[aprssig] APRSdroid 1.0 has been released

Mon Apr 18 17:16:13 EDT 2011

They're quite similar at the moment, with the already mentioned differences:

APRSDroid runs in the background which is nice where U2APRS Doesn't.

APRSDroid does currently lack the messaging ability found in U2APRS which
also has text to speech and now as of 5.2 apparently speech to text for
messages, haven't tried it much yet though, in my playing you still need to
type the destination in first. (and android doesn't like phonetics).

Other than that the differences seem "minor", U2APRS also has a "aprs.fi"
tab that opens up the current feed which is nice to see if your actually
getting "out", It also has some different adjustments and user parameters
when it comes to position ambiguity and smart beaconing (U2APRS has a
selection for degree's rotation while APRSDroid appears to be based on
distance).

I'm not sure where your not seeing a similar setup for GPS on demand in
APRSDroid, under GPS precision there are options for low/med/high (always
on) and the nice selection to be able to use the cell network location as
well when GPS coverage isn't that good.

I'm still flipping back and forth between the two, I prefer APRSDroid most
the time, if I need to send a message to test or play I'll flip over to
U2APRS for a little while, but  the voice to text and text to voice
messaging really doesn't interest me that much, the vehicle is usually too
loud to make use of or understand what its saying generally, and I don't
like to be one of those people yelling at their phones trying to get it to
understand what I'm actually saying lol.

I am looking forward to the ability to decode packets from the microphone,
sounds like something fun to play with!

With the Bluetooth TNC support I hope that means support for standard serial
Bluetooth devices, I've got a couple of serial/Bluetooth adapters in the
truck on my OT2m and T2-301 that I use to tie them to my laptop.

Garrett

VE6RKY

From: aprssig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf
Of Steve Hanis
Sent: April-18-11 12:43 PM
To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRSdroid 1.0 has been released

APRSdroid will run in the background on my Motorola Droid 1where U2APRS
doesn't. 

U2APRS is very slick and has messaging with text to speech for received
messages. 

I'm using APRSdroid for the fact that I can check email, and listen to Mp3's
knowing the APRSdroid is faithfully beaconing in the background.

A feature I would like to see on APRSdroid is GPS on demand. The GPS goes
active just long enough to to get a fix and then shuts down until the next
packet is to be sent. This feature is available on on U2APRS.

-Steve

AB5ID-9

Kansas City

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)
<ldeffenb at homeside.to> wrote:

I don't run Android, but http://aprsdroid.org/download/ has a link to the
apk which I assume is the file you're looking for?

A friend of mine just asked me about Android this morning, so I'd appreciate
any comparison input on the new version of APRSdroid and U2APRS.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32

On 4/18/2011 2:15 PM, Jason Rausch wrote:

George,

So far I can only find the pay version.  However, the website mentions that
if you like it, you can donate to the cause.  If you have to pay to try it,
it's kind of hard to try it out first, before you donate.

Maybe I am missing it, but scanning the QR code and doing a plain search in
the market both came up with the same single pay-for app.

Jason Rausch - KE4NYV
RPC Electronics, LLC
www.rpc-electronics.com

--- On Mon, 4/18/11, Georg Lukas<georg at op-co.de>  wrote:

From: Georg Lukas<georg at op-co.de>
Subject: [aprssig] APRSdroid 1.0 has been released
To: aprssig at tapr.org
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011, 1:40 PM
Hi All,

After several months of intensive development, I have just
released
APRSdroid 1.0 to the Android Market.

APRSdroid is an open-source APRS-IS position reporting and
displaying
application for Android devices.

The new version comes with several major improvements
compared to the
last 0.9 release:

 * The new Hub View gives a good overview of the local
tactical
   situation, including large-print
callsigns and frequencies for
   your neighbors.

 * The Station Info shows details about a selected station,
including
   alternative SSIDs in use and the recent
packet history. It also
   allows direct access to QRZ.com and
aprs.fi (thanks to Hessu for the
   good work on the website :)
   You can also track a station on the map
from its Info page.

 * The Map View now allows displaying/hiding of APRS
objects and allows
   to switch to satellite maps.

 * Improved performance: database access does not block the
user
   interface any more, allowing to cope even
with large APRS-IS feeds.
   (This is still limited by your device
CPU, so please do not overdo ;)

 * New APRS parser based on AVRS (http://sourceforge.net/projects/avrs/)

The next features to be implemented on my TODO list are:
 * Messaging support
 * Bluetooth TNC support
 * AFSK decoding using the microphone

You can support further APRSdroid development by getting
the Market
version from https://market.android.com/details?id=org.aprsdroid.app

You can also just download the binary from http://aprsdroid.org/download/

Of course, you will need an APRS-IS passcode to be able to
transmit your
position reports.

The APRSdroid home page is at http://aprsdroid.org/

73 from Germany
Georg, DO1GL (author of APRSdroid)
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