CoPilot is a perennial favourite satnav application, and while it will set you back a few pounds it is cheaper than some. It is available for the iPhone and Android as well as for the iPad and there are various country packs available. As a guide, a UK and Ireland package for Android costs £20.82 through the Android Market.
We have always liked the clear mapping that CoPilot offers, even on smaller screens. The large, finger-friendly menu buttons are also a positive point. Among the more likeable features in this latest edition we’ve found the lane assist quite useful. On large motorway junctions in particular the giant arrows help you pre-plan dealing with huge numbers of lanes.
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We’re also fans of the new drag routing feature. You can simply use a finger to pull a pre-planned route in a new direction. This can be useful if you spot a town or beauty spot you’d like to take in on a long journey. It’s a lot quicker than going back into the route planning interface and adding a new stopping off point.
We also like the way CoPilot Live can display three alternative routes on screen at the same time useful. These highlight distance and time as well as route, and if you buy the ActiveTraffic service real time traffic speeds are taken into account in calculating journey speeds.
Comments
D Tremellen said: You complete all the usual stuff for payment and then it wants your PIN number No way What kind of scam is this that expects you to give it ALL your security information Just the basic info gives it enough to use your details to buy anything online but the PIN number gives it carte blanche to empty your bank account as well
Stuart B said: This company have acted like con artists I have spent nearly 50 on the app 2599 traffic updates 1999 and text-to-speech functionality 299 but after years of updates it still remains so slow and unreliable that it is unfit for purpose even on drastically faster hardwareWhyThe company put all of its resources into the Co Pilot Live Premium application which just duplicates functionality of the former app with a nicer skin on it This new app is essentially an upgrade which the company refuse to allow its existing customers to access without spending even more money I WILL NOT waste another penny on this company and advise that you do the same Such business practices are disgracefulALKs technical support has been diabolical their operatives fail to understand the problems almost every time Issues have included failed licence transferrals random crashes failures to connect to satellites without a prior forced restart very poor live traffic information error messages and a reduce music volume when speaking feature which not only didnt work but blew my cars speakers They are slow to respond and even then only offer simple troubleshooting tips rather than engaging with and solving real issues which affect their customersWhilst other reviewers have said that apple have provided redemption codes in respect of this malpractice I have today spoken with apple customer relations and have been told that apple categorically will not offer any discount or redress for an issue which they believe is developer-specific The representative I spoke to Hi Mike Senior AppleCare Advisor suggested that apple sees itself merely as distributor and would not accept that apples practices should not allow the developer of a flawed app to cease development of it only to create another app which duplicates and builds on its features To me that sounds like an application UPDATE which should be free to existing customersAvoid both this and the CoPilot Live UK Premium app as once a crookalways a crook