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Old May 24th 07, 02:29 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
John Theune
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Default GPS, Wx for Tablet PC

Wiz wrote:
Hi, all:

I have a great little Fujitsu touchscreen tablet-type PC and a
Bluetooth GPS receiver. I'm considering acquiring software to use the
tablet as a moving map and Wx device, just buying a Garmin 396 or 496,
or using Flightmaster and Copilot on my Palm Treo and doing without
weather. I've seen a couple of posts on various software packages,
but nothing too recent.

Anyone have any experience with the current versions of Anywhere Map
or Flight Cheetah? Anyone using Flightmaster? I'm interested in your
impressions, and what factors affected your choice.

Thanks in advance.

Wiz

I've been wondering about this. Why do all the GPS packages require a
separate GPS receiver when there is one built in to phone? All cell
phones built in the last 2 or 3 years have required GPS location built
in so why does the flight package simply use that receiver instead of
needing a external one?