TAFs and METARs via GPRS phone.
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Finally, YAWS comes to the big screen. http://activitae.com/pda
You can try out the WAP service - without using the WAP service - if you know what I mean!
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You can try out the WAP service - without using the WAP service - if you know what I mean!
Angela
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Activitae is the bee's knees. In many a remote field and farmstrip this has provided much enlightenment of the weather over the horizon. Top marks for a solid effort!!
However, does anyone happen to be aware of a synoptic chart via WAP?
However, does anyone happen to be aware of a synoptic chart via WAP?
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Back to the original subject, does anyone have any data on which countries is a UK-purchased GPRS transceiver likely to work in? And similarly for plain GSM data?
I can get 9.6k internet access using any UK sim card, and outgoing fax is also possible using a VODA PAYG sim. On various contracts c. £30/month one can get GPRS although I think VODA now offer GPRS on PAYG (ludicrous rate per MB - it would cost several quid just to get notams via ais).
I think GSM data is much more likely to work abroad than GPRS but I don't have any data, and it may vary with different phones and obviously tarrifs.
I can get 9.6k internet access using any UK sim card, and outgoing fax is also possible using a VODA PAYG sim. On various contracts c. £30/month one can get GPRS although I think VODA now offer GPRS on PAYG (ludicrous rate per MB - it would cost several quid just to get notams via ais).
I think GSM data is much more likely to work abroad than GPRS but I don't have any data, and it may vary with different phones and obviously tarrifs.
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I've used GPRS all over Europe/Australasia/North America without any problems. Outside Europe, expect to pay a silly charge. I think Orange charge me £20/Mb in the USA! 
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Orange GPRS in France
I've just bought an Office Connect Card from Orange for my laptop and discover Orange charge £10/Mb in France for 3G/GPRS data!
Algy's Monocle, synoptic charts on WAP is probably unlikely.
I once was looking at ways of getting such charts on mobile devices. It\'s certainly possible, but whether one would want to is another matter. Given the small display screens on mobiles, either the chart would have to be reduced in size to fit, or you would have to view only a selected part of a much larger image, or both. Also, to keep the download data to a manageable size, image quality would need to be reduced. All this means that ones ability to gain a good understanding of the whole chart would be severely hampered.
O2\'s XDA II (a phone enabled PDA) can display HTML so you could ask in an O2 shop for a demonstration of that and key in the Met Office URL and see what you get. But still the screen is small.
Possibly, the best way forward at the moment is via a notebook PC and a mobile data card. (Currently Orange and Vodaphone offer 3G cards) But, given my experience with Orange\'s 3G Office Connect Card, at the moment, the hype appears far, far ahead of the infrastructure.
Algy's Monocle, synoptic charts on WAP is probably unlikely.
I once was looking at ways of getting such charts on mobile devices. It\'s certainly possible, but whether one would want to is another matter. Given the small display screens on mobiles, either the chart would have to be reduced in size to fit, or you would have to view only a selected part of a much larger image, or both. Also, to keep the download data to a manageable size, image quality would need to be reduced. All this means that ones ability to gain a good understanding of the whole chart would be severely hampered.
O2\'s XDA II (a phone enabled PDA) can display HTML so you could ask in an O2 shop for a demonstration of that and key in the Met Office URL and see what you get. But still the screen is small.
Possibly, the best way forward at the moment is via a notebook PC and a mobile data card. (Currently Orange and Vodaphone offer 3G cards) But, given my experience with Orange\'s 3G Office Connect Card, at the moment, the hype appears far, far ahead of the infrastructure.
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One can display all the usual met forms just fine on a PDA which does 640x480, e.g. the Toshiba E800 or the really nice new HP one which has wifi built-in 
It works, too. Internet Explorer runs OK in 640x480, in landscape mode.
It works, too. Internet Explorer runs OK in 640x480, in landscape mode.
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OK, it seems I have underestimated the power of smart phones!
As a response to earlier comments I have experimented with getting graphic aviation weather data onto my GPRS mobile. I hope it will work for yours and would be interested to receive feedback.
http://activitae.com/pda is now the GPRS mobile start point for Met Office F215/F214 charts for avoiding heavy data charges incurred wading through endless Met Office login and product selection screens. (You will need to use your Met Office username and password.)
Additionally there are winds aloft charts (from USAF in Europe Operational Weather Squadron) sized to display on your mobile and keep data charges low. Use the same link as your starting point. And of course the page allows retrieval of World-wide TAF and METAR data just as before.
Let me stress the link above will only work on modern mobiles with a browser that accepts HTML. So if your phone only handles wap pages then drop a big hint to your nearest and dearest!
Angela
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As a response to earlier comments I have experimented with getting graphic aviation weather data onto my GPRS mobile. I hope it will work for yours and would be interested to receive feedback.
http://activitae.com/pda is now the GPRS mobile start point for Met Office F215/F214 charts for avoiding heavy data charges incurred wading through endless Met Office login and product selection screens. (You will need to use your Met Office username and password.)
Additionally there are winds aloft charts (from USAF in Europe Operational Weather Squadron) sized to display on your mobile and keep data charges low. Use the same link as your starting point. And of course the page allows retrieval of World-wide TAF and METAR data just as before.
Let me stress the link above will only work on modern mobiles with a browser that accepts HTML. So if your phone only handles wap pages then drop a big hint to your nearest and dearest!
Angela
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