I-Pad

http://www.macworld.com/article/1458...lsrc=newsalert

Now if only SeeYou, flyWithCE, Glide Navigator II, or someone (Dave)
would make an app for this.

On Jan 27, 12:10*pm, Mario wrote:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1458...ent.html?lsrc=....

Now if only SeeYou, flyWithCE, Glide Navigator II, or someone (Dave)
would make an app for this.

At 9.71 inches, this device seems a bit large for a glider cockpit.
I'm not even sure if it would work as a full MFD, replacing all the
instruments, assuming it could be certified in that role.
OTOH, the screen display technology, if applied to a somewhat smaller
display in the 4 x 6 inch format range, looks great
for bright sun viewing.
Sandy S.

On Jan 27, 11:10*am, Mario wrote:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1458...ent.html?lsrc=....

Now if only SeeYou, flyWithCE, Glide Navigator II, or someone (Dave)
would make an app for this.

Beat me to the punch.

10 hrs of battery life they say. Plus a nice 9", seemingly bright
screen, USB, bluetooth for GPS connectivity (don't think it has one on
board), SD slot (I think) lightweight. $499 entry price. You could
just strap it to your leg instead of taking up panel space.

Get to work porting soaring software guys! First one there gets my
money.

9B

On Jan 27, 12:10*pm, Mario wrote:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1458...ent.html?lsrc=....

Now if only SeeYou, flyWithCE, Glide Navigator II, or someone (Dave)
would make an app for this.

I would guess we will see a 6.5" to 7" model in the future, between an
iPhone and current iPad. Great new technology coming in the next few
years.

On Jan 28, 8:34*am, Andy wrote:
On Jan 27, 11:10*am, Mario wrote:

http://www.macworld.com/article/1458...ent.html?lsrc=....

Now if only SeeYou, flyWithCE, Glide Navigator II, or someone (Dave)
would make an app for this.

Beat me to the punch.

10 hrs of battery life they say. Plus a nice 9", seemingly bright
screen, USB, bluetooth for GPS connectivity (don't think it has one on
board), SD slot (I think) lightweight. $499 entry price. You could
just strap it to your leg instead of taking up panel space.

Get to work porting soaring software guys! *First one there gets my
money.

How much would you pay?

On Jan 27, 2:10*pm, Bruce Hoult wrote:
On Jan 28, 8:34*am, Andy wrote:





On Jan 27, 11:10*am, Mario wrote:

http://www.macworld.com/article/1458...ent.html?lsrc=...

Now if only SeeYou, flyWithCE, Glide Navigator II, or someone (Dave)
would make an app for this.

Beat me to the punch.

10 hrs of battery life they say. Plus a nice 9", seemingly bright
screen, USB, bluetooth for GPS connectivity (don't think it has one on
board), SD slot (I think) lightweight. $499 entry price. You could
just strap it to your leg instead of taking up panel space.

Get to work porting soaring software guys! *First one there gets my
money.

How much would you pay?

$499 is the entry-level price. SeeYou Mobile is, what, $250 per copy?
Add another hundred or two for a bluetooth GPS and it looks pretty
good compared to a ClearNav or Ultimate - but we'll see.

9B

On Jan 27, 7:10*pm, Mario wrote:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1458...ent.html?lsrc=....

Now if only SeeYou, flyWithCE, Glide Navigator II, or someone (Dave)
would make an app for this.

It would have to get past Apple's GUI enforcement police
first. They are *very* particular that *all* apps should follow
the Apple UI guidelines, without exception. So if those apps
are already available as Apple GUI compliant apps, then
fine - if not then they will have to change their GUI.

Potentially Google Android apps won't have that hurdle
to surmount, but that's to be proven one way or the other.

I heard the next version was going to be a bit larger, called the
Maxi Pad.
Jim

On Jan 27, 12:44*pm, Gliderphud wrote:

I would guess we will see a 6.5" to 7" model in the future, between an
iPhone and current iPad. *Great new technology coming in the next few
years.

On Jan 27, 11:34*am, Andy wrote:
On Jan 27, 11:10*am, Mario wrote:

http://www.macworld.com/article/1458...ent.html?lsrc=....

Now if only SeeYou, flyWithCE, Glide Navigator II, or someone (Dave)
would make an app for this.

Beat me to the punch.

10 hrs of battery life they say. Plus a nice 9", seemingly bright
screen, USB, bluetooth for GPS connectivity (don't think it has one on
board), SD slot (I think) lightweight. $499 entry price. You could
just strap it to your leg instead of taking up panel space.

Get to work porting soaring software guys! *First one there gets my
money.

9B


You sure about that Bluetooth? iPhones do not (so far) support
Bluetooth serial profiles. The solutions that do external GPS to an
iPhone are all hardwired AFAIK. And to be officially supported you
need to go via the dock port API which involves work, you can't just
plug in any random serial port device. The internal iPhone location
service API sucks for what you really want for a real aviation
application, so for anything serious, it's NMEA from an external
hardwired GPS. That of course assumes the iPad SDK will behave like
the current iPhone SDK. So it's all doable with a few hoop jumps.

So besides size (likely too big), daylight readability remains the big
question. It's apparently just a LED backlit IPS screen, without any
other information my startting point would be to assume daylight
readability to be no better than say a current LED backlit IPS glossy
Macbook screen. It would be nice if it was better, we'll have to see.

Darryl

On Jan 27, 6:14*pm, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Jan 27, 11:34*am, Andy wrote:





On Jan 27, 11:10*am, Mario wrote:

http://www.macworld.com/article/1458...ent.html?lsrc=...

Now if only SeeYou, flyWithCE, Glide Navigator II, or someone (Dave)
would make an app for this.

Beat me to the punch.

10 hrs of battery life they say. Plus a nice 9", seemingly bright
screen, USB, bluetooth for GPS connectivity (don't think it has one on
board), SD slot (I think) lightweight. $499 entry price. You could
just strap it to your leg instead of taking up panel space.

Get to work porting soaring software guys! *First one there gets my
money.

9B

You sure about that Bluetooth? iPhones do not (so far) support
Bluetooth serial profiles. The solutions that do external GPS to an
iPhone are all hardwired AFAIK. And to be officially supported you
need to go via the dock port API which involves work, you can't just
plug in any random serial port device. The internal iPhone location
service API sucks for what you really want for a real aviation
application, so for anything serious, it's NMEA from an external
hardwired GPS. That of course assumes the iPad SDK will behave like
the current iPhone SDK. So it's all doable with a few hoop jumps.

So besides size (likely too big), daylight readability remains the big
question. It's apparently just a LED backlit IPS screen, without any
other information my startting point would be to assume daylight
readability to be no better than say a current LED backlit IPS glossy
Macbook screen. It would be nice if it was better, we'll have to see.

Darryl

Yeah, good points. I think the screen is decent, but not ideal - good
res, but who knows about brightness/contrast. There was hope that it
would be LED or OLED, but alas, no. There is likely little reason for
Apple to open up much except possibly for fact that they no longer
have the phone app to absolutely protect from rogue programs.

9B