I just bought Copilot Live 8 with North American Map. But the map looks so out dated. I can't even find my community drive way, and my address can't be found. It looks like at least 5-7 years ago map.
Does Copilot only support Europe map?
It's not quite that old, but pretty close. My house was built just over 4 years ago.. (4 years and 3 days to be exact) and it has my street on the map, but I had to use a custom long and lat, as it shows the street, but not the street name.
I was pretty impressed with Copilot 8 overall, but there are some things that frustrate me, the maps are fairly old, I would say 3 years easily, and it will tell me to back track if I miss a turn, rather than seek out the next closest route.
May still get my $30 out of it, if I buy it, but have not fully decided yet....
Can't say I'm having that problem here in Texas, but I have been reading that their maps are old. Honestly the only thing they have going for them is that it's compatible with the HD2. They supposedly have had some "updates" for their maps, but I haven't read any details as to what that "update" really includes.
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Does anyone here have a pref for any GPS software that is good for walking, mainly for the UK. My car thing works but I have to walk about when I am in Central London because of parking charges.
Anything would be good.
MrSmith22 said:
Does anyone here have a pref for any GPS software that is good for walking, mainly for the UK. My car thing works but I have to walk about when I am in Central London because of parking charges.
Anything would be good.
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have u tried using tomtom's option for walking routes? i used it for a couple of weeks in central London 2-3 months ago and worked fine. if i hear of something else i ll let u know.
Hi,
Yes Tom Tom is pretty good. Used it alot in Rome on foot last year and never got lost.
Regards
Have a look at A to Z or even Memory Map, both of which can be found on this page http://www.a-zmaps.co.uk/?nid=83 (scroll down to the links), dig around on the site to find the free demo downloads to try it out before committing to a purchase, no guidance, but a searchable database of streets and present position shown on the map - Mike
I use googlemaps
needs a 3g connection but works perfect. It was guiding me to headshops in Leeds I never knew existed
anyone have any comments on country recreational walks? UK
I use MemoryMap and Google maps (over gprs it's fine). The maps on MemoryMap (which are expensive) show all public footpaths.... and pubs
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I bought CoPilot bundled with my Orbit (Artemis) and at the time there were a lot of CoPilot .v. TomTom questions about. I joked that CoPilot was half the price, and you got what you paid for. I take all that back.
When I tried to add European maps to the 2006 installation they simply weren't available (Even when they had been it took forever to find where to get them from). So much for supporting customers.
I've installed TomTom 6, and to suggest that it's only twice as good as CoPilot is frankly an insult to TomTom. If you are offered CoPilot bundled I suggest you save yourself hours of tedious fiddling and bad user interface experiences and chuck it in the bin. Tom Tom is so much better that there's no point in comparing them. IMHO.
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TomTom Mobile seems to own the market, no doubt about it. But it is still an open market and just a matter of time before iGo and smart2go (The next big GPS software providers after TomTom) start to add the right features to set themselves apart from the pack as TomTom has done so nicely.
I can't wait for the next generation of TomTom since it looks like they can really deliver.
I am planning on a TomTom upgrade soon, seen CoPilot on a friends Artemis and not even considered it.
P.S. </rant> works better
"I joked that CoPilot was half the price, and you got what you paid for. I take all that back."
sounds like to be that you confirmed it rather then take it back
I have both on my orbit2 (copilot came with the phone). I haven't found a significant difference yet, although I haven't really used TomTom properly (will do soon, of to Grand Rapids (MI).
I also have Google maps, and I was very impressed with the hybrid map view of my route to work today. OK it's not navigation, but it was awesome seeing the dot moving along the road and being able to even read the markings on the road on my Orbit screen. Needs at least 3G data rates if you're moving at speed though.
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I bought CoPilot bundled with my Orbit (Artemis) and at the time there were a lot of CoPilot .v. TomTom questions about. I joked that CoPilot was half the price, and you got what you paid for. I take all that back.
When I tried to add European maps to the 2006 installation they simply weren't available (Even when they had been it took forever to find where to get them from). So much for supporting customers.
I've installed TomTom 6, and to suggest that it's only twice as good as CoPilot is frankly an insult to TomTom. If you are offered CoPilot bundled I suggest you save yourself hours of tedious fiddling and bad user interface experiences and chuck it in the bin. Tom Tom is so much better that there's no point in comparing them. IMHO.
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I totally agree - i have tryed atleest 5 different GSP softwares and i allways returns to TomTom. At this time i´m using TomTom Navigator 6 with the newest cards and its working so well -
Sorry to say that, but I would search for an alternative software (for PDAs). AFAIK Tomtom won't update their software anymore. They even didn't update the maps for a long period and it doesn't seem that they'll do it in future. Therefore I would have a look at some alternatives.
This sounds fun; http://layar.eu/
Right now only available on Google phones.
Yes, interestig program! read it in the newspaper yesterday, however It will probably never work for us, since our x1 hasn't got a compass.:-(
Wouldn't that be possible thru GPS?
GPS can "fake" a compass by comparing the relative position of two data points -- if you move five feet to the east, the GPS can assume you're facing east.
But that won't be enough for an app like this, since a GPS cannot work as a compass accurately if you're standing still and rotating. It would only work if you're willing to walk around in a ~10' circle to change the direction. Probably not an easy sell.
