Mobile Aviation Weather

[Felix]

Hi Everyone,

I've found that I always want to look up METARs and TAFs when not in
front of a computer. So I wrote a Mobile website to do get this info
for me straight from NOAA.

I thought it would also be useful to others. So here is the URL:
awx.mobi Its a free service and no registering needed to use it. Just
goto that URL on your phone and you'll be able to get METARs TAFs and
the current national Radar image.

I'm working on other information as well like state by state radar,
airport runway lengths, freq...etc.

This is all in beta...I'm working on this at my spare time. But
updates will be coming.

If you have any problems like your phone isn't loading the site. Then
send an email to me at felix at bepilot.com and tell me your phone
model and ill add support for your phone.

Suggestions questions and comments also welcome at the above email
address.

Thanks!

Felix

[[email protected]]

I have been wondering if more than that could be done. I know there
are experiments with war flying for wifi.
I have wondered though if a volunteer network of wifi
hotspots ,accessible to pilots while in the air,could be established
to pull down TAF's, METAR's, nexrad and such.
It would be an alternative to having to subscribe to xm radio's
weather service.



On Nov 1, 7:03 am, Felix > wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've found that I always want to look up METARs and TAFs when not in
> front of a computer. So I wrote a Mobile website to do get this info
> for me straight from NOAA.
>
> I thought it would also be useful to others. So here is the URL:
> awx.mobi Its a free service and no registering needed to use it. Just
> goto that URL on your phone and you'll be able to get METARs TAFs and
> the current national Radar image.
>
> I'm working on other information as well like state by state radar,
> airport runway lengths, freq...etc.
>
> This is all in beta...I'm working on this at my spare time. But
> updates will be coming.
>
> If you have any problems like your phone isn't loading the site. Then
> send an email to me at felix at bepilot.com and tell me your phone
> model and ill add support for your phone.
>
> Suggestions questions and comments also welcome at the above email
> address.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Felix

[Robert M. Gary]

On Nov 1, 6:44 am, wrote:
> I have been wondering if more than that could be done. I know there
> are experiments with war flying for wifi.
> I have wondered though if a volunteer network of wifi
> hotspots ,accessible to pilots while in the air,could be established
> to pull down TAF's, METAR's, nexrad and such.
> It would be an alternative to having to subscribe to xm radio's
> weather service.
>
> On Nov 1, 7:03 am, Felix > wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Everyone,
>
> > I've found that I always want to look up METARs and TAFs when not in
> > front of a computer. So I wrote a Mobile website to do get this info
> > for me straight from NOAA.
>
> > I thought it would also be useful to others. So here is the URL:
> > awx.mobi Its a free service and no registering needed to use it. Just
> > goto that URL on your phone and you'll be able to get METARs TAFs and
> > the current national Radar image.
>
> > I'm working on other information as well like state by state radar,
> > airport runway lengths, freq...etc.
>
> > This is all in beta...I'm working on this at my spare time. But
> > updates will be coming.
>
> > If you have any problems like your phone isn't loading the site. Then
> > send an email to me at felix at bepilot.com and tell me your phone
> > model and ill add support for your phone.
>
> > Suggestions questions and comments also welcome at the above email
> > address.

What's wrong with aviationweather.gov? That's what I use on my cell
phone and I've never had a problem. Maybe you're using a 1980's cell
phone?

-Robert

[Gig 601XL Builder]

Robert M. Gary wrote:
>
> What's wrong with aviationweather.gov? That's what I use on my cell
> phone and I've never had a problem. Maybe you're using a 1980's cell
> phone?
>
> -Robert

Bandwith. Some do pay by the KB.

[Robert M. Gary]

On Nov 1, 9:20 am, "Gig 601XL Builder" <wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net>
wrote:
> Robert M. Gary wrote:
>
> > What's wrong with aviationweather.gov? That's what I use on my cell
> > phone and I've never had a problem. Maybe you're using a 1980's cell
> > phone?
>
> > -Robert
>
> Bandwith. Some do pay by the KB.

Most of us are spending between $100-$300/hr to opeate our aircraft.
Spending $20/month or so for extra bandwidth in order to get up-to-
date weather information seems pretty small.

