Re: [Cal_Boats] 7 inch tablet on board - Chris

Great information! I went to Best Buy but they didn't have the Nexus-7 and said they were not carrying it. I don't know where to see one. A fine point but just so you understand what I was saying about Asus. It isn't that Asus makes the phone for Google, it is that Google designed the software for Asus and allowed Asus to brand it as a Nexus. At least that is what my son says. I asked him if I could get the phone from him with an employee discount and that was his reply. What remote GPS do you recommend? If you have done the research I can just order one today :-) I will send you a copy of my latest version of the SW after make it so the waypoints are not just SPYC race marks. Allen On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 6:59 AM, chris123 <ch… [at] gmail.com>wrote: > ** > > > Go to Best Buy or similar and look at the two side by side. I think you > will find that the Nexus has a better outdoor visible screen as it came to > one of these two for me as well. Certainly the viewing angle is netter. > Since your start point is ICS not Jelly Bean (which is an incremental > release btw) you should be fine. You will find that GPS acquisition and > accuracy has increased on this model as well. There are apps that do that > in software. On my Samsung Ace phone which I tricked out to be a marine nav > system in a pocket give me approx 5 feet accuracy with this additional > software. Not good enough I would say for your use. I think the tablet has > a higher granularity out of the box. Check it in the store by turning wifi > off. It will complain and take about 5 minutes to sink but you can run it > as you know without wifi which is critical. > > The issue with the processor is the background processes which are many > and you can learn to turn off, so it does make a difference. Apps run > faster as background processes are run on a different core. ASUS does build > the unit for google which is normal. You outsource that stuff as its not a > core business. Asus continual ranks in the top two if not no one with > respect to build quality hence google went to them. > > Since your Samsung tablet has bluetooth, get a bluetooth remote gps about > 60 bucks now. It will give you the best results over anything. That's how > I'm going. Resolution drops down to about 3 feet in your area as there are > land based repeaters in the Bay that assist the GPS triangulation for > better accuracy. Get one with replaceable batteries and then get the best > rechargeable you can find. Note the amperage. Best resolution you can get > at this time unless you go to paid satellite services. > > The Nexus is the best value both short term and long term in the tablet > segment at this time. > > I don't race but feel free to send me a copy for usability testing. > > /ch > > > >

Strange....BestBuy and Future Shop, the same company in Canada are the only sources unless you buy on line. No disrespect towards your son but he's incorrect on that one. Its googles flagship product for many reasons. Asus was contracted to build it for them. Give it a year and we will see where Google takes this product. Researching GPS over the weekend. Talk later...its the key functionality in your app. Do send me a copy when your ready. Love testing....its fun..) /ch On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Allen Edwards <al… [at] gmail.com>wrote: > > > Great information! > > I went to Best Buy but they didn't have the Nexus-7 and said they were not > carrying it. I don't know where to see one. > > A fine point but just so you understand what I was saying about Asus. It > isn't that Asus makes the phone for Google, it is that Google designed the > software for Asus and allowed Asus to brand it as a Nexus. At least that > is what my son says. I asked him if I could get the phone from him with an > employee discount and that was his reply. > > What remote GPS do you recommend? If you have done the research I can > just order one today :-) > > I will send you a copy of my latest version of the SW after make it so the > waypoints are not just SPYC race marks. > > Allen > > > > On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 6:59 AM, chris123 <ch… [at] gmail.com>wrote: > >> ** >> >> >> Go to Best Buy or similar and look at the two side by side. I think you >> will find that the Nexus has a better outdoor visible screen as it came to >> one of these two for me as well. Certainly the viewing angle is netter. >> Since your start point is ICS not Jelly Bean (which is an incremental >> release btw) you should be fine. You will find that GPS acquisition and >> accuracy has increased on this model as well. There are apps that do that >> in software. On my Samsung Ace phone which I tricked out to be a marine nav >> system in a pocket give me approx 5 feet accuracy with this additional >> software. Not good enough I would say for your use. I think the tablet has >> a higher granularity out of the box. Check it in the store by turning wifi >> off. It will complain and take about 5 minutes to sink but you can run it >> as you know without wifi which is critical. >> >> The issue with the processor is the background processes which are many >> and you can learn to turn off, so it does make a difference. Apps run >> faster as background processes are run on a different core. ASUS does build >> the unit for google which is normal. You outsource that stuff as its not a >> core business. Asus continual ranks in the top two if not no one with >> respect to build quality hence google went to them. >> >> Since your Samsung tablet has bluetooth, get a bluetooth remote gps about >> 60 bucks now. It will give you the best results over anything. That's how >> I'm going. Resolution drops down to about 3 feet in your area as there are >> land based repeaters in the Bay that assist the GPS triangulation for >> better accuracy. Get one with replaceable batteries and then get the best >> rechargeable you can find. Note the amperage. Best resolution you can get >> at this time unless you go to paid satellite services. >> >> The Nexus is the best value both short term and long term in the tablet >> segment at this time. >> >> I don't race but feel free to send me a copy for usability testing. >> >> /ch >> >> >> > > > -- /ch

