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CoPilot Live To The Rescue!

By Todd Klein | Published: November 5, 2010

Regular visitors to this blog will know that our posts are mostly focussed on our consumer navigation apps. However CoPilot Live is also increasingly becoming the navigation software of choice for large fleets who typically equip their mobile personnel with GPS-enabled devices. When it comes to business navigation, we tend to talk about ‘deployments’ rather [...]

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CoPilot Live v8 Truck Laptop makes its European debut.

By Todd Klein | Published: November 2, 2010

We’re pleased to announce the latest edition to the CoPilot Live v8 stable in the form of our new Truck- specific edition for Laptop. A new form factor in Europe, this version of CoPilot Live contains navigation features designed to provide safe navigation for drivers of HGVs, vans and larger  vehicles. Like our previous Truck product for Window Mobile, users can [...]

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Take a ride with CoPilot Live this half term

By Todd Klein | Published: October 28, 2010

With the arrival of half term, thoughts turn to winter attractions and after a summer of arm twisting by younger family members, a visit to one of the popular theme parks across the channel could be high on the agenda. If you’re planning any travel by car, it might be worth considering loading up the European edition of [...]

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CoPilot Live v8 – New regions available

By Todd Klein | Published: October 20, 2010

The CoPilot Live world continues to expand into new territories with South East Asia, South America and the Middle East now on our navigation radar.  Based on NAVTEQ mapping, CoPilot Live can provide some familiarity in an unfamiliar country by offering clear, visual navigation and turn-by-turn instructions in your own language.  Supporting our customers in the countries in [...]

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Sat nav apps become the sat nav killers

By Todd Klein | Published: October 14, 2010

Recent results from Halfords, the UK’s largest motor accessory store show a half yearly drop of 16% in the sale of dedicated Personal Navigation Devices (PND). We’ve suspected for some time that the combination of new navigation services and the continued rise of the GPS-enabled smartphone might pose some difficulties in the dedicated PND space. In his [...]

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Londoners choose the smartphone way to travel

By Todd Klein | Published: October 4, 2010

As London endures yet more travel chaos with another Tube strike, it was interesting to witness today just how many enforced walkers were staring at their mobile phones. The advantages of phone-based sat nav can manifest itself in many ways and today was just one of those examples, with the smartphone user at  least able [...]

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The Ryder Cup – Now its the US v Europe…

By Todd Klein | Published: September 30, 2010

Following Team USA’s  1 – 1 “win”  over England in the Football World Cup this summer,  the whole of Europe now lines up to challenge another Team USA  this weekend – at the Ryder Cup.  Armed with CoPilot Live v8 (with traffic, naturally) two of ALK’s more fanatical golf-loving employees are lending the European team their [...]

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A safer road to take – CoPilot Live v8 Truck

By Todd Klein | Published: September 10, 2010

A survey conducted by National Rail into the main reasons why rail bridge strikes occur concluded that in 32% of cases, the driver was unaware of the height of the vehicle they were driving.

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Drive safely abroad this summer with CoPilot Live

By Todd Klein | Published: August 16, 2010

A change of scene – whether its a beach, poolside or somewhere far from the crowds, the ultimate point of a holiday is to….relax. Unfortunately, driving abroad can prove to be the exact opposite. Strange car, different road rules and signs. Just getting out of the airport car park can prove a challenge. Consider then the advantages of having [...]

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Get the low-down on the high holiday life with CoPilot Live

By Todd Klein | Published: August 9, 2010

Bags packed and passport at the ready? Hire car booked and, naturally, you’ve CoPilot Live on your phone. But as soon as CoPilot Live has got you from the airport to the hotel, it’s job is done, right? Wrong. Once you’ve settled, you’ll want to explore and find those holiday essentials like a store, ATM – or a cool bar – [...]

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