CoPilot Live For North American Regions Gains New Map Data And Enhanced ActiveTraffic Service
September 2, 2010
ALK Technologies has updated their three North America focused mobile navigation apps for iPhone, CoPilot Live North America, CoPilot Live USA, and CoPilot Live Directions with:
• A 14 day FREE trial of ActiveTraffic™, our new enhanced Live Traffic service that uses real-time traffic conditions to avoid traffic congestion and provide the most efficient route to your destination.
• A free upgrade to the enhanced ActiveTraffic™ service for all current Premium Live Services subscribers.
• A full map update featuring the latest Q2 2010 North America map data. Adds thousands of new miles of roads in the U.S. and Canada and hundreds of map improvements submitted by customers.
• In-app MapSure™ reporting. You can now submit MapSure map update requests directly from CoPilot Live.
Plus:
• Additional support for iOS 4 multitasking. Reduces the amount of idle time until GPS running in the background is turned off to avoid battery drain.
• Improved memory usage (particularly for 3G and 3Gs users).
CoPilot Live North America offers additional modes for bicyclists, motorcyclists, RVs, and even walking. View your trip using a 2D or 3D map with automatic day and night detection in portrait or landscape mode while still listening to your favorite tunes and without missing that critical warning for an upcoming turn.
Go ahead, plan your entire trip ahead of time. Take note of points-of-interest, add your own custom stops, optimize your route, and even preview your entire route using an animated walk-through demonstration on a 3D map. Finally, keep track all along the way with live weather, live traffic, live fuel prices, add quick stops, and even post your current position on Facebook to keep others up-to-date on your progress. You can renew the live fuel prices and ActiveTraffic live traffic services for $9.99 for 12 months through in-app purchase, if you so choose.
CoPilot Live USA offers everything but text-to-speech, which can be added for a one-time fee of $2.99, live fuel prices and ActiveTraffic live traffic services for $9.99 for 12 months, and Canadian maps for $12.99 through in-app purchases.
CoPilot Live Directions is a 30 day trial of the full fledged product. After 30 days, you can choose to add a another 30 days ( $1.99 ) or 12 months ( $14.99 of premium voice-guided, turn-by-turn navigation and 3D map displays throughout the US and Canada services, and ActiveTraffic live traffic services for $4.99 for 30 days through in-app purchases.
