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CoPilot Live 7 sat-nav comes to the HTC Touch Diamond


ALK Technologies has announced a special edition of its award-winning mobile phone navigation system, CoPilot Live 7, for the exciting new HTC Touch Diamond smartphone.

Owners of the HTC Touch Diamond will be able to enjoy CoPilot Live’s full-featured turn-by-turn satellite navigation system that takes full advantage of the phone’s in-built GPS satellite receiver, bright VGA colour screen and 4GB on-board memory.

CoPilot Live HTC Touch Diamond edition is supplied on a DVD that effortlessly copies and installs navigation software and maps onto the phone from a desktop computer via a synchronisation cable. Set-up is made simple thanks to automatic configuration that recognises the Touch Diamond’s internal GPS receiver.

Once installed, customers can enjoy full satellite navigation on their phone, with 7 digit UK postcode entry, voice guidance and automatic route calculation. The way to go is shown clearly with a choice of 2D or 3D map views and auto-zoom at junctions. A non-distracting driver safety mode helps drivers keep their eyes on the road by only displaying a map close to a turn. Safety camera alerts are included as standard with free of charge database updates via the CoPilot Live web site.

In addition to satellite navigation, CoPilot Live makes the most of the phone’s mobile Internet capability with an optional real-time traffic subscription and a free of charge live tracking service*. You can share your location live on the web with others as you move around, while they can send you messages and new stops.

The CoPilot Live 7 HTC Touch Diamond Edition DVD will be available to purchase from the end of July for around £65. The product will be available to purchase from Amazon.co.uk and via the ALK web sit. It will also be available as a download from Handango.co.uk.

To see a demo, obtain images and for more information, please visit Copilot Diamond


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Currently, it would not work anyway. There are no Core Location hooks in the GPS component of the iPhone. Without the ability to have direction and speed information, (velocity) you cannot achieve realtime and feedback turn by turn directions. This is what David Pogue was talking about, and it appears that he was correct as opposed to what Michael Mana was stating in the podcast.

Apparently though this may be rectified in the 2.1 version of the iPhone update. We will see though.
Wouldn't mind a version of this software on the iPhone!
How does this software compare to TomTom or iGuidance?
Thanks Dean. Link corrected.
the correct link is

http://www.alk.com/copilot/diamond/

link does not work
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