Alk - Sneak Peak at CoPilot v9

Darren · Last edited by Darren on Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:00 am; edited 1 time in total

Alk gave us a sneak preview of CoPilot Live v9 when we visited their stand at MWC2011.

This latest version of CoPilot is receiving final tweaks but David Quinn, Marketing Manager at Alk gave us a demo of the software and explained the new features and the thinking behind them ahead of the launch. Version 9 is a ground up re-design of the software with a new layout, vastly improved menu system and a number of new features.

The map display is now cleaner with all the information users expect but displayed in a simple dashboard style display across the bottom of the display. The menus have been re-designed so that all options are only one or two finger presses away from the top level, no more options buried 5 or more layers down.

Read the full preview with images here.
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Darren · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:29 pm Post subject:

And I notice TechRadar are calling their preview, a 'review'!

Quite how anyone can review an app having spent 20mins with it inside a trade hall I shall never understand. And it's unfinished software at that!
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mrclonkey · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 25, 2008 Posts: 3

mmmm - I've been using various satnav on smartphones for years and TomTom Navigator has always been head and shoulders above the rest for route planning. I bought an android phone recently and, with no TomTom option for android, I tried copilot (briefly) - awful!! Route planning was bizarre - nowhere near the best route compared with TomTom. Dundee to Lancashire was the worst route of all. If only TomTom would remove their heads from their *rses and get a version out for android smartphones!!! What on earth are they up to??

coconut · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:42 am Post subject: Keyboard style ?

Will Version 9 have the QWERTY Keyboard layout ?

.... and any news on the Version 8 QWERTY keyboard thatwas promised
Sooooooooooooo Long ago, but (AFAIK) never delivered ?

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Darren · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:03 am Post subject: Re: Keyboard style ?

Chriscward · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 18, 2011 Posts: 1

I'm using Copilot 8 and it does use a qwerty keyboard on the iPhone and iPad.

topgearuk · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:36 pm Post subject: Re: copilot 9

Darren · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:45 pm Post subject: Re: copilot 9

Bazzer · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:21 pm Post subject:

After using the serious flawed Copilot 5 many years ago and dealing with their inept support desk, I wouldn't touch anything ALK produced again. TomTom all the way for me.
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therm · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:45 am Post subject:

Having just bought Copilot live 8 I wonder how much ALK are going to charge for the upgrade?

Darren · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:29 am Post subject:

MaFt · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:40 am Post subject:

Simple solution: release a 'free' version to appstore that only functions when you add a specific code to it. To get the code you go to Alk's site, enter your existing details and pay the upgrade fee... Apple might not be happy though!

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topbanana4 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 11, 2005 Posts: 59

does anybody know if you can install 3rd party POI's

Privateer · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:04 pm Post subject:

Hi Darren,

What's the routing like on CoPilot Live v9, is it fast and more importantly is it accurate? The last CoPilot product I used was CoPilot Live v5 on a trip to Jersey (Channel Islands) in 2004, see the article here.

One of the main problems with CoPilot Live v5 was the routing:

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