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Press Release: January 7, 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CoPilot® Live™ GPS Navigation App Exceeds 200,000 Downloads in Six Months January 7, 2010 - Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas - ALK Technologies today announced that its award-winning CoPilot® Live™ v8 GPS navigation app for smartphones has been downloaded by over 200,000 customers globally in its first six months since launch. Demonstrations are available at the CoPilot Live booth 35319 in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center during the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7-10th. Introduced initially on the Android Market in June 2009, CoPilot Live v8 has become one of the best selling turn-by-turn navigation apps for iPhone in many markets, the top grossing of all iPhone apps in 2009 in the UK and the number one paid app on Android Market. CoPilot Live v8 has also proved popular for Windows Phone customers who are able to purchase and download the application directly from ALK's own online store. "CoPilot Live's popularity demonstrates the appetite among GPS-enabled smartphone owners for premium voice-guided navigation software, said Michael Kornhauser, Managing Director at ALK Technologies. "We have developed some great innovations in navigation which we will bring to smartphone owners in 2010. While the days of the dedicated device are certainly not over, the rapid consumer adoption of CoPilot Live certainly suggests that the smartphone is increasingly offering a credible alternative." "The app store distribution model has been transformational for us in many ways," he added. "It has allowed us to more easily market our full-featured CoPilot Live navigation software directly to customers on a wider range of GPS-enabled smartphones across the leading mobile platforms. App stores are a cost-effective way for us to distribute software, allowing us to make GPS navigation more affordable than ever. We have also been able to take advantage of the automatic software update facility offered by the iPhone App Store and Android Market to deliver improvements and innovations quickly and effectively in response to customer feedback." CoPilot Live GPS Navigation is available from $34.99 on iPhone App Store, Android Market and for Windows Phones via the CoPilot Live online store at CoPilotLive.com.
About ALK ALK Technologies has been developing innovative mobile navigation and transportation technology solutions since 1979. Find out more at CoPilotLive.com You can also follow CoPilot Live online: Twitter, CoPilot Live blog, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr. # # #
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