O2 Xda Zest with CoPilot Live out now

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Christian Oliff // European Webmaster
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O2 Xda Zest with CoPilot Live

This week O2 have launched the O2 Xda Zest Windows Mobile Smartphone which has built in GPS, Wifi and a 3.0 megapixel camera. It comes with CoPilot Live with full UK+Ireland maps (14 day trial) pre-installed, which can be upgraded to a lifetime license for £49.99.

It’s available on both Pay & Go (£249) and contract (from free). If you’re looking for a new GPS-enabled Smartphone, check it out at an O2 store.

http://shop.o2.co.uk/mobile_phone/features/O2/Xda_Zest

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CoPilot Live is #1

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David Quin // European Marketing Director
on November 14, 2008
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“Torture numbers and they’ll confess to  anything”. So said Greg Easterbrook, and who are we to disagree. Generally we take the vast amount of market statistics relating to the GPS market with a heavy pinch of salt …

… well that is apart from when it’s good news for CoPilot, in which case we’ll talk them up without any hesitation at all.

Last week saw Canalys publish their Q3 mobile navigation market estimates for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), and quite frankly we are delighted that CoPilot Live has maintained it’s Smartphone navigation market share in the face of fierce competition.

Of course we are choosing to ignore sales of PND’s in our reporting of the statistics, but as a smartphone navigation company, the ones that relate directly to us are, well, the smartphone navigation statistics.

And they make for some good reading:


CoPilot Live is #1 for perpetual License smartphone navigation .

The term ‘perpetual license’ means unlimited-use turn-by-turn satellite navigation software purchased for a one-off fee (often for CoPilot purchased with a phone).

This is as opposed to subscription navigation which is usually paid on a monthly or per-use basis.

CoPilot Live is the number 1 for perpetual license smartphone navigation in EMEA.

Q3 2008 Sales (units) Market Share
ALK 84,100 45%
TomTom 41,790 23%
Garmin 35,110 19%
Others 24,630 13%
Total 185,630 100%

Source: Canalys estimates, Mobile Navigation Analysis, November 2008, © canalys.com ltd.

CoPilot Live is #2 overall in smartphone navigation (perpetual and subscription)

Ok so if you count Nokia with their pre-loaded per-use subscription service, then we slip back to #2, but how many of those users are paying every month we wonder?

Whatever your opinion about market stats, we have decided to be proud about these ones, and we will be working hard to maintain our position into 2009 as the smartphone navigation markets continues to grow at a huge pace - If the forecasts are to be believed!

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Update your safety camera database over-the-air

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Dave Burrows // Global Quality Assurance and Support Manager
on November 14, 2008
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safety-cam-mobileOver the past few months we’ve had quite a few requests from our customers asking for a way of updating the CoPilot safety camera database over-the-air (i.e. without needing to use a computer).

We decided that we needed a simple mobile-optimised website with instructions on downloading and installing the latest camera update direct from Mobile Internet Explorer.

Today, we’re pleaseed to announce that the site has just gone live (Touch-screen Windows Mobile and Pocket PC devices only).

http://safetycam.alk.com/

We’re updating the database every two weeks, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed to be notified as soon as its updated.

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Safety Camera Update

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Dave Burrows // Global Quality Assurance and Support Manager
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Safety CameraA new safety camera database has just been posted. Click the link below for download link and instructions.
http://www.alk.eu.com/copilot/cameras.asp
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O2 Xda Zest with CoPilot Live 7 due for launch next week

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Tim Sergent // Marketing & Communications Manager
on November 12, 2008
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O2 Xda Zest with CoPilot LiveO2’s latest Xda smartphone, the Zest is to be available from Monday 10th November. It comes packed with a 3 Megapixel camera, 3G, Wi-Fi and 356MB of memory expandable via microSD card to 32GB.

There is a 14-day trial version of CoPilot Live 7 with maps of UK+Ireland included. The full product can then be unlocked for unlimited use for just £49.99.

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Hands on… with the HTC Touch HD

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Christian Oliff // European Webmaster
on November 4, 2008
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touch_hd-copilotI’ve just got my hands on a pre-production Touch HD, which is HTC’s latest GPS-enabled smartphone. It packs HTC’s custom TouchFLO user interface, support for HSDPA networks, a 5 megapixel camera, a 3.5mm audio jack, and best of all, a massive 3.8inch wide super-bright WVGA screen (800×480).

Initial impressions of the device are very good, the LCD display on this is (by far) the best I’ve ever seen on any mobile device. You’ll have to see it to believe it, the picture to the right really doesn’t do it justice. Not only is it very hi-res, but its also very bright and the colours look extremely vibrant. The TouchFlo interface is faster and more responsive than previous versions.

http://www.htc.com/www/product/touchhd/product-tour.html

Our CoPilot development team here are hard at work to bring an optimised version for the hi-res WVGA screen (800×480) and already its looking very good. We’ll post more news nearer the time to launch regarding CoPilot availability for this device.

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Win a copy of CoPilot Live 7 with Europe Maps

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Helene Luis // European Events & PR Executive
on November 3, 2008
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Enter our MPH / Top Gear 2008 Live competition and be in with a chance to win a copy of CoPilot Live 7 on a 2GB memory card with full maps of Europe. Click on the link below for details on entering.

http://www.copilotlive.co.uk/mphoffer/

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Safety Camera Update

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Dave Burrows // Global Quality Assurance and Support Manager
on October 31, 2008
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Safety CameraA new safety camera database has just been posted. Click the link below for download link and instructions.
http://www.alk.eu.com/copilot/cameras.asp
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CoPilot at the Symbian Smartphone Show

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Tim Sergent // Marketing & Communications Manager
on October 23, 2008
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This week, the ALK marketing team has been over at Earl’s Court and the Symbian Smartphone show. We really like this two day show because it always attracts a broad range of knowledgeable delegates. We enjoyed the show’s party on Tuesday night too.

We were kept pretty busy on the stand, as mobile operators, journalists and even dare we say it, the occasional competitor, vied to see CoPilot Live running on a range of the latest S60 and UIQ devices we had on display - in particular, the new Nokia N96.

We made some great contacts, and caught-up with a number of our existing partners. Now it’s time for the post-show follow-up.

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An Evening with S60

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Christian Oliff // European Webmaster
on October 21, 2008
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Nokia held a great event at their flagship Regent Street store in London last night and we had a chance to get a hands-on with a couple of their latest devices, the E71 and N96.

Nokia staff also gave us a demo of their forthcoming touchscreen Music Express 5800 phone which looked very impressive. We’ll be looking forward to seeing the released version in the UK in early 2009.

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