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Brits reveal their ‘Dream CoPilot’ this Valentine’s Day

By CoPilot Live France | Published: February 14, 2012

Nigella and Jamie’s snacks, Kylie and Macca’s taste in music and Brian Cox and Carol Voderman’s brains make up the dream driving companions As the nation’s thoughts turn to all things romantic on the run up to Valentine’s Day, CoPilot Live has surveyed the British public to find out who their dream driving companion would [...]

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Demand for paid Android sat-nav app continues to rise despite free navigation tools

By CoPilot Live France | Published: January 31, 2012

CoPilot Live, the leading sat-nav app has reported an overall 40% year on year rise in sales of its Android app (Q4 2011 vs Q4 2010). With a record 1.2bn app downloads over Christmas, and Google recently announcing over 250 million Android devices have now been activated – the Android app market is clearly booming, and [...]

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CoPilot Live is awarded App of the Year by Android Magazine

By CoPilot Live France | Published: December 22, 2011

We’re delighted to announce that CoPilot Live has been awarded App of the Year 2011 by Android Magazine. We’d like to take the opportunity to thanks our Android users and the staff at Android Magazine for supporting us! And if you haven’t got your hands on the Android Magazine edition yet, here’s what it says [...]

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1st of December: let’s kick off the celebrations!!

By CoPilot Live France | Published: December 1, 2011

  Today is the “official” day when you can open the first door on the advent calendar, put up your Christmas tree and start celebrating the festive season – although all the streets are already full of decorations, sales and mince pies! December is also a  month to travel: enjoying Christmas Fairs and Markets, shopping and [...]

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Android Marches On

By David // CoPilot Live Marketing | Published: October 25, 2011

It’s almost 2 weeks since Apple’s launch of the iPhone 4S and iOS 5, and it rather feels like business as usual with 3 announcements that will surely see the Android platform continue to gather momentum. 1)      Ice Cream Sandwich. Last week saw the announcement of the 4th version of Android – “Ice Cream Sandwich”. [...]

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Vote for CoPilot Live in the 2011 What Mobile Awards!

By Tim Sergent // Marketing & Communications Manager | Published: October 18, 2011

Now in its 6th year, the What Mobile Awards is where your vote counts. While we’re not adverse to winning awards based on the decision of a panel of industry experts, the What Mobile Awards possibly carry greater influence than most in that it’s the users of the technology who decide the eventual winners. And this year, [...]

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iPhone 4S – hits the spot

By David // CoPilot Live Marketing | Published: October 11, 2011

When Apple announced the iPhone 4S last week, the instant reaction from many observers was one of disappointment both due to the rather low-key presentation and the lack of an all-new iPhone 5. In hindsight the muted atmosphere was completely understandable as we now know Steve Jobs sadly passed away a day later. We can [...]

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iPhone 4S anyone?

By David // CoPilot Live Marketing | Published: October 5, 2011

So, after an extraordinary few months of speculation and conjecture, Apple unveiled their 5th version iPhone. And, to the dismay of many, it wasn’t an all-new iPhone 5. All hail the iPhone 4S! In hindsight, it’s rather hard to understand quite how virtually every tech ‘expert’, blogger, commentator and analyst became convinced that a redesigned [...]

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Headline: How long is your commute?

By Tim Sergent // Marketing & Communications Manager | Published: September 29, 2011

A recent study by the US Census Bureau provides a revealing insight into how people get to work – and how long it takes them. Unsurprisingly, the report shows that the most popular method of commuting in the U.S. is by car – 86% – with an average journey time of 25 minutes – a 10% [...]

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Device spotlight: Samsung Galaxy S II

By David // CoPilot Live Marketing | Published: September 13, 2011

The march of Android continues unabated. No matter which market share statistic you care to read, Google’s mobile operating system goes from strength to strength, giving Apple’s iPhone (but not so much the iPad) a run for it’s money and sweeping aside previously dominant phone manufacturers like Nokia. In terms of sheer growth in handset [...]

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