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Old August 7th 12, 06:07 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default New Nexus 7 with xc soar.

On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 12:34:18 PM UTC-4, glider12321 wrote:
Any thoughts? Will the screen hold up in sunlight? It has GPS,

accelerometer and a gyro. Is the 16 GB enough?



Thanks,

Peter


It has those sensors, but it doesn't have a barometer. The phone (Galaxy Nexus) has a barometer. I've tested it in the airplane (after inputting altimeter setting) and it's very accurate. I was disappointed that they left it out of the Nexus 7.

The primary reason for including barometers is to get a faster GPS fix. If the Nexus 7 GPS chipset acquires quickly, that might be why they left it out.