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mark1968 Frequent Visitor
Joined: Mar 01, 2004 Posts: 290 Location: Northampton
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:10 pm Post subject: CoPilot Live 6 is here |
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ALK's website has been updated and is now advertising Copilot live 6.
Complete with screenshots.
No details yet on upgrades and prices. _________________ Please follow me on twitter @mdyson1968 |
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Northernbloke Occasional Visitor
Joined: Feb 03, 2005 Posts: 55
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | 7 digit UK Post Code search | - And about time too
Quote: | Real-time traffic-ready. CoPilot Live 6 supports both TMC and GPRS Traffic information. Traffic availability and cost varies according to region and retailer. | Now why didn't they make a staement like that about CPL5 - instead of clearly stating it was included then not delivering it.
Quote: | and thousand of new and updated points of interest | you never know - CPL6 may actually announce them all correctly too
Quote: | MOVE UP TO COPILOT LIVE 6
Owners of earlier versions of CoPilot and CoPilot Live
are eligible to buy CoPilot Live 6 for a substantial discount (Coming Soon...) | - Should be free as compensation for the poor support and bugs we've had to put up with!!!!! |
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Bazzer Regular Visitor
Joined: Feb 17, 2005 Posts: 209 Location: Wirral
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:53 am Post subject: |
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"CoPilot Live 6 is here" Is it ??
Their website seems to suggest that it is. However, if you follow any of the 'buy now' links, none of the retailers are advertising it or selling it ! Only CPL5 is still being sold.
Not that I'll be rushing out and buying it.
More ALK mis-information ??
Baz _________________ Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-D
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Schouten Regular Visitor
Joined: May 16, 2005 Posts: 86 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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I'd suggest that what we'd all need before we rush out and get it (if it IS available) is a full unbiased "warts and all" review on here (not like the one we fell for on CPL5) that looks at all the bugs that have been recorded on this forum to see if they have been fixed. Shouldn't be too much to ask should it?
Just ahead - beware new release! |
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Northernbloke Occasional Visitor
Joined: Feb 03, 2005 Posts: 55
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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Click here
Well thats the URL for the CPL6 Patches for Pocket PC - nice to see them giving patches away already to fix their buggy software - shame they haven't bothered fixing CPL5 yet - guess thats never gonna happen now they have a new (toy?) to play with.
Edited by Tim to retain page formatting, also to add a word. (toy?) |
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Robin2 Lifetime Member
Joined: Nov 24, 2003 Posts: 1441 Location: Swansea
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:10 am Post subject: |
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Upgrade price is £50 for UK, £100 for Europe
Robin _________________ TomTom One v3 Europe, Navcore 7.903, Western Europe 835.2420
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mij Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 24, 2005 Posts: 20 Location: London
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:42 am Post subject: |
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I am so fed up with software companys selling buggy software & ignoring all complaints, then bringing out a new version and expecting existing customers to pay again for something that should have been given to them for free, along with an apology for the problems with the original.
No wonder so many people have illegal copies of software, how many times should we pay to get a fully working copy of CoPilot? or any other software for that matter. |
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iankb Frequent Visitor
Joined: May 09, 2005 Posts: 283 Location: Reading, UK
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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It would have been nice to see something in CP6's features that states improved route calculation over CP5. Fine tunability is one thing, but I think that there were some fundamental problems with CP5's avoidance of direct routes on local roads that simply changing road speed won't alter. And they still haven't acknowledged that there were bugs in CP5 that one might reasonably expect them to have resolved in CP6.
Unlike others, I have applied for the upgrade, since I will just switch back to CP5 if the initial release of CP6 proves unusable. I know that, in the end, they will have a version of CP6 that is no worse than CP5, and I have no wish to switch to a competitor at the moment. Since I tend to use it for longers journeys, and not for local deliveries, I have fewer issues with CP5 than others on this forum.
If somebody from ALK were to reply with comments about known bugs in CP5, and their resolution within CP6, I think that forum users would be happier with the proposed upgrade, even if they would have wished that those bugs had been resolved with a free CP5 update. _________________ Ian
iPaq 2210
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Northernbloke Occasional Visitor
Joined: Feb 03, 2005 Posts: 55
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | No wonder so many people have illegal copies of software, how many times should we pay to get a fully working copy of CoPilot? or any other software for that matter. |
M8 - look how many cracked copies of Tom Tom there are available all over the net - if any software is good it will almost invariably get cracked at some point. BUT - i have yet to see a cracked copy of Co-Pilot anywhere on the net - I even asked the question on here a good few months ago and Dave Burrows indicated that it probably hadn't been cracked because the security algorithm it uses is so good. My personal opinion is that the CP5 is so bug-ridden and unpopular it's not worth the hassle of cracking it especially when there are much better and apparently easier to crack programs such as TomTom. |
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Skippy Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: 24/06/2003 00:22:12 Posts: 2946 Location: Escaped to the Antipodies! 36.83°S 174.75°E
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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Robin2 wrote: | Upgrade price is £50 for UK |
That's £50 too much in my opinion. _________________ Gone fishing! |
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Bazzer Regular Visitor
Joined: Feb 17, 2005 Posts: 209 Location: Wirral
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:54 am Post subject: |
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After my previous thread concerning 'Beta Testers for CP6', it seems strange that it is now being released, and yet none of the regular users or perhaps more importantly, none of the PGPSW team appear to have beta tested the product.
Ir does make you wonder if this has been road tested at all to see if it resolves many of the problems in CP5.
Furthermore, as has been mentioned, CP6 needs to be thoroughly reviewed and an HONEST appraisal of its pros & cons given, unlike the review of CP5 !
Baz _________________ Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-D
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Schouten Regular Visitor
Joined: May 16, 2005 Posts: 86 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Furthermore, as has been mentioned, CP6 needs to be thoroughly reviewed and an HONEST appraisal of its pros & cons given, unlike the review of CP5 ! |
Bazzer - see Darren's reply to my posting along the same lines -
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=157054#157054
Darren is indicating that we could get some user - specific problems with CPL5 included in the CPL6 review as well to see if they have been fixed - or not. |
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