CoPilot Live UK Blog

It already seems a life time since Auld Lang Syne was sung and the Christmas decorations were finally packed away. We certainly feel like we hit the ground running in January, with our appearance at CES, launch of compatibility with the Google Nexus One and our first Windows Mobile app update.

But we’re not the only ones who’ve been busy this month – many blogs and magazines have been working off their Christmas excess by putting CoPilot Live v8 through its paces. Here’s a quick round-up of some of the highlights.

January started with a 5* review for CoPilot Live v8 from iPod and iPhone User. We particularly liked their comments around ‘Likes’ and ‘Dislikes’; In ‘Dislikes’ their only comment was ‘Nothing significant.’

Of course, CoPilot Live at CES drew a crowd of bloggers and journalists from all over the world, many wanting to see the product in action on particular devices. Unsurprisingly the Nexus One drew the greatest attention although phoneomenon found it running on the Motorola Droid equally newsworthy. See their video here.

Insanelygreatmac were more interested in CoPilot Live on the iPhone 3GS, and posted an in-depth guide to our North American App online. The full video can be viewed here.

Closer to home, Trusted Reviews also conducted a test of the UK/Ireland iPhone app. With a convincing overall score of 9/10, and the coveted ‘Trusted Review Recommended’ award they were particularly impressed with its comprehensive features and it being “all the sat-nav you’ll ever need”. They finished their verdict with a favourable comparison with dedicated navigation devices in the region of £200. Read the full review and view their video here.

Last week, Nokia hit the headlines with their announcement of free Nokia Maps Navigation for their GPS-enabled smartphone customers. A number of publications wondered about the impact on CoPilot Live, for example The Times and The Guardian who suspected it would be “threatening”. For us, free off-board navigation and maps is not exactly a new concept, and we wonder whether Nokia’s move – an obvious reaction to Google’s launch of free Google Maps navigation – will be enough to revive the Symbian operating system’s flagging fortunes. Perhaps they might have been wiser to offer a fully on-board navigation experience like CoPilot Live and differentiate themselves through a superior customer experience?

Finally, Tony Smith at The Register posted an interesting article here about the growth of the apps store market to approximately $6.2 Billion this year. Nice of him to mention the party we hosted at CES – it was for the benefit of journalists, after all – but to assume we’re ‘rolling in it’ after a mere 6 months of selling CoPilot Live v8 via app store is pure conjecture on his part! Compared with the price that CES charge exhibitors for a WiFi connection (which we point blank refused) a few rounds of drinks on a Friday night felt like pretty good value to us!