Please define what an EFB is... On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 1:06 PM, Mike Stirewalt via KRnet < krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote:
> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >
