I just bought a new Dell Streak 5 from Amazon for US$109, still in the
wrappers. I upgraded the OS to Android 2.3.7 (CM7), stuck in an SD
card, and had google load the software that's on my current Streak.
Then I removed the battery, repackaged it, and put it on a shelf where
it will sit until the one in my glider decides to fail.

It doesn't take much looking to find a Streak 5... Or maybe I should
say nothing and hope the remainder of them are unsold in case I need
them! ;-)

Dan Marotta 5J
On 5/23/2014 8:24 AM, Richard Brisbourne wrote:
At 10:08 21 May 2014, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2014 00:19:39 -0700, waremark wrote:

I think the guys selling these devices are each buying components and
assembling them. I don't think there is a generic supplier of a
complete
device which has all the features suitable for our application. I have
heard that it has become difficult for them to obtain some of the
components for the relatively small volumes needed.

In that case what we (all right, *I*) want is essentially the same kit
but running Android or a straight Debian Linux and I, for one would
appreciate a 4.2" screen as an alternative to the near-universal 5" one
due to the limited panel space in my Libelle.

Why? Because WinCE is now virtually extinct and dead as far as new PNAs
are concerned, and meanwhile both XCSoar and LK8000 5 have versions
running on Linux.


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
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Not exactly. LK8000 is still on beta 4.1W (5.0 was promised for late
January, but isn't here yet). It's also only on WinCE, although there has
been talk on the forum of a Linux version once 5.0 has been put to bed.

XCSoar has the virtue of running on Android, which is available on real
world devices you can use in the cockpit, however since the 5 inch Dell
Streak was discontinued, I'm not aware of anything as bright as the
Vertica/GG/Oudie that runs it.

I'm sticking with my (now) old Vertica V1 running LK8000 with an external
GPS feed from Flarm- I can't see any reason to upgrade yet, and I'm in no
hurry to learn a new piece of software.