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Old 01-28-2010, 02:41 PM
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That's surprising. I've always gotten pretty good coverage out at your place w/ my iphone. For what it's worth, the iphone does have Google maps, which is handier than a case of duct tape when traveling. I'm hoping the ipad w/ aviation charts will be similarly handy.
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Old 01-28-2010, 02:45 PM
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I've had my iphone for two years and have bought a loptop recently to travel with. How do you teather your iphone to your laptop?
In the US of A? You don't. iPhone tethering works in virtually every other country where the iPhone is sold but it does not work here because AT&T refuses to turn it on. The US is in the dark ages in terms of mobile service. It's getting better, but we're still way behind the rest of the industrialized world.

The only thing I hate about my iPhone is that it's locked to AT&T.

Go to this site and see how many carriers are supported in other countries. Even our good friends in Canada have 4 different carriers that you can use the iPhone on.
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Old 01-28-2010, 02:55 PM
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Obviously, we are all reacting to iPad news items because unlike Jason, we have not had a hands on experience with it.

I, for one, can't wait to see what developers do with the iPad. I understand (from some internet sites) that until you have had the unit in your hands and use the finger/gesture interface you can't really judge the overall usefulness of the product. They all say (well, most of them) it is incredible.

Remember this is a 1st generation product (yes, lots of technology and software borrowed from the iPhone and other Apple products but still a 1st generation product) I can't wait to see where this one goes. Lots of people who now own iPhones pooh, poohed them early on as well.

On a side note: I have used Foreflight (my attempt to somewhat get back to making this an RV thread) when my AT&T signal went dead while driving in my car. I had preloaded the Foreflight maps (VFR) and the GPS tracked along great. It's a terrific app and I'm looking forward to it being even better on an iPad.

Terrific job Jason and tell Steve I said "Hi"
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Old 01-28-2010, 03:44 PM
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Hi Jason
I just wanted to say Thank you for answering all the questions!!
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Old 01-28-2010, 04:48 PM
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I had Cingular in the past and had difficulty getting reception in the house. Other people had similar problems in the house with AT&T. I really like Verizon and there support.
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Old 01-28-2010, 07:05 PM
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I'm certainly looking forward to it. I've been an iPhone developer now for about a year and a half, and I have a couple aviation apps up already, like my
InstantWx app.


I've done some work on a chart case app for the iPhone, but I kept running up against limitations that made it less than ideal. The iPhone display is just too small to show an approach plate, for one. Another is the 2G application sandbox limit, which is too small to hold a full set of NACO plates.

Jason, do you know if the iPad will have the same 2G app sandbox limit?
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Hey Beav... one question for you.... I was under the understanding that the current iphone SDK didn't allow the display to be constantly "on" for apps. (just movies) is the ipad going to allow this? perhaps when connected to a USB power supply?

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Old 01-29-2010, 03:13 AM
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Sounds like there should be a nexrad weather app for a overlay. So much for the new touch screen GPSs in the 4" screen. Xm weather data is free off the satillites per the federal goverment. All you have to do is get your own system and sell it to all of us for $5 a month. Great app! Cheap price too for the IPAD! Good job APPLE
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Old 01-29-2010, 06:56 AM
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Hey Beav... one question for you.... I was under the understanding that the current iphone SDK didn't allow the display to be constantly "on" for apps. (just movies) is the ipad going to allow this? perhaps when connected to a USB power supply?
The current SDK does allow you to keep the display always on. I've done some work on a moving-map GPS app for iphone, and I do exactly that.
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Old 01-29-2010, 07:42 AM
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So much for the new touch screen GPSs in the 4" screen. Xm weather data is free off the satillites per the federal goverment.
Really? If the weather data is free, then do the new Garmin (and others) handhelds that do XM weather have to pay a monthly fee to get the weather overlay? I was under the impression that they did. If not, then I would seriously consider returning my Aera 500 in favour of the 510.
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