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Announcing WingX for the Pocket PC
Hi everyone,
Hilton Software has spent over a year developing WingX. Earlier this week, we announced general availability of the product. "WingX is a Microsoft Pocket PC application designed by pilots for pilots. WingX was designed from the ground up using the latest .NET technology from Microsoft to create an application that pilots could use while down at the airport and away from their desktop PC at home." Weight and Balance, Route Planning, Sunrise and Sunset information, E6B calculations, and the new Expiration page are included. FAA and Model Databases can be downloaded wireless or by connecting your Pocket PC to your PC. Graphical Weight and Balance calculations are easy with pre-defined aircraft models. WingX knows about Piper Warriors, Cessna 172s, Sundowners, Schweizers, and more. Route Planning uses the current FAA database for airports and VORs. Go to http://www.hiltonsoftware.com and download WingX. We're hoping you will like it and register with Hilton Software. Thank you, Hilton Hilton Software LLC http://www.hiltonsoftware.com |
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"WingX is a Microsoft Pocket PC application designed by pilots for pilots. WingX was designed from the ground up using the latest .NET technology from Microsoft to create an application that pilots could use while down at the airport and away from their desktop PC at home." Thank you, Hilton Hilton Software LLC http://www.hiltonsoftware.com woo-hoo! great! that is exactly what we need! more apps running on micro$oft crap!!! http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39115732,00.htm just a little sample, another example -- bob z. "people with less brain power than you are doing more difficult things everyday"© |
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Just my two cents (and 'no' I am not an employee or affiliate of
HiltonSoftware grin)... I've been checking out the program and have been more than pleased with its' intelligent and thoughtful layout. The design of the program's display interface is well-reasoned and most intuitive. One would be hard-pressed to find a similar program that provides more features with out-of-the-box functionality right from the point where you press the 'on' button on your handheld device (PocketPC). I'm running it on a Dell Axim with a 300Mhz Intel x-scale processor with PocketPC 2003 and most pleased! -- -- Good Flights! Cecil E. Chapman, Jr. PP-ASEL "We who fly do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet" - Cecil Day Lewis- My personal adventures as a student pilot and after my PPL: www.bayareapilot.com "Hilton Software LLC" wrote in message ink.net... Hi everyone, Hilton Software has spent over a year developing WingX. Earlier this week, we announced general availability of the product. "WingX is a Microsoft Pocket PC application designed by pilots for pilots. WingX was designed from the ground up using the latest .NET technology from Microsoft to create an application that pilots could use while down at the airport and away from their desktop PC at home." Weight and Balance, Route Planning, Sunrise and Sunset information, E6B calculations, and the new Expiration page are included. FAA and Model Databases can be downloaded wireless or by connecting your Pocket PC to your PC. Graphical Weight and Balance calculations are easy with pre-defined aircraft models. WingX knows about Piper Warriors, Cessna 172s, Sundowners, Schweizers, and more. Route Planning uses the current FAA database for airports and VORs. Go to http://www.hiltonsoftware.com and download WingX. We're hoping you will like it and register with Hilton Software. Thank you, Hilton Hilton Software LLC http://www.hiltonsoftware.com |
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Unfortunately it is built on the compact framework....
