Night mode depends on the app, and yes, I have seen some that do have that.
> On Feb 20, 2014, at 12:36 PM, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Michael, > > I like having the joystick on the E7 in any kind of weather. It is more > precise than my finger. I always turn down the brightness at night and never > had an issue. There's a night mode? I'm not aware of a night mode on an > IPad. Just a brightness control. > > Joel > > >> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Michael Brown <m...@tkg.ca> wrote: >> I visited the Raymarine booth at the Toronto boat show. >> >> No firm answers, comments were made that the display portion may be based on >> Android, >> someone else thought that the base OS was a Linux variant BusyBox. I could >> understand >> BusyBox, it has been used for a while as an embedded OS in things like >> routers and TV >> set top boxes. >> >> The new "Lighthouse" interface looked very good. I asked the rep about the >> use of touchscreens >> during heavy weather. I guess this had come up before, I got a demo of the >> Hybrid Touch units >> and how easy it was to lock / unlock the touch part. The suggestion was the >> dedicated fixed >> buttons had an advantage in some conditions. >> >> I was also interested in the night mode. From my experience mounting a >> chartplotter at the helm >> and using it at night quickly affects my night vision. Even with the screen >> switch to black / white >> or black / red ( full color at night is not very useful ) with the night >> reverse mode on ( background >> dark ) looking at it for a few moments causes a very noticeable reduction in >> night vision. >> >> How readable are the iPads / Android tablets at very low light levels? Can >> the apps be set down >> to monochrome and still be usable? >> >> Michael Brown >> Windburn >> C&C 30-1 >> >> >> >> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:18:32 -0500 >> From: "Marek Dziedzic" <dziedzi...@hotmail.com> >> To: <CnC-List@cnc-list.com> >> Subject: Stus-List Marine systems >> Message-ID: <blu177-ds7884458f7c35670c42734ce...@phx.gbl> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Steve, >> >> I think that the big issue is that the dedicated device is a much better >> controlled environment. For recreational boaters, this may not matter that >> much, but if you are a commercial boat skipper, you may want to have >> confidence that this particular instrument won?t go suddenly into a BSOD >> only because you installed an app for watching movies or playing music. So >> it is a question of controlling the environment well. >> >> >From what I have seen, I don?t think Garmin and al develop their own OSs. >> >More than likely they get commercially developed OSs (like the Blackberry?s >> >QNX) and modify it slightly (or more than slightly) to fit their needs. >> >> Having said all of the above, I fully agree with you. >> >> Marek >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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