Hi! We see you’re using an ad-blocker. We’re fine with that and won’t stop you visiting the site.
But as we’re losing ad-revenue from this then why not make a donation towards website running costs?. Or you could disable your ad-blocker for this site. We think you’ll find our adverts are not overbearing!
Mobile World Congress, Barcelona. CoPilot have made a bold move in the competitive navigation app markets with the offer of a free app.
The free app, CoPilot GPS will offer much of the features and functionality previously available in CoPilot Live. It will be available in the Spring in both Android Market and iTunes App Store.
Positioned as an alternative to Google Maps, the app will have on-board mapping (so no data charges) and a full complement of points of interest. Users can input addresses and calculate and view routes as normal.
What it doesn't provide is voice guidance, a 3D map and turn-by-turn navigation. You can still use it to guide you but it will not recalculate if you wander off the planned route.
In-app purchase options will allow you to unlock the full functionality and give access to 3D maps, voice etc at a cost of £19.99. ActiveTraffic will be £9.99/year.
It's an interesting move by ALK. Google's dominance of the Android navigation market has been blamed by some navigation app providers but others, such as ALK and Sygic are doing well and this may give ALK a huge boost.
Well it is the strongest contender in the Android market - it is obvious they have vast experience of smartphone navigation and a long history in GPS
While not perfect by any means, Co-Pilot simply doesn't make the same mistakes that ALL the others currently do
It is the only contender that occasionally I choose to use over one of my PNDs
TomTom Go Live 6100, 600
Garmin DriveLux 50, D-Smart 70, NuviCam, 3598, 2699, 2798
Mio Navman 695
Nexus 6p, Apple iPhone 6sPlus and Microsoft Lumia 950xl running TomTom, Garmin, CoPilot, Navigon, Sygic, Here Drive, Google, Waze, MS Maps
Posted by G1LIW on Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:59 pm
Interesting; might they be a bit worried about NavFree, do you think?
Roger, G1LIW
Google Pixel 3a XL Android Smartphone | SatNav Sygic for Android | Waze for Android | CamerAlert for Android | Blog http://rogersblant.blogspot.com/
Posted by MikeB on Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:39 pm
Whilst at MWC in Barcelona ALK's David Quin gave us the lowdown on the new CoPilot GPS FREE application:
Hi! We see you’re using an ad-blocker. We’re fine with that and won’t stop you visiting the site.
But as we’re losing ad-revenue from this then why not make a donation towards website running costs?. Or you could disable your ad-blocker for this site. We think you’ll find our adverts are not overbearing!
Posted by xtraseller on Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:22 pm