"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in message om... Just my two cents (and 'no' I am not an employee or affiliate of HiltonSoftware grin)... I've been checking out the program and have been more than pleased with its' intelligent and thoughtful layout. The design of the program's display interface is well-reasoned and most intuitive. One would be hard-pressed to find a similar program that provides more features with out-of-the-box functionality right from the point where you press the 'on' button on your handheld device (PocketPC). I'm running it on a Dell Axim with a 300Mhz Intel x-scale processor with PocketPC 2003 and most pleased! -- -- Good Flights! Cecil E. Chapman, Jr. PP-ASEL "We who fly do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet" - Cecil Day Lewis- My personal adventures as a student pilot and after my PPL: www.bayareapilot.com "Hilton Software LLC" wrote in message ink.net... Hi everyone, Hilton Software has spent over a year developing WingX. Earlier this week, we announced general availability of the product. "WingX is a Microsoft Pocket PC application designed by pilots for pilots. WingX was designed from the ground up using the latest .NET technology from Microsoft to create an application that pilots could use while down at the airport and away from their desktop PC at home." Weight and Balance, Route Planning, Sunrise and Sunset information, E6B calculations, and the new Expiration page are included. FAA and Model Databases can be downloaded wireless or by connecting your Pocket PC to your PC. Graphical Weight and Balance calculations are easy with pre-defined aircraft models. WingX knows about Piper Warriors, Cessna 172s, Sundowners, Schweizers, and more. Route Planning uses the current FAA database for airports and VORs. Go to http://www.hiltonsoftware.com and download WingX. We're hoping you will like it and register with Hilton Software. Thank you, Hilton Hilton Software LLC http://www.hiltonsoftware.com ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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"JerryK" wrote in message
Unfortunately it is built on the compact framework.... I'm curious: Why is that unfortunate? -- John T http://tknowlogy.com/tknoFlyer __________ |
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"JerryK" wrote in message
There are many memory leaks and other issue with the CF. Check the newsgroup microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework for the details. The CF is getting better, but still has a ways to go. I've been following that group for a few months, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it's "unfortunate" a developer chose to use the CF. Most of the memory issues (many reports of "leaks" are not actual leaks) I've seen have been due to either custom unmanaged code or poor resource management (usually an indication of poor development habits gained in desktop development). I will grant you that the CF needs to improve, though. The lack of tooltips and context-sensitive help, for instance, are quite significant since they are requirements for the logo program. Therefore, any CF-based app cannot be certified on the PocketPC/Windows Mobile platform. -- John T http://tknowlogy.com/tknoFlyer __________ |
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I just think it will take time to shake out .Net in general, and CF in
particular. I agree that many of the memory issue are the results of poor resource management. Unfortunately an environment with a GC tends to let programmers thing they can forget about explicitly managing resources. I am still using the older C++ compilers for my PPC work. Still works, still requires a lot of steps, but the code it tight and runs very fast. What sort of dev environment are you using? jerry "John T" wrote in message ws.com... "JerryK" wrote in message There are many memory leaks and other issue with the CF. Check the newsgroup microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework for the details. The CF is getting better, but still has a ways to go. I've been following that group for a few months, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it's "unfortunate" a developer chose to use the CF. Most of the memory issues (many reports of "leaks" are not actual leaks) I've seen have been due to either custom unmanaged code or poor resource management (usually an indication of poor development habits gained in desktop development). I will grant you that the CF needs to improve, though. The lack of tooltips and context-sensitive help, for instance, are quite significant since they are requirements for the logo program. Therefore, any CF-based app cannot be certified on the PocketPC/Windows Mobile platform. -- John T http://tknowlogy.com/tknoFlyer __________ ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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"JerryK" wrote in message
I am still using the older C++ compilers for my PPC work. Still works, still requires a lot of steps, but the code it tight and runs very fast. What sort of dev environment are you using? Has been eVB/C, but I'm moving to CF for compatibility with desktop stuff. We'll see how it pans out. For the most part, C#/CF is far superior to the eVB stuff I had but, as you say, isn't quite as tight and speedy as a well-written C++ app. -- John T http://tknowlogy.com/tknoFlyer _______________ |
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Cecil,
haven't tried it yet (but I will). Just noted the price, which seems very high. There is a handful of 20-$-apps out there which will do much of the same. Not to mention Copilot for the Palm, which is free. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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Cecil,
Ok, I have looked at it. The price is indeed very steep, compared to, for example, Aerocalc (http://www.2flyeasy.com/, 20 $), EFISce (http://www.btinternet.com/~navtech/ - flight planning AND GPS moving map for about the same price as WingX, 69 $), NavigaCE (http://members.aol.com/NavigaCE/, 20 $) or PocketFlightplan (http://www.pocketflightplan.com/, 20 $). Also, no mention of user waypoints, no mention of a European database or a database containing more than just airports and VORs (e.g. NDBs or intersections). No mention of wind being figured into the flight planning function, either. BUT: Maybe my view on this is wrong, so I'd be very interested in other peoples opinions and experiences. I want to buy something for my iPaq soon, so please let me know what you guys use! -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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