Tablet for XCSOAR

I have a Galaxy Tab - (it is so old it doesn't have a version number) - well being black and sitting in the sun is heating it up and making it shut down at the exact wrong times.

I like XCSOAR and I like a 7 inch screen - I like color - any suggestions?

I am thinking to get a white new Galaxy, but maybe there is something out there that works better. I also use it to keep occupied on my commute to work (retiring is not an option)

WH

My wife uses a Nexus 7 (2012 version) and it works just fine in the
Pipistrel. I used it a couple of times in my LAK-17a and it worked
just fine.

Dan Marotta

On 6/9/2014 7:02 AM, wrote:
I have a Galaxy Tab - (it is so old it doesn't have a version number) - well being black and sitting in the sun is heating it up and making it shut down at the exact wrong times.

I like XCSOAR and I like a 7 inch screen - I like color - any suggestions?

I am thinking to get a white new Galaxy, but maybe there is something out there that works better. I also use it to keep occupied on my commute to work (retiring is not an option)

WH

At 15:28 09 June 2014, Dan Marotta wrote:
My wife uses a Nexus 7 (2012 version) and it works just fine in the
Pipistrel. I used it a couple of times in my LAK-17a and it worked
just fine.

Dan Marotta

On 6/9/2014 7:02 AM, wrote:
I have a Galaxy Tab - (it is so old it doesn't have a version number) -
well being black and sitting in the sun is heating it up and making it
shut
down at the exact wrong times.

I like XCSOAR and I like a 7 inch screen - I like color - any
suggestions?

I am thinking to get a white new Galaxy, but maybe there is something
out
there that works better. I also use it to keep occupied on my commute to
work (retiring is not an option)

WH



Same here, this side of the pond: I use a Nexus 7 also. Reasonably good
screen, clear, bright, even with sunglasses on (though we haven't seen a
lot of sun lately over here...grrr!)
Battery life is not bad for short flights too, though external power would
be a better option.

BTW, your forum is of way more interest: we're having to endure an
incredible amount of garbage on uras and urasb these days...
Regards to all.

Hmmmmmmmm...

I use Thunderbird as my email client and, just to see, I set up an
account on news.eternal-september.org and read it on Thunderbird. I
haven't seen any junk at all and, should I, I'll just set up some filters.

Give it a try!

Dan Marotta

On 6/9/2014 10:04 AM, George Ballantyne wrote:
At 15:28 09 June 2014, Dan Marotta wrote:
My wife uses a Nexus 7 (2012 version) and it works just fine in the
Pipistrel. I used it a couple of times in my LAK-17a and it worked
just fine.

Dan Marotta

On 6/9/2014 7:02 AM, wrote:
I have a Galaxy Tab - (it is so old it doesn't have a version number) -
well being black and sitting in the sun is heating it up and making it
shut
down at the exact wrong times.
I like XCSOAR and I like a 7 inch screen - I like color - any
suggestions?
I am thinking to get a white new Galaxy, but maybe there is something
out
there that works better. I also use it to keep occupied on my commute to
work (retiring is not an option)
WH

Same here, this side of the pond: I use a Nexus 7 also. Reasonably good
screen, clear, bright, even with sunglasses on (though we haven't seen a
lot of sun lately over here...grrr!)
Battery life is not bad for short flights too, though external power would
be a better option.

BTW, your forum is of way more interest: we're having to endure an
incredible amount of garbage on uras and urasb these days...
Regards to all.

On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:42:03 -0600, Dan Marotta wrote:

Hmmmmmmmm...

I use Thunderbird as my email client and, just to see, I set up an
account on news.eternal-september.org and read it on Thunderbird. I
haven't seen any junk at all and, should I, I'll just set up some
filters.

I'd agree. I'm also using news.eternal-september.org as my news server,
but I don't think eternal september has anything to do with it being spam-
free - thats more to do with r.a.s, which IME has considerably less spam
and fewer trolls than most newsgroups.



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gregorie. | Essex, UK
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On Monday, June 9, 2014 7:02:37 AM UTC-6, wrote:
I have a Galaxy Tab - (it is so old it doesn't have a version number) - well being black and sitting in the sun is heating it up and making it shut down at the exact wrong times.



I like XCSOAR and I like a 7 inch screen - I like color - any suggestions?



I am thinking to get a white new Galaxy, but maybe there is something out there that works better. I also use it to keep occupied on my commute to work (retiring is not an option)



WH

Pick up a Streak 7" off Ebay. Cheap, works well and very visible in full sunlight.

On Monday, June 9, 2014 9:02:37 AM UTC-4, wrote:
I have a Galaxy Tab - (it is so old it doesn't have a version number) - well being black and sitting in the sun is heating it up and making it shut down at the exact wrong times.



I like XCSOAR and I like a 7 inch screen - I like color - any suggestions?



I am thinking to get a white new Galaxy, but maybe there is something out there that works better. I also use it to keep occupied on my commute to work (retiring is not an option)



WH

Excellent info - Thank you all it is appreciated!

WH

On 06/09/2014 03:02 PM, wrote:

I like XCSOAR and I like a 7 inch screen - I like color - any
suggestions?

I fly with a Dell Streak 5. My colleague at work has a Google Nexus 7
tablet. I have taken both out into the sun and done a comparison of the
displays, with and without my sunglasses on. The sunlight visibility of
the Nexus 7 is as least as good, if not better than the Streak 5.

I checked this both with the sun directly behind the PDA's (shadow of
the PDA on my face), and with the sun over my shoulder onto the screens
(shadow of my head just next to the PDA's, and a range of positions in
between. I put google maps on the screen during the test as I did not
want to install XCsoar on my colleague's new toy. I do this whenever I
get a chance to test a new device in the sun.

The 7" device is a bit big for my cockpit and I am on the lookout for a
4" to 5" equivalent. I know black and white e-readers will win this test
any day, but they don't have 3G to support Skylines live tracking.

Have fun

Ian

On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 2:22:54 AM UTC-5, Ian wrote:
On 06/09/2014 03:02 PM, wrote:



I like XCSOAR and I like a 7 inch screen - I like color - any

suggestions?



I fly with a Dell Streak 5. My colleague at work has a Google Nexus 7

tablet. I have taken both out into the sun and done a comparison of the

displays, with and without my sunglasses on. The sunlight visibility of

the Nexus 7 is as least as good, if not better than the Streak 5.



I checked this both with the sun directly behind the PDA's (shadow of

the PDA on my face), and with the sun over my shoulder onto the screens

(shadow of my head just next to the PDA's, and a range of positions in

between. I put google maps on the screen during the test as I did not

want to install XCsoar on my colleague's new toy. I do this whenever I

get a chance to test a new device in the sun.



The 7" device is a bit big for my cockpit and I am on the lookout for a

4" to 5" equivalent. I know black and white e-readers will win this test

any day, but they don't have 3G to support Skylines live tracking.



Have fun



Ian

A Galaxy Note 3 is fairly readable in daylight. at full brightness it is about 600 nits. Plus it has a barometric sensor for the software vario. and the speaker does not face away from you like many devices.

Thanks - I definitely need to keep my 3G connectivity - the Skylines tracker is excellent and helps keep my "crew" (my wife) calm on those long XC flights I attempt.

So right now I am going to look at Nexus and Samsung - then maybe try to make a tunnel to keep them from getting cooked by the direct sun.

Saturday my Galaxy tablet shut of twice because it was over heating - both times we really inconvenient, final glide & as I got 3 miles from my turn around point

WH