ALK Technologies, the makers of the popular CoPilot Live Sat Nav software, have announced that their software is doing very well in it’s Android guise – since its launch on Android Market in June, it has risen to become the top paid application on Android Market in the UK. The UK and Europe apps currently hold the number one and number two positions of all paid travel apps respectively.
ALK Technologies has recently released their latest free update for CoPilot Live for Android, adding text to speech voice directions and full compatibility with the latest Donut and Eclair versions of Android. This brings full on-board turn by turn navigation to the latest handsets including Motorola Droid and HTC Tattoo. CoPilot Live brings full featured turn-by-turn navigation to the Android platform, complete with automatic route calculation, some nice 3D map displays, and turn-by-turn voice directions. Digital street maps are stored on-device, rather than relying on mobile Internet connectivity for per-trip downloads.
A range of CoPilot ‘Live’ services, delivered via the phone’s mobile Internet connection, are also available – these include safety camera alerts, 5-day weather forecast information and a new location sharing service called CoPilot® LiveLink™. CoPilot Live Navigation UK & Ireland can be purchased and downloaded immediately from Android Market for just £25.99. The European maps version (Western and Eastern Europe) retails at £59.99.
If you happen to have an iPhone, I can also heartily recommend that version of the App – it’s rather good also!