-Robert

[Morgans[_2_]]

"Robert M. Gary" > wrote

> What's wrong with aviationweather.gov? That's what I use on my cell
> phone and I've never had a problem. Maybe you're using a 1980's cell
> phone?

In the air, you are not supposed to use a cell phone, though.

Could someone set up a WiFi type of system, and get fellow Hams to make a
network of internet enabled ham band links?

That would be pretty cool, even it was just in your local area. To do it on
a wide scale would be a pretty large task, and no doubt, someone would want
to get their regulations on it.
--
Jim in NC

[Gig 601XL Builder]

Morgans wrote:
> "Robert M. Gary" > wrote
>
>> What's wrong with aviationweather.gov? That's what I use on my cell
>> phone and I've never had a problem. Maybe you're using a 1980's cell
>> phone?
>
> In the air, you are not supposed to use a cell phone, though.
>

I was able to keep an AT&T Edge network connection up to 7,000 feet this
weekend on my iPhone.

[Felix]

On Nov 1, 11:37 am, "Robert M. Gary" > wrote:
> On Nov 1, 6:44 am, wrote:
>
>
>
> > I have been wondering if more than that could be done. I know there
> > are experiments with war flying for wifi.
> > I have wondered though if a volunteer network of wifi
> > hotspots ,accessible to pilots while in the air,could be established
> > to pull down TAF's, METAR's, nexrad and such.
> > It would be an alternative to having to subscribe to xm radio's
> > weather service.
>
> > On Nov 1, 7:03 am, Felix > wrote:
>
> > > Hi Everyone,
>
> > > I've found that I always want to look up METARs and TAFs when not in
> > > front of a computer. So I wrote a Mobile website to do get this info
> > > for me straight from NOAA.
>
> > > I thought it would also be useful to others. So here is the URL:
> > > awx.mobi Its a free service and no registering needed to use it. Just
> > > goto that URL on your phone and you'll be able to get METARs TAFs and
> > > the current national Radar image.
>
> > > I'm working on other information as well like state by state radar,
> > > airport runway lengths, freq...etc.
>
> > > This is all in beta...I'm working on this at my spare time. But
> > > updates will be coming.
>
> > > If you have any problems like your phone isn't loading the site. Then
> > > send an email to me at felix at bepilot.com and tell me your phone
> > > model and ill add support for your phone.
>
> > > Suggestions questions and comments also welcome at the above email
> > > address.
>
> What's wrong with aviationweather.gov? That's what I use on my cell
> phone and I've never had a problem. Maybe you're using a 1980's cell
> phone?
>
> -Robert


I've used aviationweather.gov and it's a great site. But it's not
really made to be used on your phone. I use a Treo 750 with Verzion
(high speed EVDO connection) and it still takes a while to load. I'm
making awx.mobi (or m.airwx.com) work quickly on a whole range of
phones. Even the 1980s model :-)

-Felix

[Felix]

On Nov 1, 1:10 pm, Felix > wrote:
> On Nov 1, 11:37 am, "Robert M. Gary" > wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Nov 1, 6:44 am, wrote:
>
> > > I have been wondering if more than that could be done. I know there
> > > are experiments with war flying for wifi.
> > > I have wondered though if a volunteer network of wifi
> > > hotspots ,accessible to pilots while in the air,could be established
> > > to pull down TAF's, METAR's, nexrad and such.
> > > It would be an alternative to having to subscribe to xm radio's
> > > weather service.
>
> > > On Nov 1, 7:03 am, Felix > wrote:
>
> > > > Hi Everyone,
>
> > > > I've found that I always want to look up METARs and TAFs when not in
> > > > front of a computer. So I wrote a Mobile website to do get this info
> > > > for me straight from NOAA.
>
> > > > I thought it would also be useful to others. So here is the URL:
> > > > awx.mobi Its a free service and no registering needed to use it. Just
> > > > goto that URL on your phone and you'll be able to get METARs TAFs and
> > > > the current national Radar image.
>
> > > > I'm working on other information as well like state by state radar,
> > > > airport runway lengths, freq...etc.
>
> > > > This is all in beta...I'm working on this at my spare time. But
> > > > updates will be coming.
>
> > > > If you have any problems like your phone isn't loading the site. Then
> > > > send an email to me at felix at bepilot.com and tell me your phone
> > > > model and ill add support for your phone.
>
> > > > Suggestions questions and comments also welcome at the above email
> > > > address.
>
> > What's wrong with aviationweather.gov? That's what I use on my cell
> > phone and I've never had a problem. Maybe you're using a 1980's cell
> > phone?
>
> > -Robert
>
> I've used aviationweather.gov and it's a great site. But it's not
> really made to be used on your phone. I use a Treo 750 with Verzion
> (high speed EVDO connection) and it still takes a while to load. I'm
> making awx.mobi (or m.airwx.com) work quickly on a whole range of
> phones. Even the 1980s model :-)
>
> -Felix

