Co-pilot - satnav for iPhone

[james rydell]

I use copilot and have been for over a year now.version 7 in fact.

I've been all over england,from south east to north west,up to scotland to stranraer picking up cars and bringing them home.

Also been all over down south with it as far as co. tipperary and all over the north and its been perfect every time.

It updates every time you turn it on,even if you use it more than once each day.which is annoying sometimes.

The only critiscsm i would have is that it only works well in northenr ireland by using postcodes.one the mainland it can pick up towns easily but over here you have to use postcodes to get a perfect rout.

I actually have a spare serial number for a subscription to it.but i'll probably keep it in case my upgrade phone in a few months doesn't have one

 

[smyth]

Im dying for someone to up a working copy of co-pilot to installous

 

[james rydell]

i have the PDA software on CD

you need a key to activate it though

 

[miniator]

I thought it was very slow in the house picking up where i was but in the car it picked it up quick. Although one thing i noticed was that on 1 road it told me to turn left into a field but on the map it should a right turn which was the correct way lol.

that has nothing to do with the iphone or the app.
how do you expect to get a good GPS reception standing indoors?!

 

[Al-mera]

I know thats what i was saying, i thought thats what pablo was saying about it being slow in work i thought he was indoors.

 

[Graham2]

Used Navigon again yesterday and was very impressed, took me to the exact house number I was looking for aswell which Google Maps and my TomTom sat nav are pretty crap at.

 

[pablo]

used co-pilot a couple of times now. Seems to work very well so far. And if I have it connected to my HU it plays the directions through the stereo.

 

[polotdi]

What's it like for battery usage?

 

[pablo]

no idea, have it plugged in

 

[Al-mera]

Says on the site that it can run for about 2 hours fully charged. but you canturn the screen off and just have the voice to save power.

 

[pablo]

the gps sucks a lot of power too tho

 

[RComms]

TomTom released today I see.

£59.99 for UK and Ireland
£79.99 for Western Europe.

Will be interesting to see the reviews, but Co-Pilot looks a steal at the price still.

 

[Ant]

TomTom released today I see.

£59.99 for UK and Ireland
£79.99 for Western Europe.

Will be interesting to see the reviews, but Co-Pilot looks a steal at the price still.

**** me thats steep for software

 

[pablo]

to be fair tho software is the key, the hardware (a gps receiver and a screen) probably costs feck all to make in volume. Consider the effort required to write the software tho.

 

[Ant]

to be fair tho software is the key, the hardware (a gps receiver and a screen) probably costs feck all to make in volume. Consider the effort required to write the software tho.

I'm a programmer myself and even i think thats steep considering the price of a unit with the same sort of software.

+ what it'll cost for future map updates and the like no doubt.

i'll maybe get one of the other apps (picked up an iphone on saturday)

 

[pablo]

aye I think its steep too, especially since copilot is £27.

 

[Ant]

Guess depends how well the other apps work for nireland, that seems to be the sticking point for a lot of those satnav's

Parents have a Navman and it's pretty woeful for over here, whereas tomtom and garman seem to work the best.

going grab navicon or co-pilot now to have a look

 

[Mark122]

I use Navigon. Free for Jailbroken devices.

Where do you get it? Cydia or Icy?

 

[Bride]

Where do you get it? Cydia or Icy?

appulo.us

 

[smyth]

has anyone got hold of TomTom yet?

 

[leonardodecappiccuno]

Yea guys, just bought copilot for my iphone 3G, seems to work OK, and some new upgrades due very soon.

Regards Lenny

 

[pablo]

Been using mine a good bit for a trip up through England. Found it ok, but just ok. Missed a couple of turns and was late with some directions unless you're watching the route you could get caught out.

For £27 and no extra hardware it does the job.

 

[Stuarty1984]

What would happen if you use the nav software in europe or the states, are there data charges, or does gps use not count?

 

[pablo]

GPS doesnt count but you would need the maps for the country loaded onto your iphone. The cheaper copilot only has UK maps.

 

[Stuarty1984]

Installous has any maps that i need lol!

Thanks pablo