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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:57 pm Post subject: CoPilot Live Announces Local Search Using Microsoft Live |
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ALK Technologies yesterday announced that customers of its CoPilot Live mobile phone navigation system will be able to benefit from an integral connection to Microsoft’s Live Search API.
By entering a search query e.g. ‘bank’, ‘coffee’ etc you will receive a list of the matches closest to your current location. Connected search is the next big evolution in navigation and provides access to a huge variety of dynamic real-time information.
CoPilot Live sends its queries to Microsoft’s Live Search API via the mobile Internet (a data connection is required) and provides its navigation users with instant access to a huge range of location-specific information. Search results provide details of nearby businesses, shops, restaurants, and leisure facilities, which can be previewed and added to an itinerary for spoken and on-screen turn guidance. The system will also be capable of displaying community-generated reviews and rankings, helping users make an informed selection.
The feature will be available on new products from April and an update will be made available free of charge for existing customers.
Quote: | CoPilot Live takes advantage of a phone’s built-in mobile Internet connectivity, unlike some recently announced Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs), which require the expense of an additional mobile contract for connected services. This combination of feature-rich on-board navigation, and genuinely useful CoPilot Live location-specific information, offers an optimal customer experience and an ideal data proposition for Mobile Operators.
Michael Kornhauser, Managing Director and Vice President of ALK Technologies said “CoPilot is the original connected navigation system – we were the first to integrate real-time mobile Internet services as standard with our CoPilot Live location tracking service. The search experience made possible by the Live Search API is a great extension of our navigation-based mobile Internet services, which provide our customers with the relevant up to date information they need, when they need it.”
“Microsoft’s overall success is due in large part to the extensibility of the platform offerings that industry partners differentiate through their innovation,” said Randy Both, Group Marketing Manager at Microsoft. “With Microsoft’s Live Search API, technology collaborators can create new solutions such as ALK’s CoPilot Live. We’re encouraged to see its innovation and look for ALK and others to continue a revolution in search built on Microsoft’s platform.”
To see a demonstration of CoPilot Live’s connection to Live Search at Mobile World Congress, visit ALK on the Microsoft stand, Hall 1, D19 or the NAVTEQ stand, Hall 1, G45.
Alternatively visit www.copilotlivesearch.com |
_________________ Darren Griffin
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15258 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:06 pm Post subject: Re: CoPilot Live Announces Local Search Using Microsoft Live |
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excellent i was only talking to the mrs about something like this the other week!!
i particularly like this part too:
Darren wrote: | and an update will be made available free of charge for existing customers.
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Graeme2812 Frequent Visitor
Joined: Mar 14, 2004 Posts: 297 Location: Dundee, Scotland UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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This sounds simlar to the BMW ConnectedDrive (online), although they use google but it's still really good. Surprisingly, BMW launched there service around 1999.
I wonder if TT will follow with something similar and included the data charges encurred with there eventual HD subscription!
Now I'm just getting ahead of myself!
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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Ah and CeBIt is just around the corner ;) _________________ Darren Griffin |
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MikeB Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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Well actually 3GSM or Mobile World Conference as it is now known is next week and that is where I would expect to find announcements about a lot of connected systems, though of course some may be holding back for CeBIT.
However TomTom consumer division didnt actually got to CeBIT last year it was just the TomTom Work team. _________________ Mike Barrett |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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TomTom will be at CeBIT in force this year and there is a press conference arranged so something is afoot. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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Richard70 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:51 pm Post subject: CoPilot |
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Having just purchased O2 Xda Stella which is offered with CoPilot I am unsure if this software works like any other GPS device dependent software such as TomTom or is it using the actual phone service to navigate.
I have been using TomTom for some years on various devices without trouble but on this product TomTom refuses to install.
I have installed memory map V:4.4 but am wuite unable to set up the GPS facitility to use with it.
