I have it working
just fine, but with a
windoze XP tablet.
I got the tablet about 6 years ago and it has worked fine all that time. I had to mod it with an SSD, otherwise it would crash ~ FL135
I am looking long term to replace that tablet with something lighter that runs less hot.
The Ipad is the obvious fashion statement but there seems to be no way to interface to any RS232 device, and the other satphones (Thuraya XT, or any of the newer Iridium phones) are all USB. The old Iridiums are RS232 but Iridium data tariffs are eye watering for the sporadic use I am talking about (basically just getting tafs/metars for multiple destinations, on very long flights).
A jailbroken Ipad (and finding a programmer who wants to write a PPP dialer) is one possibility, but the Samsung Galaxy 10" tablet is a very similar product which is not locked-down like the Ipad so I was hoping there might be a solution for it.
There are actually pretty good WinXP tablets out there, in specialised vertical markets (
example - ignore the rubber corner pads) but that one costs £2000, and the battery life is 1/2 of the aforementioned tablets and it runs warmer which is a real problem in high altitude flights, if there is any sunshine on it. It does have an absolutely suberb sunlight readable LCD though...