What's New

+ Updated to support iPad Retina Display graphics!

+ A new LTE layer allowing direct comparison of LTE coverage maps for AT&T vs. Verizon.

+ New "4G" layer that shows non-LTE claimed 4G coverage by the carriers. For AT&T & T-Mobile this is their HSPA+ network and Sprint it's their WiMax network.

+ Updated maps focusing on the latest Verizon and AT&T LTE and 4G rollouts!

+ Improved accuracy to the new search feature - searches now prioritize US locations.

+ Other small bug fixes.

App Description

The only app that directly overlays and compares carrier coverage maps! Perfect for travelers - research where you're covered across the USA!
**Next map update due by mid May! Carriers are rapidly deploying new LTE, and we are tracking it! Our maps take several days to be manually created. We strive to find the balance between effort and keeping Coverage? current. Thank you! **

Coverage provides an at-a-glance, "universal" cellular data coverage map by interactively overlaying maps from major US cellular providers.

Coverage is created by a pair of technomads who rely on mobile internet data as they travel full time.

It focuses on helping mobile bandwidth junkies know where carriers claim they might get their next hit, no matter what network (or combination of networks) they use.

** Know before you go: Coverage has standardized each major carrier's data map so they can be easily overlayed, creating a personalized coverage map of your mobile tech arsenal.

** No internet needed: All coverage maps are stored locally; check where coverage is most likely even when you have none.

** Urban and rural areas: Maps cover the entire continental USA, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands for AT&T, Sprint, Verizon & T-Mobile. ('Coverage?' is not intended to give city level details - it's goal is to provide an overview while traveling)

** Know where to roam: view LTE, 4G (HSPA+ & WiMax), 3G, 2G and roaming areas as inclusive overlays, focus on finding the coverage type you need.

** Bask in the joys of mobile data bandwidth while avoiding the sorrows of roaming usage caps and absent signal.

Check our website at http://www.technomadia.com/coverage to learn the story behind Coverage, and for a quick video demo.

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Coverage FAQ:
Q: Why aren't the maps more detailed?
A: Creating the maps are labor intensive, and we can only include so much map detail in an app small enough to be downloaded wirelessly! The goal of Coverage is to give you a high level regional overview - not neighborhood level detail around your home/office.

Q: What makes 'Coverage?' unique?
A: There is no other tool out there that allows you to overlay coverage maps from all the major carriers. Coverage has done the labor intensive work to create aligned, standardized interpretations of each carrier's reported coverage. For travelers who have devices on multiple networks who need to stay connected as they roam, this information is essential. Unlike checking individual carrier websites, Coverage is fast and easy, and it works even when you have a slow connection, or none at all.

And unlike apps that rely on user submitted data, Coverage? reports claims for the entire USA, not just in popular markets.

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Named 'Essential Tool' by Wired Magazine, 2011 App Guide!!!

** Winner - 'Most Useful App' - iOSDevCamp 2010 **

"this app can be indispensable" - Lifehacker.com (1/13/11)

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Note that the maps in Coverage are our own proprietary interpretations of the coverage reported by each carrier. You should not rely on the maps in Coverage to be perfectly precise or comprehensively up to date, though we intend to update them approximately quarterly. For now, map update are included - but we do reserve the right in the future to issue updates on a subscription basis, to cover the continued labor cost of creating them.

Coverage does not report or predict signal strength, just what each carrier claims. We can only report what the carriers do.

We can of course make no promises as to where you'll *actually* get signal. The goal of Coverage is to give you an indication of where you're most likely to catch a wave.

So… Got Coverage?

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