My Escort Live impressions and review

[Goose]

Have had escort live for about 1 month drove from Buffalo to philadelphia and back and from buffalo to killington vt with not one bit of info from escort live. Right now it is just a $80 powercord, that replaced a perfectly good free one. The 9500ix on the other hand is outstanding, great range very very few false alarms.

[PMoth]

What everybody should do is contact Escort and tell them to provide the service for free! Then after everybody is hooked-up to Escort Live and it is up and running with a lot of users. Then maybe it will work to some degree, other wise, I think it is going to flop because normal folks do not have the money to spend on Escort Live!

What?? Free?? Normal folks??

[rae0568]

I received my Escort Live last week and finally got the opportunity to test it today. I had to redo my setup since I live in N. VA.Thus far, I have to say that I love the capabilities of this device but there is just one area that concerns me. Today when I received my alerts (Redlight camera, K, Ka & Laser) I noticed that the sound was coming from my iPhone and not the RedLine detector. Is there a setting to allow me to push the audio back to the detector?. The speaker on my RedLine is loud but the iPhone speaker is barely audible when I'm listening to the radio.

[o2bad455]

Are the Escort Live interface cords for iPhone and Android different, or just the phone apps? Are BB and WM versions on the way? Can the iPhone app be used on an iPad with tethered Internet (e.g., through BB)?

EDIT: Could it run on a Carputer with Internet access?

[kablammo]

Today is my first day using Escort Live. Below are my 1st day thoughts on the system. I think the app for version 1.0 is nice and the responsiveness is really good. Map loading is really fast and the screens on the app are easy to read and see. In future updates I would suggest:
-Map orientation have the option for direction of travel instead of only N facing.
-Speed Limit and MPH have the option to be removed from Map view
-Make a Double tap on screen bring up Reporting functions (Cop Spotted, Speed Trap, etc). The logo on the bottom left area of the screen of the screen can be hard to use while driving.
- The majority of alerts sounds from Live! need to come from the Escort detector and not the smart phone. So far I have only heard a single beep/notification from the detector followed by visual alert.
- Offer the full coiled version of the Live Cord. I love my old, original full coiled cord. Having a bunch of loose cord is not helping the driving experience.

User Demographics:
So far it looks like I'm there are only a handful of users in the Denver Metro Area. I'm at work and have the app running and I have seen 4 reports Denver wide in 6 hours.

When I purchased the Escort Live cord, last week, I asked the Escort Sales representative for demographics and the number of user(s) in Denver, Colorado. Guess what their answer was? They did not know! Not a very good way to install consumer confidence in your product. All they would need to do is run a quick report/query based on State or Zip Code to get an accurate user count.

Admittedly, I need to more experience with the App and I would absolute recommend the service if you are buying a new dector. Their bundled price makes it an attractive price point.

[EscortRadar]

Are the Escort Live interface cords for iPhone and Android different, or just the phone apps? Are BB and WM versions on the way? Can the iPhone app be used on an iPad with tethered Internet (e.g., through BB)?

EDIT: Could it run on a Carputer with Internet access?

The Escort Live apps and cords are different for iPhone and Android smartphones. We may release Escort Live for other versions of smartphones depending on the size of their markets. Although it wasn't designed for the iPad, you can run Escort Live on an iPad and tether it to another phone.

[tshrimp]

Are the Escort Live interface cords for iPhone and Android different, or just the phone apps? Are BB and WM versions on the way? Can the iPhone app be used on an iPad with tethered Internet (e.g., through BB)?

EDIT: Could it run on a Carputer with Internet access?

I did an instant chat with Escort yesterday and I was told the cords were different. All the store near me have only the Apple version so I ordered mine today direct.

[Cooluser23]

Question for Escort Rep's. How many of the problems described in the initial post still apply?
Can it run in the background on my Android Nexus S?
Will it eventually run with Android tablets?

Is a hardwire version available?
I would like to purchase a package now, but don't want to wait for hardwire. Please PM me with options.

[PooPoo]

One issue I have noticed when using the App is the Iphone gets very hot and has shut down more than once due to heat. Part of the problem is that I have a Iphone vent mount and the heater blows on the back of the phone. I have to put the heat to feet only output and that does solve the problem but sometimes on really cold days wish I could output to top vents - call me selfish. Just wanted to mention this to those that have that type of mount.

[EscortRadar]

Question for Escort Rep's. How many of the problems described in the initial post still apply?
Can it run in the background on my Android Nexus S?
Will it eventually run with Android tablets?

Is a hardwire version available?
I would like to purchase a package now, but don't want to wait for hardwire. Please PM me with options.

The direct wire version is not available yet.

The Android version of Escort Live runs and keep the cord's bluetooth connection while the app is in the background. The next iPhone version of Escort Live will also do this but will require that you have iOS 5 or higher installed on your iPhone. Both apps are working very well at this point. Most of the bugs seem to have been squashed.

Tablets are not explicitly supported but the app will run on some (eg ICS is now supported). Check the Escort Live Android Market from your tablet to see if it is compatible.

This is great forum and resource for the detector community but I recommend checking our company run Escort Radar Forum for up-to-date and specific information about Escort Live. There are a LOT of people using and reporting about it there.