Plus i plan to extend it so that you can file flight plans on your
phone with your duats account! And other neat features. So if people
really like it, they can suggest other things they need and i'll put
them in as well.

-Felix

[Marco Leon]

"Felix" > wrote in message
ups.com...
>>
>> I've used aviationweather.gov and it's a great site. But it's not
>> really made to be used on your phone. I use a Treo 750 with Verzion
>> (high speed EVDO connection) and it still takes a while to load. I'm
>> making awx.mobi (or m.airwx.com) work quickly on a whole range of
>> phones. Even the 1980s model :-)
>>
>> -Felix
>
> Plus i plan to extend it so that you can file flight plans on your
> phone with your duats account! And other neat features. So if people
> really like it, they can suggest other things they need and i'll put
> them in as well.

Just checked it out Felix--works great! I don't have a "SmartPhone" but I do
have a Mobile Web 2.0-capable phone and have been looking for a site like
this. Thanks!

Specifically, I've been looking for TAFs, METARs, and flight plan filing
since their simple text-based format works well with the limited screen real
estate and low bandwidth.

For soem other ideas, Winds aloft might be nice and can be driven by the
airport code. Others like area forecast, airmets/sigmets, and PIREPs I
imagine would be a bit harder since they'd have to cover a larger area and
tend to be text-heavy.

Good luck with the project.

Marco

[[email protected]]

I remember something about X.25 packet switching, but I think you have
to have a ham license to make use of it.

What got me thinking about it are the ultraportables laptops such as
the OLPC or the EEE PC. To me those little machines would
make great little flight computers. Of course any laptop would work.

My thought would be an open source app that would run on the laptop.
Sites that want to be available
for use as in the air hotspots could either register with a central
website that would log the information and gps location
or perhaps broadcast a special wifi identifier. When a hotspot was
found by the laptop, it would automatically query
for any weather reports of interest and update the display.

I would expect the wifi hotspot should probably be locked down to
allow access to aviation/weather related sites only.
This would minimize abuse of a hotspot and bandwidth usage.

At this point I do not even own any wifi devices, so I am not sure how
much of the firewall capability is built
into wifi devices. Once I finish my pilot training this is something I
plan to experiment with though.

On Nov 1, 11:33 am, "Morgans" > wrote:
> "Robert M. Gary" > wrote
>
> > What's wrong with aviationweather.gov? That's what I use on my cell
> > phone and I've never had a problem. Maybe you're using a 1980's cell
> > phone?
>
> In the air, you are not supposed to use a cell phone, though.
>
> Could someone set up a WiFi type of system, and get fellow Hams to make a
> network of internet enabled ham band links?
>
> That would be pretty cool, even it was just in your local area. To do it on
> a wide scale would be a pretty large task, and no doubt, someone would want
> to get their regulations on it.
> --
> Jim in NC

[Newps]

For those of you with smartphones and PDA's with wireless all of this
has already been done. I originally got this for the W+B part of the
program, it is by far the best I've seen. This program is a full
featured flight planning program.


