Best PDA or tablet soln for GPS & XM WX and gyro AI

In article 1119041820.c656f7f19bbdd75e1c6942a3563e3170@teran ews,
"S Narayan" wrote:
AWM (now version 1.7) One of the other issues I had was being able to
pan to other parts of the map without going through the rough air buttons
mode. That has been addressed now with 1.7. Also the airport facilities
looks page is nicely done and if that's kept up to date, that is a lot of
useful information. They have also added "virtual" IFR approaches which is
nice to have - though pocket plates does a fairly good job (except for the
lack of a variable zoom feature or declutter of the fixes). I haven't run it
with the GPS yet, but the last version did not have a detailed GPS page
(with all satellites shown, DOP etc..). I am not sure if they have included
it this time.


I agree, the additional information that they've provided in the airport
data page is excellent, and will remain so only if they keep it up to
date. It seems that they are missing fuel data on quite a few places
yet, and I don't see anywhere on their 100ll.com site for a user to
submit fuel prices; not sure how they get their fuel price updates.

Since upgrading to 1.7 (via a clean install), I've noticed that many
parts of the program seem to be a bit faster, and some slower (loading
full airport diagrams by double-tapping on the runway plan view seems
slower than in 1.6.7.)


JKG

I believe that the "airport" information comes from the FAA. So, as long as
the FAA keeps their data up to date, so will CV. The fuel prices come from
the FBO's. They (CV) are in the process of contacting all the FBO's. It
should be pointed out that the "fuel price's on the airport information
page", is a subscription option (I think $30 yr), and that users are getting
it free for the month of June because it's a new feature. Also, the fuel
price file that gets downloaded is deleted after two weeks. So, two weeks in
to July, unless you subscribe, you won't have any "fuel prices".

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
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I agree, the additional information that they've provided in the airport
data page is excellent, and will remain so only if they keep it up to
date. It seems that they are missing fuel data on quite a few places
yet, and I don't see anywhere on their 100ll.com site for a user to
submit fuel prices; not sure how they get their fuel price updates.

In article ,
"Stephen McNaught" wrote:

I believe that the "airport" information comes from the FAA. So, as long as
the FAA keeps their data up to date, so will CV. The fuel prices come from
the FBO's. They (CV) are in the process of contacting all the FBO's. It
should be pointed out that the "fuel price's on the airport information
page", is a subscription option (I think $30 yr), and that users are getting
it free for the month of June because it's a new feature. Also, the fuel
price file that gets downloaded is deleted after two weeks. So, two weeks in
to July, unless you subscribe, you won't have any "fuel prices".


I am aware of that, but I am concerned about paying for a service that
may not work all that well. I'm not sure how they are going to have the
resources to contact all of the FBOs out there every two weeks to update
prices, and the FBOs really have no incentive to contact them. Also,
some popular local fuel stops in my area don't have folks who answer the
phone reliably, so fuel information for some of the most-desired
airports may not be available (and isn't presently available).

I noticed that they apparently negotiated an agreement with Hotels.com
for the lodging information, which seems to be fairly robust.




JKG

I agree. I do not plan on subscribing to the fuel price updates. I can get
the (probably) same information from other sources. I hope they do well, and
can keep it up to date.

- Steve (who is wondering whether we should move to R.A.products if we
continue talking about a specific product)

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
...
I am aware of that, but I am concerned about paying for a service that
may not work all that well. I'm not sure how they are going to have the
resources to contact all of the FBOs out there every two weeks to update
prices, and the FBOs really have no incentive to contact them. Also,
some popular local fuel stops in my area don't have folks who answer the
phone reliably, so fuel information for some of the most-desired
airports may not be available (and isn't presently available).