Looks like beta versions of this new EFB have been out for a few months but I just found out about it yesterday via an email from FltPlan.com.
The emphasis seems to be on the Windows 10 version, but it's also for iOS and Android. It's free - a fully featured EFB compatible with quite a few ADS-B receivers. The program is still in a developmental stage but it's well enough along to be placed in the "Windows Store". I've got a Lenovo 8 inch Windows 10 tablet from eBay and downloaded this "app" from the Windows Store last night. Haven't installed it yet. If you look at the feature list I think anyone interested in EFB's will be very impressed with this program. Looks like they made a list of all the features of all the EFB's on the market and are incorporating all of them, including the kitchen sink! Moving map, geo-referenced approach charts, panel display (like Garmin's instrument panel function that uses GPS signals to drive attitude and heading). The list goes on and on. It appears to be quite well developed at this point and will only be getting better as time goes by. It integrates seamlessly with FltPlan.com which, of course, is the reason FltPlan is developing this EFB. It will draw new customers into FltPlan.com's paid services. The name of it is FltPlan Go. Downloadable at the Windows Store. The only version of Windows that is supported is 10. Also for iOS and Android but it seems the emphasis on development is in the direction of Windows. Samsung has a new tablet out for Windows - Galaxy Tab Pro S. At 12 inches it's too big to be of interest for me so I haven't researched screen brightness. I think Microsoft will eventually come out with an iPad Mini-sized Surface Pro. Dell's Venue 8 Pro tablet is a nice Windows tablet. As with them all, screen brightness is an issue. The Dell is 377 nits. The brightest 8 inch Windows tablet I've found so far is Lenovo's Miix 2 at 510 nits. Pretty bad, but they're all pretty bad. The iPad Mini - for that matter all the iPads - are 400 nits. Perhaps there's some slight variations among the newer models. I've bought two Lenovo Miix 2 8-inch tablets on eBay. Both were under $100. It's a really nice tablet. It comes in two flavors - 32 GB SSD and 64 SSD. It also has a slot for a micro SD card so you can load programs on that and keep your main storage area clean. I've got a fast 32 GB micro SD in my Miix 2. I think it's capable of using up to 128 GB micro SD cards. I originally started investigating and buying 8 inch Windows tablets in order to run True Flight's "Flight Cheetah" program. I also bought Anywheremap Pro since they've included everything that used to cost extra. It's now $199 for everything. I couldn't get one of the AWM components - Pocket Plates - to install so ended up sending them the tablet for the installation. I got it back with the same install problems it had when I sent it, plus they somehow managed to crack the screen. It didn't happen in the mail since it was packed well both ways. Replacing the Miix 2 with the cracked screen is how I've wound up with two of them. Anywheremap has gone from really, really bad to really, really worse. Their little 5 inch ATC I bought in 2007 is still working fine. I knew Anywheremap (Control Vision) is in the toilet these days and has been for several years but the Pro version of their software is really great and since I now have a couple small Windows tablets I went ahead and bought it - but got nothing but trouble for my $199. Anyway, this FltPlan Go EFB program (app? I'm still trying to understand the difference between an "app" and a "program") looks really interesting. https://goo.gl/eHeQ58 Mike KSEE ____________________________________________________________ New Muscle Building Science Lets Smaller Guys Bulk Up ... <p>If you work out regularly you know there is a point at which your ... http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/579a49d23e9cd49d018f5st01vuc
