Warning:Off-topic, iPhone opinions solicited

Bullwinkle wrote:
Just remember the First Law of Electronics Purchases: never, ever, buy
version 1.0 of anything (in the case of Micro$oft products, wait for version
3, at least). Remember the Newton? The initial product (accompanied by much
hype) really sucked. The final iterations were actually very good, but in
the marketplace couldn't overcome the early disappointment.

That stated, iPhone is looking pretty good, so far.

A case in point. The initial US launch of the iPhone uses EDGE for data
transmission and the initial reports show it to be very slow - about the
same as using a POTS modem over a dial-up line.

Meanwhile the iPhone is due for launch in Europe within the next couple
of weeks. The Euro model offers 3G for data, something Apple said they
would not support when the American version was launched. Presumably
uses GPRS as its fallback when the 3G signal is poor. All other 3G
devices do that.


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
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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.