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Coming very soon – the iPad 2

By Todd Klein | Published: March 2, 2011

Following hot on the heels of last week’s announcement of the Motorola Xoom, the spotlight shifts today with some inevitably, to San Francisco and the (possible) launch of the iPad 2.  As is typical for any Apple launch, the blogsphere in the preceding weeks has been rife with rumour and speculation about what can be expected [...]

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MWC is over, here’s CoPilot Live resume of the show

By Todd Klein | Published: February 17, 2011

So this is the last day of Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona and it’s been a huge success. This year we announced CoPilot Live 9, our new development platform for smartphone, netbook and laptop navigation. Featuring an all-new interactive user interface, cutting-edge routing technology and seamless access to useful local online content, CoPilot Live [...]

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Day 3 @ Mobile World Congress : Over 125,000 drivers use CoPilot Live Professional navigation

By Todd Klein | Published: February 16, 2011

The 3rd day of the show starts and we keep up with great news. Today we’re proud to  announce that over 125,000 drivers use our dedicated navigation software CoPilot Live Professional! CoPilot Live Professional is a combination of navigation software and developer services that allows seamless integration with 3rd party mobile worker applications. It has [...]

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CoPilot Live at Mobile World Congress 2011 – Day 1

By Todd Klein | Published: February 14, 2011

This week we’re in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, the centre of the mobile world each February. We’ll be providing updates throughout the show here on the blog and Facebook to give you a flavour of what’s going on. Talking of flavours, we couldn’t help noticing that the sweets being handed out on the Android [...]

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Survey: 82% of Smartphone Navigation App Users would not buy a Portable Navigation Device

By Todd Klein | Published: February 9, 2011

The challenge to the Portable Sat Nav Device - ‘PND’- from mobile applications has been  predicted since the arrival of the first GPS-enabled smartphones. Analysts such as ABI Research agree, recently forecasting that “software will take half of the total navigation market by 2016”*.  Now, according to survey research conducted with 5000 CoPilot Live customers on the future of [...]

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Android Market – Catching-up with iTunes?

By Todd Klein | Published: February 8, 2011

Being able to browse, download and review apps via iTunes on any Internet browser is an experience that iPhone and iPad users have always taken for granted. Now, at last, Android handset and tablet owners have the same freedom of access to apps, with the ability to explore the Android Market and buy apps from [...]

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The analysts view: Apps and Smartphone sales set to soar in 2011.

By Todd Klein | Published: February 1, 2011

 Two recent analyst reports demonstrate that the market for both Smartphones and mobile Apps are on course for robust growth in the coming year. Last week, Gartner released data predicting that the market for app downloads is set to exceed $15 billion in 2011. It’s no surprise that the principle benefactors in this app land-grab [...]

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Beware! Data caps ahead!

By Todd Klein | Published: January 21, 2011

A study conducted on behalf of video traffic management firm, Bytemobile discovered the startling statistic that just 10% of all mobile phone users account for 90% of all networks’ data traffic in the US.

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Apple heading towards its 10 Billionth App Download.

By Todd Klein | Published: January 17, 2011

So Apple are now on the verge of yet another milestone in its bid to reinvent our electronic world. Check out the countdown on Apple.com as it storms towards its 10 billionth download. The lucky winner of this particular race collecting a cool $10,000 to spend within the App store. That’s a lot of Angry Birds – and a [...]

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CES 2011 – Taking the tablets

By Todd Klein | Published: January 6, 2011

It’s the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, the annual showcase of the latest and greatest developments in consumer technology. CES usually provides a snap shot of the major industry trends and a preview of the products that are heading our way in the coming year. This year there’s not much doubt [...]

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