Co-Pilot Live - anyone use it?

http://www.alk.com/copilot/android/

Looks interesting. Maps are stored on the phone, so you don't need a
data connection to use the real-time navigation features. That would be
great for the smaller carriers like Sprint and T-Mobile that may not
have a large footprint in rural areas.

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Steve Sobol - Programming/Web Dev/IT Support
Apple Valley, CA
sjsobol@JustThe.net

On 1/10/2011 7:50 AM, Steve Sobol wrote:
>
> http://www.alk.com/copilot/android/
>
> Looks interesting. Maps are stored on the phone, so you don't need a
> data connection to use the real-time navigation features. That would be
> great for the smaller carriers like Sprint and T-Mobile that may not
> have a large footprint in rural areas.

And for those on data plans where they don't have unlimited data.

On 1/10/2011 7:50 AM, Steve Sobol wrote:
>
> http://www.alk.com/copilot/android/
>
> Looks interesting. Maps are stored on the phone, so you don't need a
> data connection to use the real-time navigation features. That would be
> great for the smaller carriers like Sprint and T-Mobile that may not
> have a large footprint in rural areas.

I bought it, and am trying to download it. Haven't been too successful
with the map download yet. The pricing is very unclear. Apparently it's
$5 for the program and the U.S. maps, but sometimes a screen says $30.

On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:53:09 -0500, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

> On 1/10/2011 7:50 AM, Steve Sobol wrote:
>>
>> http://www.alk.com/copilot/android/
>>
>> Looks interesting. Maps are stored on the phone, so you don't need a
>> data connection to use the real-time navigation features. That would be
>> great for the smaller carriers like Sprint and T-Mobile that may not
>> have a large footprint in rural areas.
>
> I bought it, and am trying to download it. Haven't been too successful
> with the map download yet. The pricing is very unclear. Apparently it's
> $5 for the program and the U.S. maps, but sometimes a screen says $30.

I've no Android device to run it on, but what the web site offers me is:

> Complete U.S. and Canada maps included
> $19.99 CoPilot Live USA DownloadComplete map of the U.S. included
> $4.99

Nothing at all for $30.- :-) . Cheers, -- tlvp
--
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In article <op.vo4gxe14itl47o@acer250.gateway.2wire.net>,
tPlOvUpBErLeLsEs@hotmail.com says...


> Nothing at all for $30.- :-) . Cheers, -- tlvp

Yeah, that's what I was looking at. The app may well be worth $25; I'm
just curious if anyone has had any experience with it.


--
Steve Sobol - Programming/Web Dev/IT Support
Apple Valley, CA
sjsobol@JustThe.net

On 1/10/2011 6:23 PM, tlvp wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:53:09 -0500, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 1/10/2011 7:50 AM, Steve Sobol wrote:
>>>
>>> http://www.alk.com/copilot/android/
>>>
>>> Looks interesting. Maps are stored on the phone, so you don't need a
>>> data connection to use the real-time navigation features. That would be
>>> great for the smaller carriers like Sprint and T-Mobile that may not
>>> have a large footprint in rural areas.
>>
>> I bought it, and am trying to download it. Haven't been too successful
>> with the map download yet. The pricing is very unclear. Apparently it's
>> $5 for the program and the U.S. maps, but sometimes a screen says $30.
>
> I've no Android device to run it on, but what the web site offers me is:
>
>> Complete U.S. and Canada maps included
>> $19.99 CoPilot Live USA DownloadComplete map of the U.S. included
>> $4.99
>
> Nothing at all for $30.- :-) . Cheers, -- tlvp

See <http://www.alk.com/copilot/copilot8-store.asp>

On 1/10/2011 7:50 AM, Steve Sobol wrote:
>
> http://www.alk.com/copilot/android/
>
> Looks interesting. Maps are stored on the phone, so you don't need a
> data connection to use the real-time navigation features. That would be
> great for the smaller carriers like Sprint and T-Mobile that may not
> have a large footprint in rural areas.

Well I tried it yesterday. Very unimpressive. First, it would not allow
me to put in the address of the destination. The building has been there
for probably 30 years, it's not a new building, but Co-Pilot insisted it
did not exist. I put in the closest address number on the same street to
see what it would do. At one point the voice tells me to turn left on
G2. Well if you asked 1000 people in this area where road G2 was you'd
be lucky to find one person that knew the answer because no one _ever_
calls it G2, and you'd be hard-pressed to find any signs with that
designation (I think I recall one, but I can't recall where). It did
display the proper name of the road on the screen though. I expect that
the other county roads with G designation will also not have the road
names spoken correctly.

On 1/16/2011 6:43 PM, SMS wrote:
> On 1/10/2011 7:50 AM, Steve Sobol wrote:
>>
>> http://www.alk.com/copilot/android/
>>
>> Looks interesting. Maps are stored on the phone, so you don't need a
>> data connection to use the real-time navigation features. That would be
>> great for the smaller carriers like Sprint and T-Mobile that may not
>> have a large footprint in rural areas.
>
> Well I tried it yesterday. Very unimpressive. First, it would not allow
> me to put in the address of the destination. The building has been there
> for probably 30 years, it's not a new building, but Co-Pilot insisted it
> did not exist. I put in the closest address number on the same street to
> see what it would do. At one point the voice tells me to turn left on
> G2. Well if you asked 1000 people in this area where road G2 was you'd
> be lucky to find one person that knew the answer because no one _ever_
> calls it G2, and you'd be hard-pressed to find any signs with that
> designation (I think I recall one, but I can't recall where). It did
> display the proper name of the road on the screen though. I expect that
> the other county roads with G designation will also not have the road
> names spoken correctly.

One other issue I found while using it yesterday. Like most GPS
applications on phones, it's an incredible battery hog. Be sure to keep
it plugged in in the car during use. Went from 90% battery to 20%
battery in about an hour.