http://www.hiltonsoftware.com/




Marco Leon wrote:
> "Felix" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>
>>>I've used aviationweather.gov and it's a great site. But it's not
>>>really made to be used on your phone. I use a Treo 750 with Verzion
>>>(high speed EVDO connection) and it still takes a while to load. I'm
>>>making awx.mobi (or m.airwx.com) work quickly on a whole range of
>>>phones. Even the 1980s model :-)
>>>
>>>-Felix
>>
>>Plus i plan to extend it so that you can file flight plans on your
>>phone with your duats account! And other neat features. So if people
>>really like it, they can suggest other things they need and i'll put
>>them in as well.
>
>
> Just checked it out Felix--works great! I don't have a "SmartPhone" but I do
> have a Mobile Web 2.0-capable phone and have been looking for a site like
> this. Thanks!
>
> Specifically, I've been looking for TAFs, METARs, and flight plan filing
> since their simple text-based format works well with the limited screen real
> estate and low bandwidth.
>
> For soem other ideas, Winds aloft might be nice and can be driven by the
> airport code. Others like area forecast, airmets/sigmets, and PIREPs I
> imagine would be a bit harder since they'd have to cover a larger area and
> tend to be text-heavy.
>
> Good luck with the project.
>
> Marco
>
>

[Gig 601XL Builder]

wrote:
>
> I would expect the wifi hotspot should probably be locked down to
> allow access to aviation/weather related sites only.
> This would minimize abuse of a hotspot and bandwidth usage.

As I mentioned I was able to connect to AT&Ts Edge network this weekend at
7k feet with my iPhone. On the same flight over town, including my on house
my iPhone was NOT able to even see any WiFi hotspots.

[Morgans[_2_]]

"Gig 601XL Builder" <wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net> wrote in message
...
> Morgans wrote:
>> "Robert M. Gary" > wrote
>>
>>> What's wrong with aviationweather.gov? That's what I use on my cell
>>> phone and I've never had a problem. Maybe you're using a 1980's cell
>>> phone?
>>
>> In the air, you are not supposed to use a cell phone, though.
>>
>
> I was able to keep an AT&T Edge network connection up to 7,000 feet this
> weekend on my iPhone.

So, without going into the whole debate again, is that one of the legal
ones to use in the air, and if lots of people started using them at 7,000
feet, would the system not overload from hitting too many towers?

What does ATT say about using them in an aircraft? I know the response is
about the FCC, and that they are not prohibited, but realistically, is there
something about the Edge network that keeps the tower hits down?
--
Jim in NC

[Morgans[_2_]]

> My thought would be an open source app that would run on the laptop.
> Sites that want to be available
> for use as in the air hotspots could either register with a central
> website that would log the information and gps location
> or perhaps broadcast a special wifi identifier. When a hotspot was
> found by the laptop, it would automatically query
> for any weather reports of interest and update the display.
>
> I would expect the wifi hotspot should probably be locked down to
> allow access to aviation/weather related sites only.
> This would minimize abuse of a hotspot and bandwidth usage.

I don't see why a little more capability could not be utilized than that.
Perhaps some plain text E-mail connection could be made. It would be darn
handy to be able to send and receive a few E-mails while airborn. I agree
that wholesale web surfing would be a problem, though.

> At this point I do not even own any wifi devices, so I am not sure how
> much of the firewall capability is built
> into wifi devices. Once I finish my pilot training this is something I
> plan to experiment with though.

Cool. I await your results.

Something like this could bring a real awakening to hams, increasing numbers
of members and an increase of utility to a great degree.
--
Jim in NC

[Robert M. Gary]

On Nov 1, 9:48 am, "Gig 601XL Builder" <wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net>
wrote:
> Morgans wrote:
> > "Robert M. Gary" > wrote
>
> >> What's wrong with aviationweather.gov? That's what I use on my cell
> >> phone and I've never had a problem. Maybe you're using a 1980's cell
> >> phone?
>
> > In the air, you are not supposed to use a cell phone, though.
>
> I was able to keep an AT&T Edge network connection up to 7,000 feet this
> weekend on my iPhone.

When I'm going into SMO I can't get ATIS until I get over the
mountains but I can get aviationweather.gov over Bakersfield. Its nice
to see the sat picture and get METARs.

