GPS - WiFi off

[rndman]

It might be that the quality of the maps varies by locale, I suppose. In my area, the initial results I got were quite discouraging, as I described. I was really put off by the "region" restriction in the app, which requires you to exit the program and restart with a new region when you go outside the regional boundaries, so that I couldn't make a contiguous trip itinerary from North Carolina to Michigan, even though I had installed all of the required state maps to support it.

I bought the $10 version of CoPilot, and later noted the listings for the $5 Standard, and the $25 Premium versions. I'm wondering if my version is older, or actually functionally different in some way, other than the packages that are included with each edition. Assuming you are using the Standard or Premium version, do you also experience the boundary issue if you try to create a long distance route similar to the example I gave? If you do, I think I'll just give up on CoPilot. If you don't see that issue, I may buy the $5 standard one just to compare behavior and the quality of the maps.

UPDATE: The supense was killing me, so I bought the $5 Standard version, to compare it against the $10 version. There are night and day differences between them, with the Standard version having a much more elegant and helpful UI than the one I purchased yesterday. While functionaly limited, it didn't have the problem with Regions - I was able to load my NC to MI route with no problems. It also found the Costco in Raleigh. The only initial fail was that it still had the screwball non-existent streets in my immediate home area that the $10 version also did. Overall, though, I'm pretty impressed with the $5 Standard, and plan to do a real-world driving test with it tomorrow.

Android Market reviews for the Standard contain some very negative comments, mostly about the lack of features, but in fact, one can easily upgrade the app to the level of the Premium $25 version with a $5 and a $15 upgrade is you wish, and Copilot offers a comparison between the two versions, so I don't really understand all of the hate in those reviews. I would advise anyone to NOT purchase the obviously older and poor $10 version. Try the Standard Version and upgrade if you are happy with it.

Cool.

Thank you for taking the time to update about your experience. So it apperas that spending that $5 may not be such a bad thing after all.

 

[vicw926a4]

No, it's a really good way to try out the app without much of an investment, with no financial penalty if you want to add the upgrades later. I did take it for a short trial drive tonight. It performed nicely on the TF.

I have noted that when you exit the app, you should be careful to go to the Main Menu, then hit the Grey power button in the upper right corner. If you don't, the app keeps the GPS active, which could drag the battery.

I do wonder how new the maps are, though. I ran into several road changes that have been there for five years that it didn't have plotted.
Sygic claims to have the newest Tom Tom maps, and it does appear more current overall. Of course we're waiting on the release of the TF compatible version in the next few weeks.

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