CoPilot on the Hero - any good?

[jim_h]

Hi,

I'm thinking of buying CoPilot for a trip to France later in the year. Looking on the Android market, the version I need is around

 

[pdrhan]

I use MobileMaps 9 - works perfect with door to door voice navigation

 

[hellybob]

I use CoPilot on my Hero and it works fine and I have only ever lost GPS once and I just had to reboot.

I have been using it for about 3/4 weeks and I really like it.

It is not as good as TomTom so you might not like it to begin with.

Hats off to you for getting TomTom on your E71. I never could and so I used Ovi maps which CoPilot wipes the floor with.

 

[andy d]

From what Ive seen the reviews for co pilot are not that good.
And if i was to be honest it would have to go a long way to beat TomTom.

If it was me i would use the satnav that you have on your E71 and wait for TomTom to release their Android version.

 

[jim_h]

pdrhan - I didn't know there were any other navigation apps for Android, so I'll have a look at MobileMaps. Thanks.

Hellybob - I doubt there's much out there to beat TomTom. It was a pain to get working on the E71, but patience paid off. I had to use an external gps reciever as TomTom wouldn't recognise the internal one in the phone, which was annoying. There was a patch to fix that, but it never worked for me. As it cost me

 

[hellybob]

Arh you have made me feel less thick. It was the external GPS that put me off the Tomtom I remember now.

In some ways I prefer the CoPilot for the motorway guidance and telling you which lane to be in.

I find the speed cameras accurate enough and I have also subscribed to the traffic extra which is not as good as traffic on the Tomtom but it works OK.

I only got the Uk version and for

 

[alinver]

I used CoPilot on my iphone and I've bought it again for my Hero, it has never let me down even in rural Scotland. I cannot compare it to any stand alone sat navs simply because I've never owned one. I think I paid about

 

[G8D]

I would wait. If you have a rooted phone you will be able to use Google Navigation for free in the future.

 

[jim_h]

I would wait. If you have a rooted phone you will be able to use Google Navigation for free in the future.

I haven't had the courage to root it yet. I was waiting for 2.1 to be released before making that decision

 

[G8D]

I haven't had the courage to root it yet. I was waiting for 2.1 to be released before making that decision

Well maybe Google will have released Nav to everyone by the time we get 2.1

 

[peterc10]

Beware of using the new "free" Google Nav when you are roaming, or if you do not have a data inclusive package as it will cost you a fortune in data download charges. It does not save maps and requires them to be downloaded via the phone. "Proper" sat nav has the maps saved on the SD card.

I would recomend Sygic's Mobile Maps, as others have done here. It is only a bit more expensive than Copilot. Their support is very good. If you look at these forums you will find comments on both. You can't buy it on the market. Either Sygic's site or Teleatlas site - the latter is cheaper and includes a 4Gb microSD card.

 

[daveybaby]

Been using copilot for a while now and i've found it to be perfectly ok. Its crashed once requiring a reboot which is a bit annoying, but overall for 25 quid i think its pretty good value for money.

 

[roundst]

I've used CoPilot in various forms for ages now, and rarely been let down by it.
Can't say i've had a problem with their tech support either.

It was the first program i bought for my Hero - and it's been smooth running since. Updates come out fairly frequently since i got it, but gets better each time.

Maybe when the probs were occurring it was on the initial release.

C

 

[tandmads]

I've used CoPilot for a month now, and haven't touched my Garmin since, works good enough to get me around

 

[DeadlyDazza]

CoPilot on the Hero - any good?

Yes, mint.
Actually replaced my dedicated Garmin Sat-Nav.

 

[stupendo]

I agree, had co-pilot on a hero for a couple of months, quick and accurate so would recommend. As others have said for

 

[jim_h]

Well, I'm still torn. Having looked at Sygic's product from TeleAtlas (as Peterc10 said), I can buy it for a similar price to CoPilot and it does look pretty good too. For CoPilot, I'd have to go with the

 

[omidb1]

Can someone please tell me does the

 

[roundst]

yes it does contain the maps - pretty much up to date too

c

 

[bluenova]

I was wondering does CoPilot come with unlimited map updates or are they time restricted?