-Robert

[Robert M. Gary]

On Nov 1, 11:54 am, "Gig 601XL Builder" <wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net>
wrote:
> wrote:
>
> > I would expect the wifi hotspot should probably be locked down to
> > allow access to aviation/weather related sites only.
> > This would minimize abuse of a hotspot and bandwidth usage.
>
> As I mentioned I was able to connect to AT&Ts Edge network this weekend at
> 7k feet with my iPhone. On the same flight over town, including my on house
> my iPhone was NOT able to even see any WiFi hotspots.

I've been able to get Edge and 3G from AT&T

-Robert

[Aluckyguess]

I just go to arinav. The phone numbers for atis, awos and local airports are
all there.
Just stored in in my favorits.
"Felix" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've found that I always want to look up METARs and TAFs when not in
> front of a computer. So I wrote a Mobile website to do get this info
> for me straight from NOAA.
>
> I thought it would also be useful to others. So here is the URL:
> awx.mobi Its a free service and no registering needed to use it. Just
> goto that URL on your phone and you'll be able to get METARs TAFs and
> the current national Radar image.
>
> I'm working on other information as well like state by state radar,
> airport runway lengths, freq...etc.
>
> This is all in beta...I'm working on this at my spare time. But
> updates will be coming.
>
> If you have any problems like your phone isn't loading the site. Then
> send an email to me at felix at bepilot.com and tell me your phone
> model and ill add support for your phone.
>
> Suggestions questions and comments also welcome at the above email
> address.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Felix
>

[Aluckyguess]

what about a blackberry?
"Newps" > wrote in message
. ..
> For those of you with smartphones and PDA's with wireless all of this has
> already been done. I originally got this for the W+B part of the program,
> it is by far the best I've seen. This program is a full featured flight
> planning program.
>
>
> http://www.hiltonsoftware.com/
>
>
>
>
> Marco Leon wrote:
>> "Felix" > wrote in message
>> ups.com...
>>
>>>>I've used aviationweather.gov and it's a great site. But it's not
>>>>really made to be used on your phone. I use a Treo 750 with Verzion
>>>>(high speed EVDO connection) and it still takes a while to load. I'm
>>>>making awx.mobi (or m.airwx.com) work quickly on a whole range of
>>>>phones. Even the 1980s model :-)
>>>>
>>>>-Felix
>>>
>>>Plus i plan to extend it so that you can file flight plans on your
>>>phone with your duats account! And other neat features. So if people
>>>really like it, they can suggest other things they need and i'll put
>>>them in as well.
>>
>>
>> Just checked it out Felix--works great! I don't have a "SmartPhone" but I
>> do have a Mobile Web 2.0-capable phone and have been looking for a site
>> like this. Thanks!
>>
>> Specifically, I've been looking for TAFs, METARs, and flight plan filing
>> since their simple text-based format works well with the limited screen
>> real estate and low bandwidth.
>>
>> For soem other ideas, Winds aloft might be nice and can be driven by the
>> airport code. Others like area forecast, airmets/sigmets, and PIREPs I
>> imagine would be a bit harder since they'd have to cover a larger area
>> and tend to be text-heavy.
>>
>> Good luck with the project.
>>
>> Marco

[Jkgoblue]

InstantG.com also works, but you still have to access the internet.

You might try http://www.avwx2go.com/ , which let you get weather via
sms, which is usually faster. Don't know if it still works

[Judah]

Oh, to have the old Palm wifi technology back...

wrote in news:1193924673.760774.184400
@z9g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

> I have been wondering if more than that could be done. I know there
> are experiments with war flying for wifi.
> I have wondered though if a volunteer network of wifi
> hotspots ,accessible to pilots while in the air,could be established
> to pull down TAF's, METAR's, nexrad and such.
> It would be an alternative to having to subscribe to xm radio's
> weather service.
>
>
>
> On Nov 1, 7:03 am, Felix > wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I've found that I always want to look up METARs and TAFs when not in
>> front of a computer. So I wrote a Mobile website to do get this info
>> for me straight from NOAA.
>>
>> I thought it would also be useful to others. So here is the URL:
>> awx.mobi Its a free service and no registering needed to use it. Just
>> goto that URL on your phone and you'll be able to get METARs TAFs and
>> the current national Radar image.
>>
>> I'm working on other information as well like state by state radar,
>> airport runway lengths, freq...etc.
>>
>> This is all in beta...I'm working on this at my spare time. But
>> updates will be coming.
>>
>> If you have any problems like your phone isn't loading the site. Then
>> send an email to me at felix at bepilot.com and tell me your phone
>> model and ill add support for your phone.
>>
>> Suggestions questions and comments also welcome at the above email
>> address.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Felix
>
>
>

[Gig 601XL Builder]

Judah wrote:
> Oh, to have the old Palm wifi technology back...

