To bad some one doesn't come up with a WINLINK APP that you can interface with your TNC via bluetooth..<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Lloyd Mitchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lloyd@mitchell-web.net">lloyd@mitchell-web.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Does anyone on the listserv' have one of these?<br> Wow<br><br>Lloyd KO4L<br><br>Gye Nyame<br><br><br>
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<div class="h5"><br><br>-------- Original Message --------<br>Subject: Re: [aprssig] Android Tablets<br>From: Gregg Wonderly <<a href="mailto:gregg@wonderly.org">gregg@wonderly.org</a>><br>Date: Tue, August 23, 2011 1:56 pm<br>
To: TAPR APRS Mailing List <<a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a>><br>Cc: Kevin Sherwood <<a href="mailto:kshrwood@hotmail.com">kshrwood@hotmail.com</a>><br><br>On 8/23/2011 11:06 AM, Kevin Sherwood wrote:<br>
> Has anyone considered anything like this for portable APRS:<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.tradestead.com/wholesale-android-2-2-7-inch-touch-screen-tablet-pc-pda-mid-wide-camera_p12982.html" target="_blank">http://www.tradestead.com/wholesale-android-2-2-7-inch-touch-screen-tablet-pc-pda-mid-wide-camera_p12982.html</a><br>
><br>> 7" screen, 800 mhz processor, 256 mb ram, wifi, limited camera.<br>><br>> Actually maybe not that one, I don't see a microphone jack, but there are other cheap ones out there.<br>><br>> Imagine the possibilities though - add a bluetooth serial interface to your APRS-ready rig, or<br>
> use the audio jacks and a sound modem. Mapping, messaging, on screen<br>keyboard or Bluetooth keyboard.<br> > Heck the camera's low res is optimized for the small size picutre<br>messages<br>that were discussed recently.<br>
<br>I really think that "bluetooth" serial or "direct audio connections"<br>create a<br>lot of limitations on what is achievable. Look at the WiSnap or other<br>"WiFi"<br>interfaced serial port devices. If you focus on that style interface,<br>
then<br>interacting with that device vs an i-Gate is nearly zero. This means<br>that you<br>can decide when you are "on the air". If you carry around a small access<br>point<br>for use in your vehicle, you can even take you APRS device out of your<br>
vehicle<br>and use it remotely.<br><br>This is the model of design that I've used on my APRSNow application for<br>the<br>iPad. I still don't have a WiSnap connected to mine, but as soon as my<br>current<br>financial situation improves, I will probably put a MacMini in the car<br>
and use<br>it's WiFi to connect through to a USB-Serial dongle served by a<br>JavAPRSsrv<br>instance which will also have my Verizon USB Cellular modem attached<br>when I need<br>a full internet connection. That will let me park near a support event,<br>
get out<br>with my iPad, and do APRS and access the internet both.<br><br>Gregg Wonderly<br>W5GGW<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>aprssig mailing list<br><a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a><br>
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