http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/02/18/copilot-live-for-android-shown-off/ The only tech you need Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/02/18/copilot-live-for-android-shown-off/comment-page-1/#comment-202984 RodgerTheDodger Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:44:00 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=16583#comment-202984 CoPilot looks very good as a demo, but unfortunately it is very unstable.  They have put a lot of effort into the flashy stuff and completely neglect stability.  As a result, after a few weeks, every time you turn on the app you have to go through Setup again (5 minutes), you regularly have to re-install it.  When you uninstall it does not remove everything from phone memory, so that for example, on my phone which is not rooted I cannot install the Poland maps.  I have re-formatted (with overwrite) the SD Card using the official reformatter, eraser from the SD Card Association, makes no difference, it won't install the Poland maps.  All you ever get from their Tech Support is, it's your phone, it's your GPS chips, it's your SD card, it's your internet.  They aren't interested fixing problems just avoiding blame.   CoPilot looks very good as a demo, but unfortunately it is very unstable.  They have put a lot of effort into the flashy stuff and completely neglect stability.  As a result, after a few weeks, every time you turn on the app you have to go through Setup again (5 minutes), you regularly have to re-install it.  When you uninstall it does not remove everything from phone memory, so that for example, on my phone which is not rooted I cannot install the Poland maps.  I have re-formatted (with overwrite) the SD Card using the official reformatter, eraser from the SD Card Association, makes no difference, it won’t install the Poland maps.  All you ever get from their Tech Support is, it’s your phone, it’s your GPS chips, it’s your SD card, it’s your internet.  They aren’t interested fixing problems just avoiding blame.  

]]> http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/02/18/copilot-live-for-android-shown-off/comment-page-1/#comment-12807 Dan @ Appnoodle Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:52:29 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=16583#comment-12807 The correct link for CoPilot Sat-nav is http://www.alk.com/copilot/ You're linking to a different software product with the same name. Just thought you should know :o) The correct link for CoPilot Sat-nav is http://www.alk.com/copilot/ You’re linking to a different software product with the same name. Just thought you should know )

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