I think you miss the point entirely.
Most people, 99% of those I know, use a dedicated device for flight.
This is why Oudies are sold, V2 are sold, and you install aboard dedicated
computers that you dont bring home or in your car.

Using CE or Android makes no difference it the application running on it
works exactly the same on both OS.
Have you ever seen some devices like Montana, Oregon, and such by Garmin,
for example, in any shop?

So the answer to your question is: because they want a dedicated hardware,
or because they want an application that run on CE and dont care about the
xcsoar. And there has to be a reason why this happen, dont you think?


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The sunlight readable screens on the GliderGuider/Vertica V2 and Oudie 2 are
great but I really wish they ran on an OS (like Android) that's not as
antiquated and unsupported as Windows CE or Windows Mobile 6.x
With the plethora of Android smart phones, phablets and tablets available
with built in GPS/GLONASS capable receivers, barometers, 3G/LTE, etc. and an
app store with tens of thousands of apps why would one want to stick with an
outdated OS running on seriously underpowered hardware which you can only
use in the cockpit?

E.g. Take a smart phone like the LG Optimus 4X HD P880 (720x1280 HD screen
with 750 cd/m2 brightness) and install XCSoar from the Google Play store and
you're sorted. True HD-IPS display, quad core 1.5 GHz processor, 1GB RAM,
hardware accelerated graphics, etc.
Have an outlanding? No problem just take your smart phone and make a call or
send an email. Why carry another mobile phone?
When you're finished soaring for the day just pop it in your pocket and use
it for the rest of the week.
Even better you get to upgrade the phone for free every two years when your
mobile phone contract is up for renewal so you're never left with old
hardware which you can't get rid of.

Just my opinion of course.