Mobile World Congress, BARCELONA, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --     ALK Technologies today announced that its CoPilot Live navigation
software has been selected by HTC (TAIEX: 2498; "HTC"), a global designer of
mobile devices to provide turn-by-turn voice guidance on the new GPS-enabled
Touch Cruise smartphone in selected European and Worldwide regions.

HTC's new Touch Cruise with CoPilot Live provides a breakthrough
navigation experience on a phone, combining HTC's latest touch screen
innovation with sophisticated voice-guided navigation. The fully integrated
solution also provides useful navigation-based services such as live local
search and weather information via the phone's mobile Internet connection
that can make every journey easier, when travelling in-car or on foot.

A customised version of CoPilot Live, complete with full street maps of a
country or region, is preinstalled on the phone and seamlessly integrated
with HTC's FootPrints(TM) photo navigation application. This break-through
application experience enables people to permanently chronicle their special
moments by capturing and storing a digital postcard on their phone, enabling
users to retrace their steps to that exact location in just a few touches.
Turn directions are displayed on colourful 3D maps or in a non-distracting
Driver Safety mode, guiding motorists reliably and safely. Pedestrians can
take advantage of CoPilot's walking routing and straight line guidance to
find the way more easily around unfamiliar cities.

The Touch Cruise with CoPilot offers the same ease of use as a dedicated
navigation system, and is supplied with an innovative car kit. When inserted
into the Touch Cruise car holder the phone automatically switches to in-car
mode, launching CoPilot's navigation display and prompting for a connection
to a Bluetooth headset.

CoPilot Live also brings the latest in connected navigation technology to
the Touch Cruise, making even the most familiar journeys more predictable.
Customers with mobile Internet access can easily find the nearby places they
need using a seamless connection to Microsoft Live Search; check the weather
at their destination and share their journeys with others using CoPilot's
web-based location tracking service. Real-time traffic information is
available for a subscription.

Additional navigation features include a pre-installed database of safety
cameras with free-of charge location updates, and the ability to transfer
CoPilot's street maps to a separate memory card. Customers planning to travel
abroad can purchase and download additional maps, such as North America,
Australia or the whole of Europe from a dedicated web store.

Commenting on the announcement, Michael Kornhauser, Vice President at ALK
Technologies said: "We have worked closely with HTC to fully integrate
CoPilot Live into the Touch Cruise and we are delighted to extend our
relationship with this announcement. The combined solution is the latest
stage in the logical evolution of GPS navigation from the dedicated device to
the phone, offering the dependability of on-board mapping with seamless and
genuinely useful mobile Internet services."

"We are excited to be delivering the new HTC Touch Cruise with CoPilot in
selected regions across Europe. The Touch Cruise not only delivers simple,
yet accurate navigation - with HTC Footprints we are changing how people
interact and carry their memories" said Florian Seiche, Vice President, HTC
Europe.

HTC's Touch Cruise with CoPilot Live navigation will be available in
certain European and Worldwide regions, including France, Spain, Portugal,
Italy, Greece, Turkey, Gulf Coast States of Middle East, Australia and South
Africa from Q1 2009. It will also be available via selected mobile operators
in other regions. For further information about the phone, please visit
http://www.htc.com

The Touch Cruise will be on display at Mobile World Congress at the
CoPilot Live demonstration area on the Microsoft stand, Hall 1 (D19) and on
the ALK Technologies CoPilot Live stand in Hall 2 (EZ6). For more information
about CoPilot Live, visit http://www.copilotlive.com

About ALK Technologies

ALK Technologies has been developing innovative mobile navigation and
transportation technology solutions since 1979. ALK's award-winning
CoPilot(TM) GPS software is increasingly being adopted as the navigation
choice for mobile operators, hardware OEMs and systems integrators globally,
while the company's PC*MILER(R) routing and mapping fleet solutions are used
by over 22,000 transportation, logistics and manufacturing companies
worldwide. Find out more about ALK Technologies and CoPilot Live navigation
at http://www.copilotlive.com

About HTC

Founded in 1997, HTC Corporation (HTC) is a global leader in mobile phone
innovation and design. Since its establishment, HTC has developed strong R&D
capabilities, pioneered many new designs and product innovations and launched
state-of-the-art mobile phones for mobile operators and distributors in
Europe, the US, Asia and around the world. HTC is one of the fastest growing
companies in the mobile device market. The company is listed on the Taiwan
Stock Exchange under ticker 2498. For more information about HTC, please
visit http://www.htc.com.

The names of companies and products mentioned herein may be the
trademarks of their respective owners.

ALK / CoPilot media contact:
    Laura Macdonald - laura.macdonald@skywritecomms.com
    +44(0)20-7608-4645