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Truckin’ with Magellan

December 11, 2009 by Rich Owings  
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Magellan-CoPilot Magellan has apparently swung a deal with ALK Technologies, makers of a couple of truck navigation products, PCMiler and CoPilot Truck. These have previously only been available for laptops and some cell phones, but the CoPilot Truck navigation software can now be ported to the Magellan RoadMate 1470 and the seven-inch RoadMate 1700.

This gives Magellan an advantage over the 4.3” Garmin nuvi 465T as far as screen size goes; the two compatible Magellan units have 4.7” and 7” screens.


According to Amazon, the software has been available since late October. CoPilot’s own page cites 2.9 million commercial truck restrictions, in addition to seven million points of interest.

Via @Allory_d

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2 Responses to “Truckin’ with Magellan”
  1. Al Sensu says:
    December 11, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    How about a comparison with the dedicated TND from Rand McNally?

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  2. Rich Owings says:
    December 12, 2009 at 7:45 am

    Yeah, there’s a few different trucker units out there now, including one from Goodyear. I don’t think I can road test them all, but maybe a roundup is in order.

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