iPhone Logger?

Uh, guys, have you looked at an iPhone screen inflight lately? Good
luck!

I have an iPhone 4 and the screen is fantastic in bright sunlight, much
better than the majority of screens! and the size is sufficient to see
everything thats included in things like seeyou!






At 19:52 22 September 2010, kirk.stant wrote:
On Sep 22, 10:45=A0am, "Surfer!" wrote:
"Dan" wrote in message


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On Sep 21, 12:21 am, "Surfer!" wrote:

Not bad for only 10 bucks.' this iPhone is a great invention,
useful
for so many things.

All I need is the money for an iPhone!

are there plans to run WinPilot or SeeYou mobile on the iphone as
well?
Logger, GPS,moving map, phone, camera....etc.... WOW!

The iPhone still costs what it costs! =A0I have a cheap PDA that does
the
moving map, a phone from work that's a phone, and I never take a
camera
flying as I reckon I should be looking going not at a viewfinder.

Uh, guys, have you looked at an iPhone screen inflight lately? Good
luck!

It's a great device for checking SPOT pages, XCSkies, calling home,
pictures of cute line crew, music to listen to while waiting for a
retrieve, etc; and now a nice little backup logger - but it's not
going to replace a bigger, brighter display as a primary device for a
while.

That being said, for $10 I now have a nice little OLC logger for my
flights in a club ship - that's a smoking deal, for me!

Kirk
66

iSwissArmyKnife?

"Bruce Hoult" wrote in message
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If you already have one for some reason -- perhaps for making phone
calls -- then adding additional applications is inexpensive.

Multiply that by ten or twenty applications and the hardware price per
app starts to get quite low, and without having to carry ten or twenty
different items with you.

The same goes for Android, of course, or WinCE, but the iPhone/iPod
Touch/iPad seems to have hit critical mass.

Except I can't think of 10 things I want my phone to do, let alone 20
things. I can think of two - make & receive voice, send & receive text. My
old free Nokia does both of those beautifully. I've very occasionally used
it as a calculator as well.

On Sep 23, 6:40*am, "Surfer!" wrote:

Except I can't think of 10 things I want my phone to do, let alone 20
things. *I can think of two - make & receive voice, send & receive text.. *My
old free Nokia does both of those beautifully. *I've very occasionally used
it as a calculator as well.

Lets see, on my iPhone (that I only got because my wife insisted), I
now:
1. make calls
2. check email
3. take pictures and videos
4. browse online (including reading RAS)
5. check my friends SPOT pages
6. check weather on XCskies
7. check my bank account (yikes!) and balance my account
8. use google maps to find out where the doctors appointment is and
see where the traffic jams are
9. check local weather radar
10. check for NOTAMS and TFRs
11. listen to music or watch movies on airline flights
12. track my bike rides for distance, time, and calories
13. check news on NPR
14. use the calendar to track appointments
15. sent & receive text messages from my daughter
16. log my flights in club ships and post to OLC (well, now have the
capability...)

you get the idea.

I tried PDAs and hated them (except for running SYM inflight). But
the iPhone (and I'm sure there are other equally versatile phones out
there) has been a revelation; I now don't even bother to take my
laptop on trips - I can do anything I really need on my little phone.

So yeah, it's not cheap, but you get a LOT for the money!

And it's fun...

Kirk
66

On Sep 23, 5:56*am, "kirk.stant" wrote:
On Sep 23, 6:40*am, "Surfer!" wrote:



Except I can't think of 10 things I want my phone to do, let alone 20
things. *I can think of two - make & receive voice, send & receive text. *My
old free Nokia does both of those beautifully. *I've very occasionally used
it as a calculator as well.

Lets see, on my iPhone (that I only got because my wife insisted), I
now:
1. make calls
2. check email
3. take pictures and videos
4. browse online (including reading RAS)
5. check my friends SPOT pages
6. check weather on XCskies
7. check my bank account (yikes!) and balance my account
8. use google maps to find out where the doctors appointment is and
see where the traffic jams are
9. check local weather radar
10. check for NOTAMS and TFRs
11. listen to music or watch movies on airline flights
12. track my bike rides for distance, time, and calories
13. check news on NPR
14. use the calendar to track appointments
15. sent & receive text messages from my daughter
16. log my flights in club ships and post to OLC (well, now have the
capability...)

you get the idea.

