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I can give you some for instances. I have done the same thing with my iPhone. After jailbreaking it and using a custom 3.x ROM, I was able to use the iPhone
on T-Mobile, enable the Tethering feature for my laptop without paying the $10 per month AT&T charges, use Cydia to load a suite of apps that let me do things such as “multitask” when it was said it can’t be done until you get to the 4.0 ROM. Ironically, me
doing this let me show so many colleagues that it wasn’t the iPhone that had the receptions issues, but rather AT&T since I almost always have had no signal issues with it on T-Mobile. Just trying to answer your questions, but more of a topic for an IT thread
than this builder’s.
PS… Garmin’s G1000 runs on top of Windows NT 4.0, how crazy is that!
Anthony
From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net]
On Behalf Of Don Parsons
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 9:42 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: iPad in the cockpit
Wolfgang,
Can you be more specific about what you are saying "Apple cripples"?
Don
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Wolfgang <Wolfgang@micom.net> wrote:
Yes, there is GPS with a real satelite signal.
AGPS is just waht it says, Assisted GPS, not a replacement for GPS.
Apple cripples it to make you buy more.
Other phones like the HTC Aria do GPS just fine without the extra payment.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: iPad in the cockpit
John, I thought so too, until I started to talking to the Apple rep at the store. I've got the second highest level iPad [32Gb w/ 3G] and there is no GPS [as in 'true' GPS w/ a built in receiver]. What it does have is what they call A-GPS or "Assisted" GPS
through connection to a 3G tower. If your connected to 3G, then you have a 'sorta' GPS, however there is still no actuall connection or reception of SAT signals. For me flying @ FL240 it's pretty useless in this regard, but I would still recommend it as a
tool for carrying your charts etc. Foreflight and FliteDeck are very nice.
Google the iPad w/ GPS stuff, there is lots of ppl not terribly happy that it doesn't infact have a proper receiver.
Fwiw
Jarrett Johnson
235/320 55%
> Not true. The higher end models do have gps. I know because my
> wife got me the wrong one to start with. I had to take it back and
> pay a few hundred more to get what I needed.....
>
> On Nov 16, 2010, at 6:24 AM, "Dominic V. Crain"
> <domcrain@tpg.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Yeah – I just went to look at an iPad as a b’day present (for
> meself) and when quizzed the so-called Apple expert finally
> acknowledged there is no GPS receiver built in to the iPad – you
> have to be in range of a 3G cell tower. Not a lot of use in the
> outback>
> > Cheers
> >
> > Dom Crain
> >
> > VH-CZJ
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Lancair Mailing List [lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of
> H & J Johnson
> > Sent: Tuesday, 16 November 2010 1:21 PM
> > To: lml@lancaironline.net
> > Subject: [LML] Re: iPad in the cockpit
> >
> >
> >
> > Bob Are you positive that your unit has a built in GPS? I just
> upgrade my iPad from the standard wi-fi to the 3G + wi-fi and was
> wanting the unit w/ a GPS but was told that infact they do-not
> come w/ a GPS. There are 'GPS emulators' that make it work like a
> GPS but it isn't infact and gps. I can't get any 'gps' functions
> to work on my w/out the 3G operating.
> >
> > As to external GPS units that integrate w/ blue tooth, what or
> where does one get such a beast?
> >
> > REALLY liking my iPAD for in-cockpit work. I did an entire trip
> last night central Canada to Denver and return to Canada w/ two
> stops and didn't pick up a single chart book or map [I have them
> still, I just don't use them]. It doesn't get better than that!!
> Esp when going into somewhere larger like Denver Metro area and
> getting 'yanked' around a bit switching up arrival plates or
> approach plates is a synch.
> >
> > Couldn't recommend it enough!
> >
> > Btw, to date [only been using a iPad for ~4 weeks] I've not had
> issue w/ heat or altitude and I generally fly Fl240 or Fl250 w/ a
> cabin alt of 7-8000'
> >
> > Fwiw
> >
> > Jarrett Johnson
> >
> > 235/320 55%
>
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