This is just a note to follow on to what Georg has posted.... A prototype Bluetooth daughter board is currently running on my TNC-X with Georg's software and my Droid X. It seems to work well. If you are going to the DCC, I'll be doing a paper on it. I expect to have units for sale within the next couple of months. <br>
<br>John Hansen W2FS<br>Coastal ChipWorks<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Georg Lukas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:georg@op-co.de">georg@op-co.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi All,<br>
<br>
After another long phase of intensive development, I have just released<br>
APRSdroid 1.1 to the Android Market.<br>
<br>
APRSdroid is an open-source APRS-IS application for Android devices.<br>
<br>
The new version comes with several major improvements compared to the<br>
last 1.0.3 release:<br>
<br>
* APRS Messaging (you can send and receive messages, there is<br>
automatic retry support for TX and Android notifications for RX;<br>
the tracking service has to be active all the time)<br>
<br>
* preliminary Bluetooth TNC support (I hope that one or the other TNC<br>
manufacturer will provide ready-made solutions soon, so the code can<br>
be tested in depth. Right now I consider it beta quality)<br>
<br>
* New option to "Keep screen awake"<br>
<br>
* Improved performance: the Hub and Map should perform much better now,<br>
even with very many stored stations.<br>
<br>
You can support APRSdroid development by getting the Market version from<br>
<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>
As always, I am glad to get feedback either on this list or via e-mail.<br>
<br>
You can also follow @APRSdroid on twitter for update notifications and<br>
beta version releases.<br>
<br>
The APRSdroid home page is at <a href="http://aprsdroid.org/m" target="_blank">http://aprsdroid.org/m</a><br>
<br>
Of course, you will need an APRS-IS passcode to be able to make full use<br>
of the application.<br>
<br>
<br>
73 from Germany<br>
<br>
Georg, DO1GL<br>
<br>
P.S: It seems, the U2APRS home page is down. Anyone knows what happened<br>
to the project?<br>
<br>
P.P.S: With VUF-TRACKER <<a href="http://1011.se/aprs/" target="_blank">http://1011.se/aprs/</a>> there is a new<br>
alternative to APRSdroid out there, with an interesting UI approach and<br>
direct <a href="http://aprs.fi" target="_blank">aprs.fi</a> integration.<br>
<font color="#888888">--<br>
APRSdroid - Open Source APRS Position reporting and Mapping on Android<br>
<a href="http://aprsdroid.org/m" target="_blank">http://aprsdroid.org/m</a> ++ <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=org.aprsdroid.app" target="_blank">https://market.android.com/details?id=org.aprsdroid.app</a><br>
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