September 22, 2010

According to a recent survey, almost 90% of home PC users fail to back up their files regularly. So it made us wonder, if you lost your smartphone or your home computer’s hard drive gets wiped accidentally, do you have CoPilot Live and your other Apps backed up somewhere?  I’ll fully admit, I didn’t even think about it [...]

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Tips and Tricks: How to Preview Your Route

By Devon Valenti // Marketing Manager, North America | Published: September 14, 2010

Recently I was helping my mother-in-law enter a destination on her PND (if she had a smartphone she would surely be using CoPilot Live!) and I became frustrated when I couldn’t preview the route.  I wanted to check to make sure it was sending her the best way possible as I knew the roads around [...]

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Tips and Tricks: How to Turn Off Background Location on iPhone

By Devon Valenti // Marketing Manager, North America | Published: September 10, 2010

When iOS 4 and iPhone 4 made its debut, we quickly released an iPhone update that introduced support for iOS 4 multitasking and background location.  However, many customers discovered that keeping GPS running while using other apps can significantly affect your iPhone’s battery life.   So with the latest iPhone updates for CoPilot Live North America, [...]

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Tips and Tricks: How to get the most out of your POIs

By Devon Valenti // Marketing Manager, North America | Published: August 17, 2010

I recently moved to a new town and on the first day I got there, I was quickly reminded how useful CoPilot Live’s Points-of-Interest (POIs) are.   Where is the closest bank so I can go to the ATM to pay the movers?  Where is a grocery store so we can eat more than just the [...]

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Tips and Tricks: How to Install CoPilot Live on an Android Phone

By Devon Valenti // Marketing Manager, North America | Published: August 10, 2010

Since it’s launch just over a year ago, CoPilot Live v8 has been a popular choice for Android smartphone users looking for an on-board GPS navigation solution.  As we talked about last week, unlike off-board navigation apps like Google Maps Navigation, there’s no need to rely on your mobile service for navigation or risk running-up a huge cell [...]

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Roam free this summer with CoPilot Live

By Devon Valenti // Marketing Manager, North America | Published: August 3, 2010

With August underway we’ve entered the peak of the summer travel season.   Whether you’re traveling at home or venturing cross country, you can guarantee some unexpected costs will arise.  With an on-board navigation solution such as CoPilot Live, one cost you won’t have to worry about is roaming charges!  A question we’re often asked is [...]

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Road tripping through the Pine Tree state

By Devon Valenti // Marketing Manager, North America | Published: July 28, 2010

Mary, a member of the CoPilot Live Team just returned from a vacation in Maine and offered to share a little bit about her journey.  Enjoy! Just got back from a road trip to Maine.  Spent Friday and Saturday celebrating my cousin’s wedding in Portland.  After the reception ended Saturday night, we packed up the [...]

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Tips and Tricks: Multi-stop trip planning and optimization

By Devon Valenti // Marketing Manager, North America | Published: July 6, 2010

With summer in full swing, it’s the perfect time to take a road trip with friends and family.  There are some wonderful outdoor concerts, amusement parks, festivals and sporting events to enjoy.  Although, if you’re on the East Coast like us, make sure you pack lots of water and a hat or umbrella.  We’re in [...]

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