Comments on: App Review: CoPilot Live North America Turn-by-Turn Navigation for iPhone

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:43:54 +0000

This (Copilot live is a terrible program. VERY inaccurate and slow, lets you know to turn too late etc. Frequently lost, even on an interstate. Lousy support. I really don’t know how these people stay in business.

By: rpv

rpv — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:00:11 +0000

ALK released another update major added features are iPhone Native Keyboard and Text to Speech

By: Fred Mel

Fred Mel — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:53:46 +0000

Hi,

Globetimer app puts all the time of the world in your hands, if not all the time in the world. Globetimer brings to the iPhone a world clock that helps us to know simultaneously what time it is anywhere in the world at a glance. No time zones searching nor cities digiting required. The whole world is on your screen. A must to travel with. Globetimer: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/w a/viewSoftware?id=327532234&mt=8ward,

Best, Fred Mel

By: rpv

rpv — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:57:17 +0000

They now have MapSure where you can submit map problems: http://www.alk.com/Maps/

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:00:47 +0000

I had really hoped this would work well, and it sort of does… I just downloaded the version with spoken-word turn-by-turn directions. The voice is an unpleasant computer-gen voice. The directions are usually pretty good, but I noticed that if there were multiple turns in a short distance, I was usually past the turn before CoPilot told me to make the turn. Three big anomolies with routing that I noticed: 1) CP wanted me to make an illegal left hand turn. 2) CP told me to turn left into a concrete highway divider. 3) CP wanted me to make a left into a restricted army base (with a gatehouse and lots of men carrying guns). All in all, I think this is way cool technology, but for now, I don’t think I’d trust my life with it. It looks like a dedicated GPS unit is the way to go.

By: iblackdude

iblackdude — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:24:34 +0000

iPhone GPS fails. When u receive a call, the GPS stop working…… I see you missing your exit.

I will stay with a stand alone gps.

Mio 400 $99 at RadioShack

By: The Reptile

The Reptile — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:41:32 +0000

For all of those not familiar with ALK. ALK has been in this game for a long time. They publish routing and distance software for the commercial trucking business and government (read DoD). In that space, they are the de facto standard and when folks measure distance they measure it based one of ALK's products (PCMiler) and methodologies (practical or city to city miles).

I'm happy to see them bring their technology to the consumer side of the business. They may a bit behind some of the other players that have more experience on the consumer side but I sincerely believe that they'll catch up over time and offer a solid product at a very fair price - just like they do on the commercial side.

By: Christopher Vitek

Christopher Vitek — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:02:01 +0000

Response from ALK to my review posted on the forums.

By: Neal

Neal — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:25:46 +0000

Don’t get this app. The maps in it are terribly out of date. There were entire neighborhoods where I live that are five years old and weren’t even on there. The interface is nice, but the important part is terrible.

By: Chris Vitek

Chris Vitek — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:48:06 +0000

I wish I could clarify. When I tried the , there was no noticable effect on my route or directions.

Chris