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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>They’re quite similar at the moment, with the already mentioned differences:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>APRSDroid runs in the background which is nice where U2APRS Doesn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am looking forward to the ability to decode packets from the microphone, sounds like something fun to play with!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Garrett<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>VE6RKY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> aprssig-bounces@tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve Hanis<br><b>Sent:</b> April-18-11 12:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> TAPR APRS Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [aprssig] APRSdroid 1.0 has been released<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>APRSdroid will run in the background on my Motorola Droid 1where U2APRS doesn't. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>U2APRS is very slick and has messaging with text to speech for received messages. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-Steve<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>AB5ID-9<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kansas City<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) <<a href="mailto:ldeffenb@homeside.to">ldeffenb@homeside.to</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I don't run Android, but <a href="http://aprsdroid.org/download/" target="_blank">http://aprsdroid.org/download/</a> has a link to the apk which I assume is the file you're looking for?<br><br>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.<br><br>Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32<br><br>On 4/18/2011 2:15 PM, Jason Rausch wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>George,<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>Jason Rausch - KE4NYV<br>RPC Electronics, LLC<br><a href="http://www.rpc-electronics.com" target="_blank">www.rpc-electronics.com</a><br><br><br>--- On Mon, 4/18/11, Georg Lukas<<a href="mailto:georg@op-co.de" target="_blank">georg@op-co.de</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>From: Georg Lukas<<a href="mailto:georg@op-co.de" target="_blank">georg@op-co.de</a>><br>Subject: [aprssig] APRSdroid 1.0 has been released<br>To: <a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" target="_blank">aprssig@tapr.org</a><br>Date: Monday, April 18, 2011, 1:40 PM<br>Hi All,<br><br>After several months of intensive development, I have just<br>released<br>APRSdroid 1.0 to the Android Market.<br><br>APRSdroid is an open-source APRS-IS position reporting and<br>displaying<br>application for Android devices.<br><br>The new version comes with several major improvements<br>compared to the<br>last 0.9 release:<br><br> * The new Hub View gives a good overview of the local<br>tactical<br> situation, including large-print<br>callsigns and frequencies for<br> your neighbors.<br><br> * The Station Info shows details about a selected station,<br>including<br> alternative SSIDs in use and the recent<br>packet history. It also<br> allows direct access to QRZ.com and<br><a href="http://aprs.fi" target="_blank">aprs.fi</a> (thanks to Hessu for the<br> good work on the website :)<br> You can also track a station on the map<br>from its Info page.<br><br> * The Map View now allows displaying/hiding of APRS<br>objects and allows<br> to switch to satellite maps.<br><br> * Improved performance: database access does not block the<br>user<br> interface any more, allowing to cope even<br>with large APRS-IS feeds.<br> (This is still limited by your device<br>CPU, so please do not overdo ;)<br><br> * New APRS parser based on AVRS (<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/avrs/" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/projects/avrs/</a>)<br><br>The next features to be implemented on my TODO list are:<br> * Messaging support<br> * Bluetooth TNC support<br> * AFSK decoding using the microphone<br><br>You can support further APRSdroid development by getting<br>the Market<br>version from <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=org.aprsdroid.app" target="_blank">https://market.android.com/details?id=org.aprsdroid.app</a><br><br>You can also just download the binary from <a href="http://aprsdroid.org/download/" target="_blank">http://aprsdroid.org/download/</a><br><br>Of course, you will need an APRS-IS passcode to be able to<br>transmit your<br>position reports.<br><br>The APRSdroid home page is at <a href="http://aprsdroid.org/" target="_blank">http://aprsdroid.org/</a><br><br><br>73 from Germany<br>Georg, DO1GL (author of APRSdroid)<br>-- <br>|| <a href="http://op-co.de" target="_blank">http://op-co.de</a> ++ GCS/CM d-- s: a- C+++ UL+++ !P<br>L+++ E--- W++ ++<br>|| gpg: 0x962FD2DE || N++ o? 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