You do understand that my son works for Google? I look forward to finding out what you find. I looked a few months ago. Seemed to be a couple http://www.amazon.com/Dual-Electronics-XGPS150A-Universal-Bluetooth/dp/B006M49G80/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1343493338&sr=8-2&keywords=bluetooth+gps http://www.amazon.com/GlobalSat-BT-368i-Bluetooth-GPS-Receiver/dp/B0018YZ836/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343494176&sr=8-1&keywords=globalsat+bluetooth This is the cheap one and I think, as I recall, was not as good. http://www.amazon.com/Tomtom-Mkii-Bluetooth-Receiver-Worldwide/dp/B007B2QDFQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343493338&sr=8-1&keywords=bluetooth+gps The key is the chipset SiRF's Star III or Skytraq 6. Not sure which is the best Don't know what is in the Tomtom. Allen On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 9:26 AM, chris123 <ch… [at] gmail.com>wrote: > ** > > > Strange....BestBuy and Future Shop, the same company in Canada are the > only sources unless you buy on line. No disrespect towards your son but > he's incorrect on that one. Its googles flagship product for many reasons. > Asus was contracted to build it for them. Give it a year and we will see > where Google takes this product. > > Researching GPS over the weekend. Talk later...its the key functionality > in your app. Do send me a copy when your ready. Love testing....its fun..) > > /ch > > > > On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Allen Edwards <al… [at] gmail.com > > wrote: > >> >> >> Great information! >> >> I went to Best Buy but they didn't have the Nexus-7 and said they were >> not carrying it. I don't know where to see one. >> >> A fine point but just so you understand what I was saying about Asus. It >> isn't that Asus makes the phone for Google, it is that Google designed the >> software for Asus and allowed Asus to brand it as a Nexus. At least that >> is what my son says. I asked him if I could get the phone from him with an >> employee discount and that was his reply. >> >> What remote GPS do you recommend? If you have done the research I can >> just order one today :-) >> >> I will send you a copy of my latest version of the SW after make it so >> the waypoints are not just SPYC race marks. >> >> Allen >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 6:59 AM, chris123 <ch… [at] gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> ** >>> >>> >>> Go to Best Buy or similar and look at the two side by side. I think you >>> will find that the Nexus has a better outdoor visible screen as it came to >>> one of these two for me as well. Certainly the viewing angle is netter. >>> Since your start point is ICS not Jelly Bean (which is an incremental >>> release btw) you should be fine. You will find that GPS acquisition and >>> accuracy has increased on this model as well. There are apps that do that >>> in software. On my Samsung Ace phone which I tricked out to be a marine nav >>> system in a pocket give me approx 5 feet accuracy with this additional >>> software. Not good enough I would say for your use. I think the tablet has >>> a higher granularity out of the box. Check it in the store by turning wifi >>> off. It will complain and take about 5 minutes to sink but you can run it >>> as you know without wifi which is critical. >>> >>> The issue with the processor is the background processes which are many >>> and you can learn to turn off, so it does make a difference. Apps run >>> faster as background processes are run on a different core. ASUS does build >>> the unit for google which is normal. You outsource that stuff as its not a >>> core business. Asus continual ranks in the top two if not no one with >>> respect to build quality hence google went to them. >>> >>> Since your Samsung tablet has bluetooth, get a bluetooth remote gps >>> about 60 bucks now. It will give you the best results over anything. That's >>> how I'm going. Resolution drops down to about 3 feet in your area as there >>> are land based repeaters in the Bay that assist the GPS triangulation for >>> better accuracy. Get one with replaceable batteries and then get the best >>> rechargeable you can find. Note the amperage. Best resolution you can get >>> at this time unless you go to paid satellite services. >>> >>> The Nexus is the best value both short term and long term in the tablet >>> segment at this time. >>> >>> I don't race but feel free to send me a copy for usability testing. >>> >>> /ch >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > /ch > > > >