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CoPilot launches best ever sat nav for Android

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

travroute_copilot_7_gpsFinally, a turn-by-turn GPS navigation software for Android! Gone is the time where despite being loaded with GPS and Google maps, you still look for the most suitable GPS software on the Google phone operating system. CoPilot Live has been launched to do away with those old-fashioned sat-nav features and applications.
The first ever turn-by-turn satellite navigation applications for Android phones, it boasts of an advanced GPS navigations guidance, easier scrolling menus, those helpful maps and safety camera alerts. The satnav functions for your Androids has just jumped from basic to super special as you have lane indicators display and all other best features of all satnavs combined.
The CoPilot Live is greatly helpful with its voice-active turn-by-turn guide throughs that won’t overload your brain. It also provides real time travel infos fast and has 3D mapping, making sat-nav even more lovable! Of course, it still has the traditional but very helpful features which you find in Windows Mobile, Android and Symbian. But the big difference – to your great advantage – is the touchscreen feature controls which allows you to go through menus and find locations on maps. The digital street maps, by the way, are all kept on the phone memory so they are quick and so fast to load.
Apart from those great features, there are additional services with the CoPilot as well. Like using the phone’s network connection for real-time traffic alerts and information, five days advance weather forecats and a new location sharing service called CoPilot LiveLink. It’s just like any other satnav, except it has the best features ever, and it’s on your T-Mobile, or HTC Magic, or whatever is most suitable for your Android handset.
What’s more, there’s the online features like location sharing which can be shared to your friends and family. Never has satnavs been bringing you closer to the world while on your own!

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Smartphones battle standalone GPS in the nav market.

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

apple-tomtom-iphoneThere is an ensuing battle between smartphones and the traditional GPS devices, and within each, the manufacturers keep trying to outdo each other in sales despite the global economic slump. While the smartphone has been considered the Swiss knife of the digital generation, the GPS remains the fastest provider of information a user needs.
It has been noted that iPhone users’ number is surprisingly twice that of smartphone holders when employing the satnav turn-by-turn directions. Last year, even high-end phones like Blackberry now come with features like spacious-touch sensitive screens, improved audio capacity and intuitive designs on the menu.
GPS units from TomTom, Magellan and Garmin saw a recent sharp decline compared to the past year, along with their stocks. Even with GPS being known to render results faster when it comes to searches, there is a noted preference to smartphones still. As GPS don’t eat battery that much, and there are no call interruptions compared to smartphones, a dwindle in sales is strongly foreseen. Of course, other than faster service, the GPS as a stand-alone device will always have followers, especially because they only pay a one-time fee rather than subscription.
On the other hand, this year smartphones now equipped with GPS are seeing a better future compared to personal navigation devices. More and more navigation applications, along with better connectivity and real-time traffic updates are gaining an even farther edge for smartphones. Many tech-savvy users also conclude that GPS capabilities of their phones are sufficient, and their system is handy and easy to use.
The manufacturers of GPS are moving quick and sure in developing new applications, combining the benefits of a smartphone and the plus factors of a navigational device. The target is to integrate two systems in one, making the gadget a greater convenience to users.
More information and details regarding smartphones and satnavs are available at NY Times

Smartphone battles standalone GPS in the nav market.

In-Car GPS Systems outsmarted by today’s Smartphones.

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

chinese-gps-phone-1For many years, portable navigation devices have been most used for its efficiency and practicality. These stand-alone devices render maps, turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates, among other advanced features. Users are thankful for the GPS in their automobiles for they have rendered driving in familiar and new locations a breeze.
Then here comes the smartphone, blasting its way to being the most sought-after gadget. As the camera, camcorder and web browser are all rolled powerfully into just one handy device, smartphone has quickly displaced the traditional GPS. More so that it also comes with a music player and laptop features zooming its way to being the most preferred gadget by most.
Most smartphones produced by leading manufacturers like Nokia, TomTom and Garmin, are developed smartly with touch-sensitive screens, improved audio and intuitive menus. Now, pressing GPS even lower, smartphones now have the most advanced navigation applications, and are always connected for purposes of showing real-time traffic updates, directions and contacts in the phone’s address book. Even with noticeable shortcomings over the GPS, there is a fast increase still of smartphone purchases.
Everybody likes everything to be within reach, and smartphones have it all. Everyone cannot live without their mobile phones, and because satnavs are already integrated into the device, the more people find it indispensable.
It’s really no surprise now why GPS companies are scrambling to expand to the smartphone market. But still, their moves are a bit too late, with shipments of portable navigation devices seeing a continued fall since the third quarter of 2008 to date. On the other hand, sales and shipments of smartphones with integrated GPS doubled for the same period and have already hit 10.4 million to date. GPS manufacturers seemed to have also conceded, saying the volume of their PNDs being shipped and activated for smartphones have surpassed 11% of the total GPS smartphone total. They see the GPS built-in to smartphones move as the major reason for PNDs continuing dwindle in users.
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