If you mean connect via WiFi when you are near one and via cell when you
aren't, you can get it back with the iPhone.

[Newps]

No, as a Blackberry is the last thing you'd buy if you want anything
other than email.



aluckyguess wrote:

> what about a blackberry?
> "Newps" > wrote in message
> . ..
>
>>For those of you with smartphones and PDA's with wireless all of this has
>>already been done. I originally got this for the W+B part of the program,
>>it is by far the best I've seen. This program is a full featured flight
>>planning program.
>>
>>
>>http://www.hiltonsoftware.com/
>>

[Judah]

"Gig 601XL Builder" <wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net> wrote in
:

> Judah wrote:
>> Oh, to have the old Palm wifi technology back...
>
> If you mean connect via WiFi when you are near one and via cell when you
> aren't, you can get it back with the iPhone.

No, I mean Palm.Net. Palm used to have an internet connectivity solution
that was proprietary to their phones (I think series 7). It was not
available everywhere, but where it was available, it was pretty reliable,
and worked over really long-distances. I was able to get it up at 10,000'
as well as on trains, in cars, and in buildings.

It wasn't the fastest connection in the world, but there was even a live
NEXRAD weather app for pilots that I used more than once from the air. The
app was free, and the service was $20/month with bandwidth limitations, and
maybe twice that if you wanted unlimited bandwidth.

I think it was less reliable than cell service on the ground, but in the
air it was substantially more reliable than cell service.

In 2004, they dropped the service. A lot of people here thought someone
would pick it up specifically for aviation benefits, but 3 years later it
is all but forgotten technology.

Would have been nice if one of the cell providers picked it up as a backup
for their backbone or something...

[LWG]

Yes, please! I still have my Palm i705 charging on my desk. That, with
PalmNet and Cheap *******s software gave me almost live radar up to 8,000'
for almost no money. It was a sad, sad day when they stopped that service.

"Judah" > wrote in message
.. .
> Oh, to have the old Palm wifi technology back...
>
> wrote in news:1193924673.760774.184400
> @z9g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:
>
>> I have been wondering if more than that could be done. I know there
>> are experiments with war flying for wifi.
>> I have wondered though if a volunteer network of wifi
>> hotspots ,accessible to pilots while in the air,could be established
>> to pull down TAF's, METAR's, nexrad and such.
>> It would be an alternative to having to subscribe to xm radio's
>> weather service.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 1, 7:03 am, Felix > wrote:
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>
>>> I've found that I always want to look up METARs and TAFs when not in
>>> front of a computer. So I wrote a Mobile website to do get this info
>>> for me straight from NOAA.
>>>
>>> I thought it would also be useful to others. So here is the URL:
>>> awx.mobi Its a free service and no registering needed to use it. Just
>>> goto that URL on your phone and you'll be able to get METARs TAFs and
>>> the current national Radar image.
>>>
>>> I'm working on other information as well like state by state radar,
>>> airport runway lengths, freq...etc.
>>>
>>> This is all in beta...I'm working on this at my spare time. But
>>> updates will be coming.
>>>
>>> If you have any problems like your phone isn't loading the site. Then
>>> send an email to me at felix at bepilot.com and tell me your phone
>>> model and ill add support for your phone.
>>>
>>> Suggestions questions and comments also welcome at the above email
>>> address.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Felix
>>
>>
>>
>

[Aluckyguess]

