WingX Browser: Free Weather on your Pocket PC - no wireless connection required!

[Hilton]

Hi,

Just wanted to let the group know about our new WingX Browser Beta. It'll
display color-coded METARs, TAFs, winds aloft, temperature aloft, trends
etc. Take a look at the screen shots (landscape mode too):

http://www.hiltonsoftware.com/Beta.html

We'll add more as time goes on, so please email me at hilton@<company
name>.com and share you thoughts.

BTW: No wireless connection required. Simply sync before you leave, or if
you do have a wireless connection, sync up anytime.

Oh, and there are no registration, no subscription, no fees, no small
print... Download, install, and away you go!

Thanks,

Hilton

[PilotCFI]

"Hilton" > wrote in news:IZc3f.268$4O1.256
@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net:

> http://www.hiltonsoftware.com/Beta.html

First I had a Compaq IPAQ but all the aviation software I wanted was for
Palm. Bought Tungsten T3. Now all the software I want is for WinMobile
devices. As Paul Harvey says " Ain't no use in worryin', Ain't nothin
going to turn out all right" Mega-sigh.

[Cecil Chapman]

I know your frustration, but if you got a chance to see the WingX software
you'd first realize that there has been no handheld av-software this
feature-packed and second that ya really have to run out and get a PocketPC
(ebay is a good way to go). I'm not a stockholder in the company that makes
WingX <GRIN> - just a very satisfied user! Goodness knows as pilots we've
had to wade through numerous pieces of aviation software that was just
poorly written junk. Some of the stuff that has been produced and sold to
us, I'm surprised that someone had the nerve to bring that kind of stuff to
market when it was in initial beta stages - at best.

No such disappointments with WingX. Imagine having an entire flight planner
in your pocket (a Pocket PC). You can get Pocket PC on ebay for around $200
(including Wi-Fi capabilities).

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Good Flights!

Cecil E. Chapman
CP-ASEL-IA

Student - C.F.I.

Check out my personal flying adventures from my first flight to the
checkride AND the continuing adventures beyond!
Complete with pictures and text at: www.bayareapilot.com

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery -

"We who fly, do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with
this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"
- Cecil Day Lewis -

[Kublai]

Hmm.. US data only.. ?

I'll stick with my free PocketFMS (http://www.pocketfms.com) it just
puts the wind vectors from metars into your flight plans and there you
go.. all for free.. for the whole world..

Kublai

[Jim Burns]

Wow!! How cool! Able to grab all the METARS/TAFs for the entire US or just
the states you want, then color codes them so you can easily find better (or
worse) weather at a glance! Also shows you how old the info is. Can't
remember what the winds aloft were? No problem! Just select from the pull
down menu. Too cool.
Thanks Hilton! You've given me a whole new reason to drop my iPaq in my
pocket before taking off!
Jim

"Hilton" > wrote in message
k.net...
> Hi,
>
> Just wanted to let the group know about our new WingX Browser Beta. It'll
> display color-coded METARs, TAFs, winds aloft, temperature aloft, trends
> etc. Take a look at the screen shots (landscape mode too):
>
> http://www.hiltonsoftware.com/Beta.html
>
> We'll add more as time goes on, so please email me at hilton@<company
> name>.com and share you thoughts.
>
> BTW: No wireless connection required. Simply sync before you leave, or if
> you do have a wireless connection, sync up anytime.
>
> Oh, and there are no registration, no subscription, no fees, no small
> print... Download, install, and away you go!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hilton
>
>

[Jim Burns]

Yep, got it installed also. Just retrieved the iPaq from my truck after
using it on and off the past few weeks for other things and low and behold,
it's memory was totally erased. I had to re install everything. grrrrrrrrr
Jim

"Cecil Chapman" > wrote in message
...
> Jim, just wanted to mention; if you haven't seen the main WingX
application
> from the HiltonSoftware website (the one for purchase),,, you would also
be
> impressed even further at all IT can do (you're IPAQ would NEVER leave
your
> pocket <grin>).
>
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> =-----
> Good Flights!
>
> Cecil E. Chapman
> CP-ASEL-IA
>
> Student - C.F.I.
>
> Check out my personal flying adventures from my first flight to the
> checkride AND the continuing adventures beyond!
> Complete with pictures and text at: www.bayareapilot.com
>
> "I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."
> - Antoine de Saint-Exupery -
>
> "We who fly, do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with
> this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"
> - Cecil Day Lewis -
> >
>
>

[Cecil Chapman]

Jim, just wanted to mention; if you haven't seen the main WingX application
from the HiltonSoftware website (the one for purchase),,, you would also be
impressed even further at all IT can do (you're IPAQ would NEVER leave your
pocket <grin>).

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Good Flights!

Cecil E. Chapman
CP-ASEL-IA

Student - C.F.I.

Check out my personal flying adventures from my first flight to the
checkride AND the continuing adventures beyond!
Complete with pictures and text at: www.bayareapilot.com

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery -

"We who fly, do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with
this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"
- Cecil Day Lewis -
>

[Hilton]

Jim Burns wrote:
> Yep, got it installed also. Just retrieved the iPaq from my truck after
> using it on and off the past few weeks for other things and low and
> behold,
> it's memory was totally erased. I had to re install everything.
> grrrrrrrrr

Jim,

This is a really frustrating issue on Pocket PCs. Occasionally I have
bumped a button and lost the memory contents. The good news is that the new
Mobile 5.0 from Microsoft solves this problem and you won't lose data in the
same way. Call HP and see if an upgrade is available for your iPaq. Mobile
5.0 has some other goodies, but the 'under the hood' Persistant Storage
might be the best of them.

Hilton

[Hilton]

Jim Burns wrote:
> Wow!! How cool! Able to grab all the METARS/TAFs for the entire US or
> just
> the states you want, then color codes them so you can easily find better
> (or
> worse) weather at a glance! Also shows you how old the info is. Can't
> remember what the winds aloft were? No problem! Just select from the
> pull
> down menu. Too cool.
> Thanks Hilton! You've given me a whole new reason to drop my iPaq in my
> pocket before taking off!

Stop it - I'm blushing. :) Seriously, have you tried 'Quick Look'?
(please let me know if you can think of a better name). Quick Look was
designed for people like me who like 'raw data' METARs and TAFs, but with
some tweaks:

1. Times are converted to local, so "TEMPO 0913" becomes "TEMPO 2am-6am"
2. Altitudes are WYSIWYG, so OVC048 becomes OVC4800'

I'm not convinced that translated (i.e. English instead of raw) is good for
Pocket PCs except to demo at Expos.

Thanks again for your comments. BTW: WingX got a little write-up and Cecil
was quoted in this month's Airport Journals.

http://www.airportjournals.com/Florida/Display.cfm?varID=0510037

Hilton

[Cecil Chapman]

> I'll stick with my free PocketFMS (http://www.pocketfms.com) it just
> puts the wind vectors from metars into your flight plans and there you
> go.. all for free.. for the whole world..
>
> Kublai


The 'free' aspect is pretty cool, but the seems to take a lot of initial
fooling around with before you are able to make use of the program and
figure it out. If you try the WingX program, function and use is
immediately evident... just an opinion though ! :)

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Good Flights!

Cecil E. Chapman
CP-ASEL-IA

Student - C.F.I.

Check out my personal flying adventures from my first flight to the
checkride AND the continuing adventures beyond!
Complete with pictures and text at: www.bayareapilot.com

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery -

"We who fly, do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with
this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"
- Cecil Day Lewis -