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Press Release:November 15, 2006

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mary Kelly, Media Relations
Phone: 609-252-8160
E-mail:kelly@alk.com
Fax: 609-252-8166

ALK Technologies Launches CoPilot Live | Laptop 10
GPS Navigation System Celebrates 10 Year Milestone

Princeton, New Jersey – November 15, 2006 - ALK Technologies, Inc., the leading worldwide developer of GPS navigation, mileage, mapping and route guidance software, today celebrates version 10 of CoPilot Live for laptops and ultra mobile PCs (UMPCs). This advanced GPS navigation system, with brilliant 3D map display, provides spoken turn-by-turn directions to any address in the United States or Canada, coast-to-coast.

“CoPilot Live benefits from ten years of refinement and provides the most sophisticated laptop GPS solution currently available. This latest version includes significant map data updates including over 6 million new points of interest. We also added several new user suggested functions including the ability to avoid an entire road throughout a state,” said Dan Titus, Senior Vice President of Mobility Solutions for ALK Technologies.

Over the past decade, CoPilot Live product enhancements have kept ALK at the forefront of the market for premium GPS navigation solutions. For this release, ALK has integrated 6 million points of interest from InfoUSA with ALK’s own premium points of interest. Major map data enhancement work is included as a result of a nationwide effort to update ALK’s map data for new roads, addresses and updated ZIP codes. CoPilot Live | Laptop 10 also contains the same sophisticated text to speech technology which pronounces complete road names: “In .5 miles turn left onto 1000 Herrontown Road”.

New to version 10 is ALK’s Software Development Kit (SDK) that enables the seamless integration of CoPilot Live with other mobile applications. CoPilot SDK is available as an add-on to the base product and is used primarily for business fleet integration needs.

CoPilot Live | Laptop 10 New Features Include:

  • Comprehensive street level maps of the United States and Canada
    • Over 750,000 miles of updated roads
    • Over 60,000 miles of new roads
    • Over 100 million addresses
    • Over 7 million miles of roadway in total
  • Over 6 million new points of interest
    • Hotels, motels, RV campgrounds, and a whole lot more
    • Phone numbers now included
  • Real-Time Traffic enabled nationwide
    • Advanced detour option aids in routing around traffic congestion
  • RV Specific Routing (12’6” and new 13’ height clearance options)
  • Automatic Speech volume adjustments tied to vehicle speed
  • Toll road alerts

For more information on CoPilot Live | Laptop 10 and other ALK GPS navigation solutions, visit: www.alk.com.

About ALK Technologies
ALK Technologies Inc. based in Princeton, New Jersey, is a leading supplier of GPS navigation and fleet management solutions for the commercial truck, corporate enterprise, mobile professional and consumer markets worldwide. ALK’s CoPilot GPS solutions are available for North America, Europe and Australia. ALK solutions benefit from over 27 years of transportation technology leadership and development expertise.

ALK Technologies was awarded Navteq’s 2006 Location Based Services Challenge Grand Prize and was Microsoft’s 2005 Worldwide Mobility Solutions - Partner of the Year. ALK is the official supplier of GPS navigation solutions to Gumball 3000 and a leading provider of commercial truck mileages, maps, and routing solutions under the PC*MILER® brand name. For additional information visit: www.alk.com or www.alk.eu.com.

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