I'll wait to see what happens. Maybe by Sun n' Fun there will be other
options.

During Oshkosh, their price was $899. Now their sale price is up to $1199.

It just seemed to be a good compromise for $899. Much lighter, smaller, and
cheaper than tablet PCs with good form factor for approach charts. Probably
useless for enroutes or sectionals. I fly a few hundred hours a year and
very little IFR. I spend a lot of time printing charts just in case and
never use them. For $250/year for charts for the whole US in a fairly light
box - just in case - sounded awful tempting.

Of course, since their price went up, that discussion is kind of moot. Even
at $899, since it is new to the market, I would hate to shell out the bucks
and have a color version out in a few months.

Oh well! I'm stuck with Jeppview on my PC at home, printing charts for
planned flights with a subscription that only covers the central part of the
US. AOPA or myairplane for charts outside of my subscription region. I'd
give up JeppView altogether but it is just so darn easy to select a bunch of
airports along a route and print double-sided, side-by-side charts.

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Travis
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PWK
"john smith" wrote in message
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"Travis Marlatte" wrote:

OK. Why haven't I seen any discussion of the coolest thing I saw
announced
at Oshkosh? The eFlyBook from myairplane.com and ARINC.
Given the current price/technology ratio, it seems like the perfect
near-term solution to having electronic charts in a usable package.
Did anyone play with one? What's the general opinion?

I looked at it.
I thought the form factor was the right size.
I liked it, but it costs too much.
$500 would be more what I would pay.