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