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Old September 21st 08, 02:14 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Thirkill
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Default iPhone in a glider?

Wow-

Whatever happened to pure flying?


"Matt Herron Jr." wrote in message
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Has anyone thought about applications for the iPhone 3G platform in a
glider? It has an excellent sunlight readable screen with touch
interface that causes no loss of image quality. It has an
accelerometer built in, a GPS that is probably better than spot,
wireless for speech commands, remote interfaces, etc. fast processor,
lots of ram for large maps and gesture recognition for panning,
zooming, etc. Web access (where available) for a quick weather update
before launch. Seems like an opportunity waiting to happen...

Come up with some good ideas, and maybe I will implement one!

Matt Herron
GlidePlan Inc.
http://www.glideplan.com