Comments on: An iPad in Every Student’s Flight Bag?

By: John

John — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:19:11 +0000

I own a Android phone and an iPad when the question was brought which device to choose for flight operations we chose iPad. It was easy to certify with our authority. It had more literature written on the certification process and more procedures written on how to use the device and the applications. You can check that iPad fits perfectly the legal frame and it is easy to do the paper work for certification.

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:51:05 +0000

Re: “I do not understand why the industry has such an extraordinary focus on iPad apps while disregarding Android based devices. More than 50% of consumers using Smartphones and tablets choose Android. The aviation focus on Apple is leaving more than 50% of potential users without similar tools.”

Many app developers have said that Android fragmentation, operating system versions, multiple screen sizes, etc. are reasons they concentrate on iPad and iPhone apps. Apparently, writing iOS apps is more profitable for developers, as well. I know several Android users who have recently switched to an iPad or iPhone, but I don’t know anyone who has done the opposite.

By: @williamAirways

@williamAirways — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:44:14 +0000

Tom, it’s a matter of time before industry players catch on that there’s more than just the iPad fad that’s out there in the playing field. iPad entered the market first, so it made sense that they would be supported first. It’ll happen, no worries. Apple has been losing market share in the mobile devices space as Android is proving to be a more capable, desirable, and affordable platform.

By: Pierre

Pierre — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:16:32 +0000

@Tom : here lies your answer :
http://ww1.jeppesen.com/company/newsroom/articles.jsp?newsURL=news/newsroom/2012/Oshkosh_Samsung_Galaxy_MobileTC_NR.jsp

there is so little standardisation amongst Android-using machines that an editor has to specify *two* models for which they developped the application….

It’s just the same with Windows /rest-of-the-world for PCS…

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:11:22 +0000

Android functionality is much better than apples…. an Ipad is 40% made by samsung for example… and that includes the beutiful screen on the ipad.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:21:03 +0000

I do not understand why the industry has such an extraordinary focus on iPad apps while disregarding Android based devices. More than 50% of consumers using Smartphones and tablets choose Android. The aviation focus on Apple is leaving more than 50% of potential users without similar tools.