Ken Ibold
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Anyone using kindle? Pireps?
(which, ironically, Dave's wife can't use in her remote and oh-so-primitive locale).
I am supposed to be getting one for Christmas, but final trigger's delayed pending confirmation of mission. No plates= possible no-go, the Sony readers can get them.
We got plates on the Kindle along with AF/D and weather. Plus a full suite of Kindle book/apps for pilots (including written test practice) is in the works. Check out www.AirBrief.com for details.
- Russ
We got plates on the Kindle along with AF/D and weather. Plus a full suite of Kindle book/apps for pilots (including written test practice) is in the works. Check out www.AirBrief.com for details.
- Russ
Is it possible to get more information about this without having to register for massive spam?
Use someone elses E-mail address...
Same one they have for paper charts?Kindle in the cockpit...at night. Have they developed some sort of backlight yet?
Same one they have for paper charts?
The other thing is the lack of color. Without that, we cannot use it for anything but the AF/D and approach plates. Sectionals, WACs, TACs, and en route charts all rely too much on color to convey information to rely on a monochrome screen to convey it.That's what seems so crazy to me, its the latest and greatest in tech but it lacks something so simple and necessary....so we are stuck with an add-on light, a map light, a flashlight in the mouth!
Kindle in the cockpit...at night. Have they developed some sort of backlight yet?
Some people I know fly with only pale, red floodlights for their instruments!
Grant, you have uncovered a corollary to the IT Prime Directive: Fast, Reliable, Cheap. Pick any two.But who makes a screen with the resolution, color, backlight, low power consumption, and visibility in all light that we really need?
Grant, you have uncovered a corollary to the IT Prime Directive: Fast, Reliable, Cheap. Pick any two.
-Skip
pwned. I confess; am the luddite, the technophobe. Or better, the techo-incompetant!