ALK CoPilot Live 8
Posted September 26th, 2009 by admin No Comments »
Android App Review With the launch of HTC’s Hero, and with other Android phones from the likes of Samsung looming on the horizon, it seems the perfect time to take a gander at ALK’s CoPilot Live 8 satnav software, which is now available for Android and the iPhone.
Despite costing just over £25, CoPilot has all the features that you’d expect from a modern satnav. Mode of travel can be set to either car, bike, motorbike, RV – which presumably will take you across someone’s lawn in case of a traffic jam – or foot, while the maps can be viewed in either 3D or 2D. You also get a feature called ClearTurn which displays “realistic” 3D representations of motorway junctions.
ALK’s CoPilot for Android: good feature set, good UI
Finding a location is straightforward and can be done be keying in an address, a post code, co-ordinates, points of interest, geotagged photographs or by manually selecting a point on the map. The postcode finder is particularly easy to use and comprehensive.
The bundled maps include the position of all know speed cameras and you can alter the distance at which you’re warned about them. The extent to which you can exceed the speed limit before being warned is also adjustable – or you can just the turn the function off. Read the rest of this entry »
