Sale: CoPilot Live GPS for iPhone, $19.99 wasRe: Other GPS Apps vs TOM TOM for Iphone
Verizon has a fee for that - $3 for Visual Voice Mail
Mail" <vic.hea...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There is one big flaw with the Google free GPS app and any other app
> with online download of map data as you need it. Users will probably
> be screwed in a disaster where a lot of people will try to use smart
> phones to seek a route to safety and the network fails due to
> overload. I was on Verizon during 911 and saw that for myself in
> Atlanta where Verizon was generally was very good. Relying on a cell
> phone or the cellular Internet just isn't going to cut it when things
> get tough and your life is at stake. Even my expensive Verizon phone
> itself couldn't make a call for hours. Verizon + disaster=FAIL
FROM CNET today
November 25, 2009 9:30 AM PST
Sale: CoPilot Live GPS for iPhone, $19.99
Why spend upward of $100 on a navigation app when CoPilot's on sale
for $20?
At $34.99, ALK's CoPilot Live North America is already one of the
least-expensive navigation apps in the iTunes App Store. At $19.99,
it's an outright steal.
That's the deal ALK is offering this holiday weekend, and you can grab
it starting right now.
CoPilot Live offers complete turn-by-turn navigation for the U.S. and
Canada. Its features include text-to-speech (meaning it announces
street names), address book integration, tap-to-call POI listings, and
easy switching between different modes of travel (car, bicycle,
walking, and so on).
You'll definitely want to read Dong Ngo's CoPilot Live road test that
covers the highlights and letdowns--but keep in mind the app's been
updated since then. For example, Ngo dings it for lacking text-to-
speech, but it now has that feature.
Still missing, alas, is real-time traffic information, which
apparently remains on the coming-soon list. Thankfully, future updates
to the app will be free, though any premium services like traffic will
cost you.
Even without that option, it's hard to pass up a full-featured
navigation app for just $20, especially with competitors like Navigon,
iGo My Way, and TomTom still selling in the $70-100 range.
The only missing ingredient is a dashboard or windshield mount for
your iPhone. I recommend heading to a Web site like Eforcity or
Meritline and picking up an inexpensive gooseneck mount.