alternative to iGlide for iPhone (6 plus)

Dan or Sean

What model Dell Streak is best for XC soar?

Nick

On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 9:24:26 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
On a more serious note, Bob's complaint and Sean's (and others')
rather aggressive responses simply support the notion of "Diff'rent
strokes for diff'rent folks)".



I make no bones that I'm a fan of XCSoar.* Maybe iGlide allows task
generation* if 3 less keystrokes, but who cares?* I've got all day.*
Heck, I can even build and declare a task today for a flight
tomorrow.* I like XCSoar the best because it's the one I have the
most experience with.* My glider came with WinPilot but the former
owner told me about XCSoar and I bought a Mio GPS and gave it a
try.* For someone who'd never used a moving map before (military,
airlines, corporate, gliding) it was eye-opening!



The only shortcomings were power and sunlight readability.* Then a
friend showed me his Dell Streak 5 and I found I could read it with
the sun shining over my shoulder!* This is 5+ year old technology,
folks!* Why haven't all the makers of portable devices tried
transflective technology?* Anyway, for $100 brand new on eBay and
with free software, why would you want anything else?* Seriously,
who needs realtime doppler radar overlays while soaring?



I submit that any one of us can get used to any of these products
and become quite proficient with it.* Then, upon having difficulty
operating a new interface, it's easy to claim that the first is
better than the second.

Dell streak 5 was very good. Keep in mind that it is also fairly old now. The latest Android smartphones (especially the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, OLED display) are surpassing the Streak and are fully supported with the newest versions of Android. The Note 3 is also very, very good along with many of the latest generation. I think the Streak 7 was good to but fairly large..

Dell Streak 5.

Not the Dell Streak 7.

It is only the 5 which uses the transflective display.

On 5/14/2015 4:42 PM, wrote:
Dan or Sean

What model Dell Streak is best for XC soar?

Nick

On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 9:24:26 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
On a more serious note, Bob's complaint and Sean's (and others')
rather aggressive responses simply support the notion of "Diff'rent
strokes for diff'rent folks)".



I make no bones that I'm a fan of XCSoar. Maybe iGlide allows task
generation if 3 less keystrokes, but who cares? I've got all day.
Heck, I can even build and declare a task today for a flight
tomorrow. I like XCSoar the best because it's the one I have the
most experience with. My glider came with WinPilot but the former
owner told me about XCSoar and I bought a Mio GPS and gave it a
try. For someone who'd never used a moving map before (military,
airlines, corporate, gliding) it was eye-opening!



The only shortcomings were power and sunlight readability. Then a
friend showed me his Dell Streak 5 and I found I could read it with
the sun shining over my shoulder! This is 5+ year old technology,
folks! Why haven't all the makers of portable devices tried
transflective technology? Anyway, for $100 brand new on eBay and
with free software, why would you want anything else? Seriously,
who needs realtime doppler radar overlays while soaring?



I submit that any one of us can get used to any of these products
and become quite proficient with it. Then, upon having difficulty
operating a new interface, it's easy to claim that the first is
better than the second.



--
Dan Marotta