I'm looking at getting ALK CoPilot Live 8 for my Diamond 2, and wondered if anybody has any information or guidance regarding it. At £25.99 for UK only, £52 for full Europe, it' an absolute bargain...
http://www.trustedreviews.com/car-tech/review/2009/08/17/ALK-CoPilot-Live-8-for-Windows-Mobile/p1
works well
been using it since it was released works really well but has been not update like other OS's and still not traffic
Also been using it since it was released. Works great and can recommend it And at £25.99, it really is a steal.
I got the UK only version.
Good for its price.
A few niggles:
when seaching for a postcode in my local area it displays the wrong town name but on checking the map it has pinpointed it correctly.
When putting in my own postcode (I live in a tiny village - only 1 road) it points me to the centre of the village, not to my house.
The map is very small and also not as clear as the TomTom map display.
The good points:
No lag
No need to do any tweeks
Figure I'd start documenting all the work I'm putting into my Raphael (an unlocked AT&T Fuze). Been lurking here at XDA for a little over a year now. Only recently have I been able to afford to purchase a smartphone to replace my Sony Ericsson M600i (R.I.P. UIQ), and the community development here at XDA really excited me so I decided to go with a HTC.
After some comparative research at GSMArena (great search functions there), I settled on an AT&T Fuze. I really wanted a hardware keyboard (though I admit the iPhone on-screen keyboard is pretty good too), world quad band support (You absolutely NEED 850mhz here in Canada, but was also doing some traveling for work over the holidays), GPS (for said travels, and my usual propensity to be lost), and Wifi. All that, I figured, could make the Fuze a possible on-the-go computer replacement for me.
Found a cool seller over at HardForums that was great to deal with and 2 weeks later I had my Fuze (first impressions later).
On a sidenote, something that I will also be talking about in this string of posts is how Rogers Canada decided to lock smartphones out of their unlimited WAP browsing plan, trying to force their prepaid customers to switch to huge data contracts. So I'm looking to switch to alternatives such as Petro-Canada and 7-Eleven SpeakOut prepaid to see if I can get unlimited WAP with my Fuze.
That's it for now. Next post I'm going to talking about my first impressions of the Fuze.
First Impressions
First impression of the Fuze: Its heavy, and it attracts finger prints/grease like no other gadget I've ever owned. I have no idea why someone thought it'd be a good idea to have a shiny reflective backing for the bottom of a phone, not to mention its BLACK, so everything shows up. Another thing I didn't quite like was the way the slide-out keyboard joint felt really loose when the keyboard was closed, almost like I could pry it apart if I wasn't careful.
The weight really did surprise me. I thought I had a heavy phone when I had a Panasonic VS7 a few years back, but this thing is leagues beyond. I was surprised to find that I can't even blame a big battery. Its a whole 20g heavier than the similiarly spec Xperia X1 (which my friend has). 20g might not sound like much, but when the phone is only 145g, you can definitely feel the difference.
One thing I did like was the screen, I've never had a phone with better than QVGA res, and this VGA screen really shines. Everything is so sharp. And though people say that WinMo isn't as finger friendly as the iPhone (my friend has an old Elf with WinMo 6.0, I can definitely agree with that sentiment there, but I upgraded it for him ), the 280xx builds definitely help that and my fingers are pretty small to begin with.
Speaking of builds, the seller was nice enough to unlock the phone, and had already HardSPL'd and install a new ROM on it (an older TAEL 280xx Sense release). And let me tell you, seeing something you've read and researched on for over a year finally in action is a lot of fun.
Next post, flashing a new ROM and radio, and porting over my contacts from the old phone.
Flashing ROM and Radio
The original phone came with TAEL's v1.28xxx ROM, and the 1.02.25.19 radio. First thing I wanted to do was get one of the more up-to-date ROMs. I like my phone to have a clean, non-cluttered look, and after looking around the Raphael ROM forum I decided to stick with TAEL (EnergyROM looked highly functional as well, but looked a bit too busy for my liking). I choose the standard/Titanium release for the same reason (I never liked TouchFlo, as cool as it looks).
The phone was already HardSPL'd, so flashing was easy. Use the MicroSD method (EXCELLENT guide on the sub-forum, as expected from XDA), and in a couple minutes I had the ROM flashed and started trying out different things with my new phone, like web browsing and GPS. This was the point when I found out that Rogers had locked smartphones out of their unlimited WAP plan, which really ticked me as I had bought the Raphael for its better data capabilities than my M600i. HowardForums confirmed my findings, and that's when I started looking for other prepaid providers that have unlimited browsing (more on that in another post).
Luckily I still had Wi-fi to play with. The reception was pretty poor in my house but moving around a bit found a spot that the Raph can hold a connection. After spending some time with Mobile IE and Opera 10, I'm starting to realize why people say Safari on iPhone is THE mobile browser. It simply supports more web protocols than anything else right now (and before people start shouting Skyfire, yes, I'm going to be trying that out soon). GPS on Google Maps was pretty spotty too, it hard a real hard time getting a lock from my room window which faces the open street.
That's when it dawned on me, I should probably flash a new radio. On the Raph radio thread the pole already stated that I had the most popular radio. But the newer radios were not listed and further reading revealed that 1.12.25.19 was getting good reviews from North American users. So off I go to flash the new radio, as simple as flashing the ROM pretty much. And wow, what a difference in GPS performance. Google Maps locks in a couple seconds, TomTom locks quickly (especially if I launch Google Maps first, I'll talk about TomTom and Garmin more in another post). Battery life shot up too, 2-3 days w/o charging on an older battery is pretty good (my M600i I had to charge everyday, sometimes multiple times a day.
Next time, importing my contacts from a non windows mobile phone but NOT using Outlook in between.