Re: Ballistic Software apps for the iphone4
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mouse07410</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: im_pilot</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: gordyd4</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I downloaded BulletFlight M3; nice software.
Will this work on an iPod touch? </div></div>
The only thing you loose is the ability to draw local weather automatically. Just ask a fellow shooter or use a hand held.</div></div>
Well, it's a bit trickier than that...
- You <span style="text-decoration: underline">can</span> get local weather if your shooting area has WiFi, or - when there's no Wifi but cell coverage exists - if you purchased MiFi also called <span style="font-style: italic">Internet2Go</span>) from one of Internet providers or telcos (a cigarette pack-sized device that acts as a gateway between your local WiFi devices like iTouch and 3G/4G cellular network).
- Some shooting areas not only don't have WiFi but are also way out of range for cellular as well - in which case it won't make any difference whether you've got iPhone or iTouch: no connection mean no connection.
- It is very rare that the "reported local weather" is really local to where you're shooting. For example, my shooting place is surrounded by AWOS (Automatic Weather Observing System installed in many airports) on all the four cardinal directions, distance from "my spot" between 15 and 30 miles. And what do you know - on-the-spot weather data from my Kestrel is always different. This difference is not drastic but perceptible. Then there's wind which differs a lot from spot to spot...
So overall I prefer <span style="text-decoration: underline">not</span> to rely on downloaded weather reports - but get my own on-the-spot data.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I started out messing with an itouch and got hooked so I went with an iphone 4 because I got sick of seeing that I needed connectivity for all the apps I wanted to use. </div></div>
Yeah I hear you
. iPhone is very tempting - but it costs, and I hate AT&T (have technical reasons for that
), and I want to see whether Verizon network survives the iPhone-generated traffic.
Wonder what applications you're talking about. So far the only ones I used that needed connections were Aviation (and "civilian") Weather, email, and Skype. </div></div>
My Friend saw this software on my phone and wanted it.We were not sure if the ipod touch was compatible. But it does not matter now.
We had AT&T iPhones for over a year. AT&T sucks here in San Diego.!
We went over to the Verizon store the other day and bought Iphones. I had to buy out the AT&T contract; I have not seen the bill, but I'm sure it will be a few hundred dollars to buy out the contract.
So I gave him my iphone 3Gs. It has full functionality except the phone does not work, and the wifi and bluetooth operate fine.