Using a stand alone smart phone as a GPS
I still have a dumb phone but have been reading threads on here about how folks are using their smart phones(I phones and Androids) and downloading the Co Pilot APP for $10 and using it for a GPS. Fro...
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Gjac wrote:
Thanks for all the comments. I did not get a clear answer on my second question. If you have more than one device can you down load one APP and use it on multiple devices? For example if you have an I phone and an I pad can you download Copilot once and use it on both devices or do you have to pay for it twice in order to use it on both devices?
If you have the paid Copilot app, you are licensed to use it on one device at a time. The app has to connect into the company to download the maps and they will know it is on another device. The company says you must uninstall the app from one device if you want to install it on anther device which you are permitted to do - to a limit. There is a limit to the number of times you may do this - to stop pirating the app, the company keeps track of how many times the app is installed and if it goes over that limit without warning the licensed is revoked and it will not install without paying for it again. I had planned to move it back and forth between my tablet and my phone to give me a bigger screen on some trips and this would be a problem because of the limitation on the number of installs.
You can have as many of the free Copilot app installed on as many devices that you want - but you have no auto-reroute if you go off route with the free version.
Copilot has an excellent website that will answer all questions including a forum with responses from Copilot techs.
