Warning:Off-topic, iPhone opinions solicited

On Jun 30, 5:38 pm, Stewart Kissel wrote:
Sailplane pilots seem to have high techno-geek standings.
I have been watching with curiosity/amusement the
media frenzy over this device. Cell phones are quite
useful for many of us, and particularly for retrieves(when
we have coverage!).

This general category of device has existed for some time. They are
called smartphones. Smartphones are a melding of PDA (personal
digital assistant) and cellphone technologies with internet
capabilities thrown in. Smartphones are, IMHO, the logical evolution
of these technologies.

So is this device clever marketing by Steve Jobs, or
is it actually creating a new niche for electronic
devices?

Jobs has a pretty good track record of predicting and bringing to
market "new" technologies that people want and use. Ipod/iTunes,
personal computer user interface are notable. Btw, if your computer
is using Windows, then it is most definitely using "Macintosh"
technology, first promoted by Jobs in the early 1980s. The iPhone
will likely raise the bar for function and ease of use of smartphones.

I for one don't quite understand how someone
could get so excited about a cellphone.

It is not just a cellphone.

Are these
the pet-rocks of the digital age, or do the put current
cellphones and laptops out of business? Just curious.

Current cellphones, quite likely especially as smartphone prices come
down. Getting e-mail and looking something up on the internet can be
very useful.

Laptops, not so sure. Time will tell.

Regards,

-Doug

On Jun 30, 5:38 pm, Stewart Kissel
wrote:
Sailplane pilots seem to have high techno-geek standings.
I have been watching with curiosity/amusement the
media frenzy over this device. Cell phones are quite
useful for many of us, and particularly for retrieves(when
we have coverage!).

So is this device clever marketing by Steve Jobs, or
is it actually creating a new niche for electronic
devices? I for one don't quite understand how someone
could get so excited about a cellphone. Are these
the pet-rocks of the digital age, or do the put current
cellphones and laptops out of business? Just curious.

Contrary to rumor, we are not introducing a new
iPhone-based avionics product next Friday.
Really.
Stop calling.

See ya, Dave "YO"

There are apparently a lot of issues with this version of the phone.
Check this out:

http://thomashawk.com/2007/06/activa...r-is-pain.html




On Jun 30, 5:38 pm, Stewart Kissel
wrote:
Sailplane pilots seem to have high techno-geek standings.
I have been watching with curiosity/amusement the
media frenzy over this device. Cell phones are quite
useful for many of us, and particularly for retrieves(when
we have coverage!).

So is this device clever marketing by Steve Jobs, or
is it actually creating a new niche for electronic
devices? I for one don't quite understand how someone
could get so excited about a cellphone. Are these
the pet-rocks of the digital age, or do the put current
cellphones and laptops out of business? Just curious.

Trying to pull it back ON-TOPIC....
Has anyone flown with one of these things?
The propaganda shows that when you turn the unit on it's side, the
display rotates.
What happens when you use the I-Phone in turbulence?
Jim

And... If someone could figure out how to port some soaring software
to it, how well would it work as a cockpit display and user interface?

-Tom

"5Z" wrote in message
oups.com...
And... If someone could figure out how to port some soaring software
to it, how well would it work as a cockpit display and user interface?

-Tom

Tom......is there any Mac compatible soaring software? If so it may be
possible.

Casey

I wonder how many of us realized a few years ago how
much the digital devices of today would be in our cockpits.
What if we had a device that could log, photograph,
map, phone and display flight paramaters...and upload
them as well. Rather then carting around laptop, cell
phone, digital camera, PDA and flight computer.