"Newps" > wrote in message
. ..
> No, as a Blackberry is the last thing you'd buy if you want anything other
> than email.
Why do you say that? You can get email on any phone. Not pushed but you can
get it. I had every smart phone PDA cingular had. Non of them worked half as
good as the Blackberry. I was a windows guy until I tried the Blackberry.
You never need to reboot all functions are common sense. They really are
better. Try one for a week you will switch. If you need help you talk to
people who speak english. Almost everyone of my freinds have one now.
They dont put a reset button on the side for a reason, they dont need it.
>
>
>
> aluckyguess wrote:
>
>> what about a blackberry?
>> "Newps" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>>
>>>For those of you with smartphones and PDA's with wireless all of this has
>>>already been done. I originally got this for the W+B part of the
>>>program, it is by far the best I've seen. This program is a full
>>>featured flight planning program.
>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.hiltonsoftware.com/
>>>

[Newps]

You missed the point of my response. If all you need is email then
perhaps a BB is for you. If you want to have a bunch of aftermarket
software then the BB sucks. I have the Moto Q and I never turn it off,
never needs rebooting.

aluckyguess wrote:

> "Newps" > wrote in message
> . ..
>
>>No, as a Blackberry is the last thing you'd buy if you want anything other
>>than email.
>
> Why do you say that? You can get email on any phone. Not pushed but you can
> get it. I had every smart phone PDA cingular had. Non of them worked half as
> good as the Blackberry. I was a windows guy until I tried the Blackberry.
> You never need to reboot all functions are common sense. They really are
> better. Try one for a week you will switch. If you need help you talk to
> people who speak english. Almost everyone of my freinds have one now.
> They dont put a reset button on the side for a reason, they dont need it.
>

[[email protected]]

On Nov 1, 7:03 am, Felix > wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've found that I always want to look up METARs and TAFs when not in
> front of a computer. So I wrote a Mobile website to do get this info
> for me straight from NOAA.
>
> I thought it would also be useful to others. So here is the URL:
> awx.mobi Its a free service and no registering needed to use it. Just
> goto that URL on your phone and you'll be able to get METARs TAFs and
> the current national Radar image.
>
> I'm working on other information as well like state by state radar,
> airport runway lengths, freq...etc.
>
> This is all in beta...I'm working on this at my spare time. But
> updates will be coming.
>
> If you have any problems like your phone isn't loading the site. Then
> send an email to me at felix at bepilot.com and tell me your phone
> model and ill add support for your phone.
>
> Suggestions questions and comments also welcome at the above email
> address.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Felix

Hi

My name is Nikolay Klimchuk

I've implemented MobiWeather - Java application for cellphones that
takes METAR and TAF according defined location few years ago.
If you're interested I can send it to you.

[John Clonts]

AGREE 100%!

On Nov 2, 2:47 pm, "LWG" > wrote:
> Yes, please! I still have my Palm i705 charging on my desk. That, with
> PalmNet and Cheap *******s software gave me almost live radar up to 8,000'
> for almost no money. It was a sad, sad day when they stopped that service.
>

[Cary]

On Nov 2, 7:47 pm, Newps > wrote:
> You missed the point of my response. If all you need is email then
> perhaps a BB is for you. If you want to have a bunch of aftermarket
> software then the BB sucks. I have the Moto Q and I never turn it off,
> never needs rebooting.

I have WingX on my Moto Q and I have a problem that cust service can
not figure out. If I try downloading chart updates to my 2GB card, the
update stops in the middle and the phone restarts itself (and the
update is not fully transfered). This only happens if I try to
directly download a large chart update (like the USA-West or the
entire USA). Have you tried downloading a large chart update directly
to the Mini SD card? If so, have you run in to this problem?

Thanks,
Cary

[Newps]

I have a 1GB card and have no problems.




Cary wrote:
> On Nov 2, 7:47 pm, Newps > wrote:
>
>>You missed the point of my response. If all you need is email then
>>perhaps a BB is for you. If you want to have a bunch of aftermarket
>>software then the BB sucks. I have the Moto Q and I never turn it off,
>>never needs rebooting.
>
>
> I have WingX on my Moto Q and I have a problem that cust service can
> not figure out. If I try downloading chart updates to my 2GB card, the
> update stops in the middle and the phone restarts itself (and the
> update is not fully transfered). This only happens if I try to
> directly download a large chart update (like the USA-West or the
> entire USA). Have you tried downloading a large chart update directly
> to the Mini SD card? If so, have you run in to this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Cary
>
>