Hi all,
Plenty of XCSoar users out here using a variety of PNAs. Binatone
from Big W seems quite popular and possibly the cheapest retail
option. I bought mine for around $170 a year ago but not sure if
they are still available.
Geoff V
At 09:52 AM 4/06/2010, Tim Shirley wrote:
I can support Mike's comments - OUDIE is a PNA (Personal Navigational
Assistant, aka Car GPS) with a bundled licence for the PNA version of SeeYou
mobile. The main difference between SeeYou mobile for a PNA and for a PDA
is that the PNA version operates entirely through the touchscreen whereas
the PDA version makes use of buttons as well as touchscreen.
Personally I use an HP312 car navigator running SeeYou mobile. It took a
bit of work to set up this combination using instructions from the SeeYou
website, which would have been removed by buying the bundled OUDIE setup.
The total cost of my kit was a bit less than the OUDIE but not a lot.
I don't know whether there is a version of XCSoar that runs on a car
navigator, but if there is then that could lower the cost as well.
Placement in the glider, removal of terrain colours and the use of larger
and blacker fonts (all of which are simple config choices in SeeYou mobile)
solved the visibility issue for me and in this respect I think all PNA's
would be about the same. It can be fine, but don't expect to just throw it
in anywhere and be able to see it in bright sunlight.
These things are not Altairs or LX8000's, but they are also not the same
price. I guess you take your choice...
Tim
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Mike
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Sent: Friday, 4 June 2010 07:58
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] NEW SeeYou OUDIE Now Available
At 11:04 PM 3/06/2010, you wrote:
>Hi Al,
>Is it a mobile Altair?
>(pity about the name)
>PeterS
It runs Seeyou mobile AFAIK. It is actually a Chinese manfactured car
GPS. Here's what I heard from a friend who contacted the SeeYou guys.
"I have just now been speaking with Andre Kolaj about the Oudie. He
was not evasive at all about the brightness of the screen etc and
told me that it is an imported car GPS from China and that if I
wanted it to be cheap I could get one and install the soft ware and
then put up with getting the cables for the glider etc = BUT he said
that the brightness is actually only about 300 lumens and sort of the
same as any car GPS. Of some use but not brilliant to quote him."
Mike
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