donaziza
Well Known Member
I know this has been discussed before. I have an iPad Mini and run Garmin Pilot on it in my 8. It's fantastic in my living room, BUT---in the bright sky, it's extremely hard to see. And unless it's glass smooth out, it's also very hard to finger tap say a frequency in a timely manner before you fly through someone's class D airspace. I know there are you guys out there who love it and have no problem, and that's perfectly fine.
Someone brought up the fact that a Nexus was a lot easier to see in the bright sunlight. I thought that was great, so today, I went out shopping for a Nexus. It wasn't easy, but I managed to get one of the stores to take one outside for me, so I could see for myself. Guess what? It was just as hard to see as an iPad. ( It was a nexus 7). Bummer So to you Nexus owners out there---is there a certain model Nexus that is better than a 7? If anyone can help, I'd sure appreciate it. I love the Garmin Pilot program, (ForeFlight isn't bad either), but it's just so darn hard to see. (I've even built a sunshade doo phinky around my iPad, and it helps, but not that much.)
I even looked at Kindle's as their claim to fame is you can read a book out in bright sunlight. But the store guy looked up the Garmin Pilot App, and it can't be run on a Kindle.
PS, I tried one of those anti glare shields on the iPad. That just made it even harder to see
Someone brought up the fact that a Nexus was a lot easier to see in the bright sunlight. I thought that was great, so today, I went out shopping for a Nexus. It wasn't easy, but I managed to get one of the stores to take one outside for me, so I could see for myself. Guess what? It was just as hard to see as an iPad. ( It was a nexus 7). Bummer So to you Nexus owners out there---is there a certain model Nexus that is better than a 7? If anyone can help, I'd sure appreciate it. I love the Garmin Pilot program, (ForeFlight isn't bad either), but it's just so darn hard to see. (I've even built a sunshade doo phinky around my iPad, and it helps, but not that much.)
I even looked at Kindle's as their claim to fame is you can read a book out in bright sunlight. But the store guy looked up the Garmin Pilot App, and it can't be run on a Kindle.
PS, I tried one of those anti glare shields on the iPad. That just made it even harder to see
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