Hello,
After some experiments with miscellaneous other devices (PDAs, PNAs with 5" and 7", PNAs with WinCE/Android), I tried the Dell Streak too. The display is absolutely readable in every situation. Even in brightest sunlight there is no problem at all. The small spot, which Max mentioned too, is no big deal. A slight change of angle and it's gone. To my opinion it's no problem in a glider, as the plane moves to much as that the display could bother you with the spot. In our club I've seen the LX8000, which has a impressive display too. But the best display I've seen so far is the ClearNav display. It's bright as the sun ;-) (and consumes a respectable amount of power for that) and it's perfectly readable in every situation. But the disadvantage is: The software is not yet complete, the device needs a lot of power, it's a pretty big thing and it's not that cheap at all. The Streak is a really good device, if someone is looking for a readable, flexible navigation device within the glider. The 5" screen is big enough, but not to big for a cockpit (I tried 7" buts thats a little bit to big), you can use it with XCSoar, the performance is very good and it's not too expensive. So... I can only suggest like Max: If you looking for something for the cockpit... the Dell Streak is quite a good choice to my opinion. Regards Philipp -----Original Message----- From: Max Kellermann [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Mittwoch, 23. März 2011 15:03 To: Istvan Csonka Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Xcsoar-user] Dell Streak On 2011/03/23 14:45, Istvan Csonka <[email protected]> wrote: > Which was the best screen for you so far, before the Streak? The best screens I have seen so far are the Altair (pre-production), the LX MiniMap and the LX8000. None of these can compete with the Streak. > The screen is quite shiny; can you see problems with this? You cannot read the screen where the (small) sun spotlight is reflected. But unlike the other screens I have seen so far, you can read the rest of the screen perfectly. And of course you can easily rotate the Streak in the mount to eliminate the spot. I have experimented with an anti-reflective foil (from FoliX). The hot-spots are gone with it, but I am not yet 100% sure if that is really an advantage in practice. > Do you have any idea about how much is the screen brightness (nit)? The numbers are not outstanding according to this chart (366 nits white): http://www.anandtech.com/show/3853/the-dell-streak-review/2 With a transflective display like the Streak's, the backlight brightness is not the primary factor, because it will take advantage of sunlight instead of fighting against it. Comparing a transflective display to a non-transflective display is useless based on nits numbers. You have to see it in real to judge. > Screen comparing to the Mio400 for example? I have never seen a Mio400. I found a datasheet on the net that says it also has a transflective display. The Mio's pixel resolution is lousy (only 480x272; Streak: 800x480). The rest of the Mio data sheet is not so good either: no GPU, an outdated CPU, small memory, no Bluetooth. Even my ancient hx4700 looks better (on paper)! The Mio hardware was already outdated when it left the factory. By the way, I wouldn't recommend buying new devices with Windows CE. Windows CE is dead, Android is the future. (or iOS for those who like to live in a gilded cage) > Have you already had a chance to try the device during flight? Yes, made 4 flights in bright sunlight on sunday. I'm still enthusiastic about the Streak. Max ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