I tried PDAs and hated them (except for running SYM inflight). *But
the iPhone (and I'm sure there are other equally versatile phones out
there) has been a revelation; I now don't even bother to take my
laptop on trips - I can do anything I really need on my little phone.

So yeah, it's not cheap, but you get a LOT for the money!

And it's fun...

Kirk
66

Ditto!
just to add few more soaring related things:
17 - Use it to check my location on a sectional chart (great backup)
18 - Check the latest forecast, blipmap, sat photo etc before I launch
19 - Check the exact sunset time at my location so I can land on time
20 - Send a google map link of my location via SMS to anyone with a
smartphone in case of landout

So there you go, at least 20 good reasons to use an iphone or
similar.

Ramy

"kirk.stant" wrote in message
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On Sep 23, 6:40 am, "Surfer!" wrote:

Except I can't think of 10 things I want my phone to do, let alone 20
things. I can think of two - make & receive voice, send & receive text.
My
old free Nokia does both of those beautifully. I've very occasionally
used
it as a calculator as well.

Lets see, on my iPhone (that I only got because my wife insisted), I
now:
1. make calls

Yes.

2. check email

No, I use the laptop and the screen on an iPhone is too small.

3. take pictures and videos

No, I use a camera.

4. browse online (including reading RAS)

No, happy using the laptop and we have free wifi in the clubhouse as does
ever other club I've been to in the UK.

5. check my friends SPOT pages

This is part of #4 surely?

6. check weather on XCskies

More #4.

7. check my bank account (yikes!) and balance my account

More #4.

8. use google maps to find out where the doctors appointment is and
see where the traffic jams are

More #4. And the internet won't tell me where the local farmers are moving
big bales around, which are just about the only thing making traffic jams
between me and the gliding club.

9. check local weather radar

More #4.

10. check for NOTAMS and TFRs

More #4.

11. listen to music or watch movies on airline flights


12. track my bike rides for distance, time, and calories

I don't ride a bike

13. check news on NPR

More #4 I suspect/

14. use the calendar to track appointments

I use my laptop and keep them in my work email which I can access via
Outlook or webmail.

15. sent & receive text messages from my daughter

My Nokia does text but I hate text.


16. log my flights in club ships and post to OLC (well, now have the
capability...)

Am quite happy using the Microrecorder which is valid for badge claims as
well.

And to the extra one someone added about telling people where you are - I
find a lat/long from the logger works very well.


you get the idea.

I tried PDAs and hated them (except for running SYM inflight). But
the iPhone (and I'm sure there are other equally versatile phones out
there) has been a revelation; I now don't even bother to take my
laptop on trips - I can do anything I really need on my little phone.

So yeah, it's not cheap, but you get a LOT for the money!

And it's fun...

Well - if you are an iPhone geek!

On Sep 23, 12:53*pm, "Surfer!" wrote:
"kirk.stant" wrote in message

...

On Sep 23, 6:40 am, "Surfer!" wrote:

Except I can't think of 10 things I want my phone to do, let alone 20
things. *I can think of two - make & receive voice, send & receive text.
My
old free Nokia does both of those beautifully. *I've very occasionally
used
it as a calculator as well.

Lets see, on my iPhone (that I only got because my wife insisted), I
now:
1. make calls

Yes.

2. check email

No, I use the laptop and the screen on an iPhone is too small.

3. take pictures and videos

No, I use a camera.

4. browse online (including reading RAS)

No, happy using the laptop and we have free wifi in the clubhouse as does
ever other club I've been to in the UK.

5. check my friends SPOT pages

This is part of #4 surely?

6. check weather on XCskies

More #4.

7. check my bank account (yikes!) and balance my account

More #4.

8. use google maps to find out where the doctors appointment is and
see where the traffic jams are

More #4. *And the internet won't tell me where the local farmers are moving
big bales around, which are just about the only thing making traffic jams
between me and the gliding club.

9. check local weather radar

More #4.

10. check for NOTAMS and TFRs

More #4.

11. listen to music or watch movies on airline flights
12. track my bike rides for distance, time, and calories

I don't ride a bike

13. check news on NPR

More #4 I suspect/

14. use the calendar to track appointments

I use my laptop and keep them in my work email which I can access via
Outlook or webmail.

15. sent & receive text messages from my daughter

My Nokia does text but I hate text.