Having phoned o2 customer support it quickly became apparant that the advisor knew nothiong about Sat nav because he kept putting me on hold while contacting various in-house agents.
His fimal advice was that i require copilot in order to use any other navigation software.
This cannot possibly be the case but after 45min of fruitless discussion i brought the conversation to a close.
Does anyone on here know the situation with Stella regarding the use of 3rd party navigation software using the Stella's internal claimed GPS facility. Their manual say's sod all on the subject.
Thank you in advance
Richard Corbett
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome Richard,
The XDA Stellar has a built-in GPS Receiver. To use other applications you need to ensure that you have exited CoPilot fully before launching them. If you do not, then CoPilot will retain access to the GPS Port and other applications will be unable to connect to the receiver.
For Memory-Map you will also need to configure it with the correct Com Port and Baud rate settings of your Stellar's Internal GPS. If you go to Start -> Settings -> System -> GPS, it should say there. If not you should try COM 4 and Baud rate of 4800. IIRC the GPS Type for Memory-Map should be Other/NMEA. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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Richard70 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:06 am Post subject: |
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Here is the actual problem
1: My Tom Tom software will not install into Stella
2:The actual sequence is....
settings-gps settings....at which point one is faced with the GPS programme port from which I can sellect Com port 1-9 and GPD port (whatever that is) 1-9
In addition under the Hardware tag on the screen bottom, one is oofered the option GPS Hardware Port Com 1-9
So my questio is A: how do i get TomTom Mobile 5 to actually install and
B: what are the settings from the above listed options.
Does this mean a phone call to TomTom I ask myself?
All assistance humbly recieved as before....
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alix776 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 03/05/2003 14:45:49 Posts: 3999 Location: leyland lancs ENGLAND
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:33 am Post subject: |
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the steller is a pocketpc not a mobile there for you tomtom navigator 5 for pocketpc not smartphone
as the maps for tt5 are out of date why not use the copilot applcation that came with it the mapping it more upto date and the camera database for ourselves can be used the routeing has configuration options than tomtom also _________________ currently using aponia truck navigation on windows phone. Good bye IOS don't let the door hit you on the way out .
Oh the joys of being a courier.
device Lumia 950 xl |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:30 am Post subject: |
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Richard70 wrote: | Here is the actual problem
1: My Tom Tom software will not install into Stella |
You never mentioned TomTom before, you said Memory-Map!
Quote: | So my questio is A: how do i get TomTom Mobile 5 to actually instal |
You don't. TomTom Mobile 5 is intended for 'Smartphone' devices only. It will not work on your Stellar which is a Windows Mobile PocketPC Phone Edition, a different platform entirely.
The current TomTom product for your phone is TomTom Navigator 6. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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FrequentFlyer Lifetime Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2006 Posts: 962 Location: London
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:02 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | The current TomTom product for your phone is TomTom Navigator 6. |
And it works a treat as well... |
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Richard70 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:01 am Post subject: TomTom 6and Xda Stella |
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FrequentFlyer wrote: | Quote: | The current TomTom product for your phone is TomTom Navigator 6. |
And it works a treat as well... |
Does this mean you have a Stella with TT loaded.
If that is the case does the mini Sd card self install
Richard |
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Richard70 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:05 am Post subject: |
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Darren wrote: | You don't. TomTom Mobile 5 is intended for 'Smartphone' devices only. It will not work on your Stellar which is a Windows Mobile PocketPC Phone Edition, a different platform entirely. |
That my indeed be the case but I have had my current version working on an Xda Exec without a problem.
If i load TomTom itself I cannot load the maps and if i install the maps without installing TomTom TomTom wil not install
Quote: | The current TomTom product for your phone is TomTom Navigator 6. |
Looks like it |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15258 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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any news on when this will be released for current users?
copilot central tells me there's an update - clicking on info tells me it's from november 07... however, after downloading it it doesn't seem to actually install anything to the device and the release number stays at 7.0.6.68!
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