Vaughn

I'm not going to disagree in general, but it's intersting here that ForeFlight/Arapaho/Sporty's basically banded together, built this closed ecosystem and seemed to seriously whack Garmin in this space. Without that "it all just works together well" integration they may not have been able to knock Garmin so hard. And without focus on iOS devices the small development team like ForeFlight had they likely would not have been able to ship and innovate in the product like they have. The main product competing with the Status S/S2 is the the Garmin GDL-39 and that will only work with Garmin products... that to me seemed even worse, Garmin wants to lock up and control every cockpit at every size/cost point., and by comparison I actually welcomed ForeFlight/Arapaho/Sportys going after Garmin (and in my mind at least beating them in this portable/flight bag space).

And although I'd compare any portable ADS-B receiver first to the leading Status 2/2S, they are certainly not perfect or unapproachable. Including sometimes mounting and glareshield reflection issues, sometimes battery life, sometimes overheating issues sitting on a glareshield in sunlight and the closed system issues you point out. But still it's a great product and market leader, but bring on the competition...

Darryl


On Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 6:24:07 AM UTC-7, Vaughn Simon wrote:
On 8/5/2016 11:58 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote:
IMNSHO Stratus wins there big time with support for ForeFlight.

Just my opinion, but I detest artificially closed ecosystems, especially
the unholy alliance between Foreflight-Stratus-Apple, which seems to
have been deliberately created to keep prices high and your choices at
zero.

If you buy Stratus, you are stuck with Foreflight and Apple. If you buy
Foreflight, you are stuck with Stratus and Apple. That's why I went
with the Dual XGPS-series ADS-B/GPS receiver and the "IFly GPS"
navigation App. Dual supports a multitude of navigation apps with their
hardware, whilst the IFly app supports a multitude of hardware,
including many ADS-B receivers and serves both the Apple and Android worlds.

Is Foreflight better than IFly? I can't tell! I've subscribed to them
both, and they both have far more features than a humble VFR pilot like
me can remember how to access.

And please Darryl, keep a healthy supply of beer on hand. We need you.

Vaughn