16. log my flights in club ships and post to OLC (well, now have the
capability...)

Am quite happy using the Microrecorder which is valid for badge claims as
well.

And to the extra one someone added about telling people where you are - I
find a lat/long from the logger works very well.

you get the idea.

I tried PDAs and hated them (except for running SYM inflight). *But
the iPhone (and I'm sure there are other equally versatile phones out
there) has been a revelation; I now don't even bother to take my
laptop on trips - I can do anything I really need on my little phone.

So yeah, it's not cheap, but you get a LOT for the money!

And it's fun...

Well - if you are an iPhone geek!

iPhone Geek, Laptop Geek. Whatever.

On Sep 24, 7:53*am, "Surfer!" wrote:
3. take pictures and videos

No, I use a camera.

What's this, if not a camera?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4500800...87126/sizes/l/

That was taken with the 3 MP iPhone 3GS (as were the other 229 photos
in that flickr account). This year's model is 5 MP.

I'm sure your camera is better, but the original point made was that
the iPhone and Android devices let you do a multitude of things quite
well WITHOUT carrying around a multitude of devices such as phone,
camera, GPS logger, laptop...

On Sep 20, 3:29*pm, Grider Pirate wrote:
On Sep 1, 9:17*am, Mike the Strike wrote:



On Sep 1, 6:59*am, vontresc wrote:

From time to time I check the iPhone app store for soaring apps. I
just came across GlidePath. The developer claims it's OLC compliant. I
havent purchased it yet, but it looks like a good backup for OLC
flying.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/glide...83714417?mt=8#

Pete

Interesting App. *My concern would be battery life without external
power. *I've used a few tracking and logging apps on my iPhone and
find I am limited to a couple of hours before needing a recharge.
Presumably it also won't plot a map without Internet access. *Assuming
this is available via 3G, this is currently likely a violation of
contest rules.

Mike

External power is easy. *Get a cigarette lighter USB power adapter and
hack it to add connectors to your glider battery. *Another 'under
$10.00' solution.

The iPhone is fussy about DC power adapters, many cheap USB out
cigarette lighter adapters won't work with a iPhone you are not into
mucking around with this buy one that specifically states it works
with a current generation iPhone. For the technically inclined the
difference is a couple of resistors, well documented on the Web. Some
of the cheap adapters also leak lots of RF noise that can affect your
VHF radio. Better ones should be fine.

Darryl

Surfer:

Admit it - deep down inside you know your going to eventually buy an
iPhone!!!

Last week while on the grid, another glider pilot and I were
discussing the task area. I said I didn't know of anyone good landouts
spots enroute to the first turnpoint. He mentioned there was a sod
farm half way there. So I whipped out the iPhone and we zoomed in on
the google maps app, he showed me precisely where it was. My laptop
wasn't handy, but my iPhone was in my pocket.....how handy.

Btw I downloaded the red laser app. It is free. Along with 250,000
apps that are also free. It converts your iPhone to scan barcodes. Now
when put shopping, I can scan an items barcodes and it tells me the
price, details, and where else within 5 miles I can buy it for
cheaper!

Gas prices app, tracks your location and tells you where the cheapest
gas is.

The webcam function allows me to have a face to face chat with my kids
when I am out of town and tell them good night.

The delta airlines app allows me to check in for my flight without
having to wait in line for a gate agent or ticket kiosk.

White noise plays soothing sounds whole you sleep such as rain,
crickets, wind, etc....again no cost to download.

New apps are coming out everyday.

Trust me.....just like Americans did when televisions were invented,
you will do the same with an iPhone!!!!!

On 24/09/2010 09:56, Bruce Hoult wrote:
On Sep 24, 7:53 am, wrote:
3. take pictures and videos

No, I use a camera.

What's this, if not a camera?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4500800...87126/sizes/l/

That was taken with the 3 MP iPhone 3GS (as were the other 229 photos
in that flickr account). This year's model is 5 MP.

I'm sure your camera is better, but the original point made was that
the iPhone and Android devices let you do a multitude of things quite
well WITHOUT carrying around a multitude of devices such as phone,
camera, GPS logger, laptop...

No. The original point was that you can now get a logger app for the
iphone. iphone users couldn't help themselves turning it into a
discussion on all the things they can do with their iphone.

You've left out the MAIN use for an iphone - endlessly telling innocent
bystanders how clever they are.

GC