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Tripletek tablet

3/21/2022 6:28 PM

Don Maxwell

Joined: 1/13/2015

Posts: 1131

Re: Tripletek tablet

Cobra, it may well be possible to drive an autopilot with a tablet. But that still doesn't give you a bulletproof sunlight-readable moving-map GPS device that won't go black when it gets warm to mount in your instrument panel and get you from A to B. No, thanks. I've BEEN lost in an airplane, and I didn't like it.

3/21/2022 6:46 PM

Don Norris

Joined: 10/14/2012

Posts: 233

Re: Tripletek tablet

Don Maxwell wrote:

Cobra, it may well be possible to drive an autopilot with a tablet. But that still doesn't give you a bulletproof sunlight-readable moving-map GPS device that won't go black when it gets warm to mount in your instrument panel and get you from A to B. No, thanks. I've BEEN lost in an airplane, and I didn't like it.

b2002 - how has the Tripletek been performing for you now that you've had a few months? From reading the specs, it sounds like the answer to Don M's concerns - I hope so anyway!

3/21/2022 9:35 PM

Cobra

Joined: 4/20/2011

Posts: 2602

Re: Tripletek tablet Modified By Cobra on 3/21/2022 9:43:27 PM

Don Maxwell wrote:

Cobra, it may well be possible to drive an autopilot with a tablet. But that still doesn't give you a bulletproof sunlight-readable moving-map GPS device that won't go black when it gets warm to mount in your instrument panel and get you from A to B. No, thanks. I've BEEN lost in an airplane, and I didn't like it.

Um...okay...? The Tripletek specs say it's brighter than the 740b. Its upper operating temp is specified at 120F, which is lower than the 740b's 140F, but much higher than the iPad's 95F. Whether that's good enough for you is certainly up to you.

Regardless, this thread is labeled "Tripletek tablet" and is posted in the Android subforum, so it seems to be an appropriate place for folks who are interested to discuss what the Android Tripletek tablet might be able to do.