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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Your in luck as according to hwat I have seen about
the upcoming iPhone OS 4.0 it will now be able to do multitasking
activities.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=wes@ai4px.com href="mailto:wes@ai4px.com">Wes Johnston, AI4PX</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=aprssig@tapr.org
href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">TAPR APRS Mailing List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 09, 2010 12:02
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [aprssig] APRS software
capability ideas. . .</DIV>
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<DIV>One of my (growing list of) gripes about the iphone is that it's weak in
bluetooth dept. I just thought this morning about using bluetooth SPP
but iphone doesn't support it. Looks like android doesn't either,
although they both seem to support the underlying RFCOMM protocol.</DIV>
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<DIV>Don't get me wrong, I do _like_ my iphone, but I find myself wanting just
one more thing... like avrcp over bluetooth, or to send SMS messages w/o
interrupting pandora. Or to run IBCNU (aprs app) at the same time as
pandora.</DIV>
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<DIV>The only other way I can think of to get serial data in/out of these
devices is a wifi telnet server. I have two ethernet servers at home but
they are certainly not suitable for automotive use and would require a wifi
access point in addition. bummer.</DIV>
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<DIV>Wes<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 10:53, Jacob Tennant <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:k8jwt@comcast.net">k8jwt@comcast.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>OK all of you hotshot programmers I have a idea
for you,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have already started playing around with this
idea and think it might really be the way to go in the future of APRS for
mobile/portable.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>BLUETOOTH</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have already tested out this idea as I found
a Bluetooth GPS for $25.00 at GPSnow.com and after adding a bluetooth
adapter to my ACER netbook it works great for the various APRS programs
providing GPS data just as good as the wired GPS's I have used.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My next thought or area of experimentation
is:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>1. Using a bluetooth to serial adapter
,available from I/O Gear thru <A href="http://wallmart.com/"
target=_blank>wallmart.com</A> for $60.00+/-, so as to make the in-car setup
as easy as after initial setup just get in the car, turn on the laptop, let
the bluetooth find the TNC and GPS and away you go without having to hookup
any cables.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>2. Adding a bluetooth module internally to a
current TNC so as to skip the external adapter mentioned above.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Just some thoughts as I like what I am seeing
with the various hand held devices versions of APRS be it iPhone/iPod,
Windows Mobile, or Android but we need to maintain the ability to connect a
TNC and GPS if not already in the handheld device for mobile operations
outside of the normal internet connectivity/ caellular data coverage
areas.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In my own opinion this would be the worse thing
we could do to APRS is make it a internet application with a little ham
radio mixed in, and I say this even as a operator of a Igate station as my
plans for the igate is so as to pass messages over greater distances than
the radio coverage permits for ARES & Public Service
operations.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Let the flames begin. . .</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV><FONT color=#888888>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Jacob Tennant -
K8JWT</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>aprssig
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clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Wes<BR>---<BR>God help those who do not help
themselves.<BR>
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