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Favorite Smartphone Soaring Apps
Or.... iPhone vs Android.
I am in need of replacing my blackberry and am trying to decide between iPhone or Android. Since I have been using an old blackberry, I know little of the App world and what might be available for use in Soaring. Thought that if there is a difference in available useful apps between the two operating systems, then that would help make the decision. In what ways are folks using their smart phones for soaring now and how/where do you foresee using them in the near future? Any other thoughts that may help differentiate between the two? Thanks! WD |
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On Nov 13, 10:08*pm, Whiskey Delta wrote:
Or.... iPhone vs Android. I am in need of replacing my blackberry and am trying to decide between iPhone or Android. Since I have been using an old blackberry, I know little of the App world and what might be available for use in Soaring. *Thought that if there is a difference in available useful apps between the two operating systems, then that would help make the decision. In what ways are folks using their smart phones for soaring now and how/where do you foresee using them in the near future? Any other thoughts that may help differentiate between the two? Thanks! WD For android there is a version of XC Soar. JP |
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Paulo Coolwind says that this winter he'll be porting LK8000 to Android.
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Whiskey Delta wrote:
Or.... iPhone vs Android. I strongly recommend Android: it runs XCSoar, Cumulus and Gaggle. LK8000 is being ported to Android currently, and is expected to be available soon. These four programs are "free as in free speech" (not just "free of charge"; you are allowed to redistribute and modify them). There's just iGlide on the iPhone. It's commercial, and it's decades behind other programs. The iPhone screen sucks in direct sunlight. Most Android phones also do, but there are gems like the Dell Streak Mini which are perfectly readable thanks to the transflective screen. With Android, you have a choice, and on the iPhone, you already know 100% of the choices are unusable on a sunny day. (Disclosu I am a honorary XCSoar developer, and I may be biased) Max |
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On Nov 14, 8:20*am, Max Kellermann wrote:
Whiskey Delta wrote: There's just iGlide on the iPhone. *It's commercial, and it's decades behind other programs. There is also GlidePath. It is pretty much strictly a logger, but it provides a very easy way to log and submit a flight to OLC. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/glidepath/id383714417 (I am the author of GlidePath) |
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On Nov 13, 10:08*pm, Whiskey Delta wrote:
Or.... iPhone vs Android. I am in need of replacing my blackberry and am trying to decide between iPhone or Android. Since I have been using an old blackberry, I know little of the App world and what might be available for use in Soaring. *Thought that if there is a difference in available useful apps between the two operating systems, then that would help make the decision. In what ways are folks using their smart phones for soaring now and how/where do you foresee using them in the near future? Any other thoughts that may help differentiate between the two? Thanks! WD I can't speak with conficence for Android, but there I use several nice iPhone apps, including GlidePath (a logger that produces a file that can be uploaded to the OLC on the spot when you land), XC Skies, and My Radar (real time doppler radar). I suspect, though, that there are Android versions of these as well . . . Jim Kellett |
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"Whiskey Delta" wrote in message ... Any other thoughts that may help differentiate between the two? Also don't entirely neglect non-soaring aviation apps. For example, several apps will give you in-cockpit weather radar. (Yes, connectivity in flight is questionable, but at least you get a last-minute picture before launch.) Vaughn |
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On Nov 14, 9:45*am, "vaughn" wrote:
"Whiskey Delta" wrote in message ... Any other thoughts that may help differentiate between the two? Also don't entirely neglect non-soaring aviation apps. *For example, several apps will give you in-cockpit weather radar. *(Yes, connectivity in flight is questionable, but at least you get a last-minute picture before launch.) Vaughn Definitely prefer android. In addition to the ones already named, Google My Tracks and GPS logbooks are interesting. |
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On Nov 14, 10:20*am, RS wrote:
On Nov 14, 9:45*am, "vaughn" wrote: "Whiskey Delta" wrote in message ... Any other thoughts that may help differentiate between the two? Also don't entirely neglect non-soaring aviation apps. *For example, several apps will give you in-cockpit weather radar. *(Yes, connectivity in flight is questionable, but at least you get a last-minute picture before launch.) Vaughn Definitely prefer android. In addition to the ones already named, Google My Tracks and GPS logbooks are interesting. If you only want to use one device for phone and flight computer than yes, Android is your best bet. However I rather have a dedicated device for flight computer and not use it for day to day as a phone (less chance of loosing, damaging, forgetting, having to use your flight computer for an important phone call or text message in flight etc). In this case iphone is my preferred choice for anything else than flight computer. Also you want a bigger screen for flight computer (5" like the Dell Streak seem to be ideal) but it is too big and bulky for a phone. Ramy |
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"...having to use your flight computer for an important phone call or text
message in flight etc...) Pul-leeze, tell me that's a joke. Or to you text on tow? Or kill bikers because you're to busy playing with the phone to look outside the car? "Ramy" wrote in message ... On Nov 14, 10:20 am, RS wrote: On Nov 14, 9:45 am, "vaughn" wrote: "Whiskey Delta" wrote in message ... Any other thoughts that may help differentiate between the two? Also don't entirely neglect non-soaring aviation apps. For example, several apps will give you in-cockpit weather radar. (Yes, connectivity in flight is questionable, but at least you get a last-minute picture before launch.) Vaughn Definitely prefer android. In addition to the ones already named, Google My Tracks and GPS logbooks are interesting. If you only want to use one device for phone and flight computer than yes, Android is your best bet. However I rather have a dedicated device for flight computer and not use it for day to day as a phone (less chance of loosing, damaging, forgetting, having to use your flight computer for an important phone call or text message in flight etc). In this case iphone is my preferred choice for anything else than flight computer. Also you want a bigger screen for flight computer (5" like the Dell Streak seem to be ideal) but it is too big and bulky for a phone. Ramy |
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