Vertica V2 (Avier) vs Oudie?

On Monday, May 19, 2014 7:50:52 AM UTC-7, 6PK wrote:
On Monday, May 19, 2014 7:32:59 AM UTC-7, 6PK wrote:

On Sunday, May 18, 2014 8:42:55 PM UTC-7, Nicholas L wrote:



Can someone comment as to Sunlight readability of the Vertica V2 in comparison to the Naviter Oudie 2?















I have read that the Vertica can run multiple applications at once while the Oudie only can run one. The gps accuracy of the Vertica is supposedly better.















Are there other features of the Oudie that make it a superior choice to the Vertica / Avier?















Nick







I bought a new "sunlight readable" Oudie about a year ago with the understanding that I could install other software (XCSoar, LK8000 etc,) on itas well.



The short story is that it can be done, one at a time and yes it is somewhat risky as unless you are a real competent computer geek which I'm not things will get screwed up. The matter affect I screwed this up so bad that I needed to send it back to Richard at Craggy who managed to reinstall SYM on it and than I just left it alone.



I since than bought the Vertica2/Avier PNA and installed WinPilot, SYM and XCSoar on the sd card and I have to say all works as advertised.( I for one prefer WinPilot as long as it is being supported which it is not! than XCSoar and my very last choice is SeeYou mobil in that order) The sunlight readability is about the same as Paul Remde mentions above. The fact that the versatility is superior to the Oudie makes the Vertica2?Avier a much better choice.



6PK



One more comment; I can not make out any noticeable differences in the processor speed, they both appear to behave the same to me. The Vertica2/Avier comes with plenty of accessories more or less the same as the Oudie2.

I had no trouble loading the files onto the micro sd card and as I said I have at best average computer skills.

6PK

A question since you owned both: I have an Avier, the touchscreen seems very coarse. This is in comparison to the earlier HP/Compaq products, and certainly in comparison to an iPhone. That makes positioning the cursor (especially in bumpy conditions) in the small boxes required by Winpilot and in the ridiculously small boxes required by SYM difficult compared to the older products. I have been told by Oudie owners that this is not a problem, and wonder if either the Qudie has a better touchscreen, or they are just insensitive to the problem? When you use something like iGlide on the iPhone, you realize just how 20th century some of these there products are.

On Monday, May 19, 2014 10:13:23 AM UTC-5, jfitch wrote:

That makes positioning the cursor (especially in bumpy conditions) in the small boxes required by Winpilot and in the ridiculously small boxes required by SYM difficult compared to the older products. I have been told by Oudie owners that this is not a problem, and wonder if either the Qudie has a better touchscreen, or they are just insensitive to the problem?

You do realize that you can make the touch boxes on SYM bigger - or combine several into really big touch area by assigning the same command to adjacent boxes?

The beauty of SYM is that it is almost totally customizable.

Kirk
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I can't say that the touch screen of the Avier feels any different from the Oudie2. They are about the same.
As far as the size of navigational boxes;in all three software they are customizable both in size and fonts.
About the only negative I have found between the two type ofPNA's is that the battery capacaty maybe lower in the Avier. I highly recommend really either to run off the aircraft main battery or use an external vattery as one will not be able to use them on longer flights.
6PK

On Monday, May 19, 2014 11:05:27 AM UTC-7, kirk.stant wrote:
On Monday, May 19, 2014 10:13:23 AM UTC-5, jfitch wrote:



That makes positioning the cursor (especially in bumpy conditions) in the small boxes required by Winpilot and in the ridiculously small boxes required by SYM difficult compared to the older products. I have been told by Oudie owners that this is not a problem, and wonder if either the Qudie has a better touchscreen, or they are just insensitive to the problem?



You do realize that you can make the touch boxes on SYM bigger - or combine several into really big touch area by assigning the same command to adjacent boxes?



The beauty of SYM is that it is almost totally customizable.



Kirk

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Yo can make the nav boxes larger, but you can't do anything about most of the dialog boxes (for example) that edit a task list. Those are fixed in all three software packages. In some cases you can make the font size larger which has the effect of making the box taller, but also rendering so few characters as to make it useless. Running SYM as it installs from the publisher, some of the fields in preferences and task editing are nearly impossible to activate without using the stylus on my Avier - a fingertip is too coarse. Not much problem running the same on a Compaq 3950. Since SYM has the most verbose interface of anything I have seen, it suffers the most. I have moved on to modern software and hardware now, so it doesn't hinder me, but I was curious if there were any differences in the touch screens.