Word: copilot
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...third-party application such as Agile Messenger, which is still buggy. T-Mobile pre-loads a solid messaging application in its newest smartphone, the SDA, and I wish Verizon did the same. For the most part, all third-party products that benefit the SDA, such as ALK's CoPilot Live 6 GPS navigation system, will also benefit...
...case in point is GPS navigation: I tested ALK's CoPilot Live 6 for Smartphones, which comes with a Bluetooth GPS receiver that sits on your dashboard. You slip a MiniSD card into the phone (annoyingly, under the battery) and after a quick software install, the program runs. It communicates wirelessly with the GPS receiver, and quickly discovers its location. The turn-by-turn navigation experience was fairly positive, although on occasion it did point me in the wrong direction, as if a U-turn was part of the itinerary. It's no Garmin, but it passes the basic tests...
...useful platform for software such as CoPilot. Though the system occasionally strains when it's given too much to do, it manages to pull through without freezing up. The battery life is pretty good, too: During a two-hour round trip with the screen backlight on and the speaker barking navigational instructions, the SDA didn't even lose a bar of battery power...
...advice of Ocean's Steven Soderbergh, with whom Cheadle is a particular favorite. "Steven says if you can get Cheadle in your movie, put him in," says Clooney. "It doesn't matter if he's right for the part. In Fail Safe, I made him a copilot. There were not a lot of black copilots in the Air Force...
MEANWHILE UP IN THE SKY ... Scratch Landing A pet cat that escaped from its flight bag forced an SN Brussels airplane on its way to Vienna to turn back after 20 minutes. The cat made its way into the cockpit and scratched the copilot "aggressively" on the arm. Brushing aside fears of a feline terror plot, the airline promptly launched a new advertisement promoting the quality of its in-flight food under the slogan "Fresh fish every day" - and featuring a picture...