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  • Roger A April 7, 2010 at 2:53am
    Andy, any way I could contact you directly about this?
  • Andy Schwarz April 6, 2010 at 7:26pm
    @Roger: This is a 100% from scratch development.
  • Roger A April 6, 2010 at 4:32pm
    Very neat layout and I really like the virtual earth view. Is this something you developed or are you using and off-the-shelf component or engine for this?
  • Richard Warrender April 6, 2010 at 3:39am
    @andy How are you displaying the video? Do you need some kind of device encoder to convert it to an MP4 stream?
  • Andy Schwarz April 5, 2010 at 9:59pm
    @Scott: That is pretty cool. I will check it out, even they are a bit expensive, but with an custom casing for the iPad hardware I probably will be in the same price range. Thanks for the tip.
  • Scott Plunkett April 5, 2010 at 9:40pm
    @Andy I have been using this rugged MotionCompting tablet and while it is not as sexy as an iPad in terms of PR or press...I could drop kick it across the room and it would keep on ticking, and the screen is the best I have EVER seen out doors.

    link here: http://www.motioncomputing.com/products/tablet_pc_J34.asp
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    Morli April 5, 2010 at 12:39pm
    ok thanks Andy , looking forward to it.
  • Andy Schwarz April 5, 2010 at 8:53am
    @Scott: Thank you. Definitely a different casing :-) I only utilize the hardware of the iPad. Also I am thinking about removing the controls (like Throttle and Flaps) from the Screen to Hardware based controls which are mounted to the sites of the new casing. If the touchscreen fails than at least the Throttle can be adjusted. (Maybe adding a Joystick, too).

    @Morli: Well, they will not have the commercial version of it, but they might have a special military version which gives them direct updates, etc. The hardware of the iPhone/iPad is very well designed and tested 30million times :-). It is cheaper to take a consumer product and modify it, than start from scratch.
    As above stated, I only use the hardware. I might not even use the MacOS that is installed on it. I am looking into a Unix/Linux system which runs on the iPhone/iPad. They are a lot of moving parts at the moment :-) keep you updated.
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    Morli April 5, 2010 at 5:26am
    Nice lay out , Andy
    why would a soldier have ipad or phone in battle field or did i read it wrong? any way not much to talk about being not open source(wish) or commercial app :(
  • Matt April 5, 2010 at 4:35am
    US Army leaders visit Apple campus to discuss future mobile devices
    http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/24/us_army_leaders_visit...
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