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Can I add another "yes please" to the requests for an android version?
Just as background I started out programming Apple computers in 1981 (the Apple II for those old enough to remember - fantastic machine) and now write code for both Apple and Android (and Windows).
Each has its advantages. Apple kit looks and feels lovely and, mostly but not always, works well (anyone mention mapping?). But its also expensive, highly restrictive and, these days, poorer spec than the alternatives (eg the latest iPhone is 2 years behind the competition). But I also know you'll never persuade an Applehead of any of those downsides. Apple is religion!
Android is most of what Apple isn't - flexible, open, fast, cheap, but can be quirky, unpredictable to code for and is at times infinitely annoying. If you want a simple life then Apple is probably for you. If you want to make your own choices when it comes to hardware/software then Android is for you.
For me, I'd have an Android tablet over the iPad because I am mean and object to paying double a product's value. But that is me. Without a doubt more people will choose Android if the best aviation software - SkyDemon - is available for it. What I couldn't say is whether more people would buy a tablet for flying or whether the Android sales would just cannibalise the Apple sales.
So here is hoping for SD in Android version. Meantime I'm using a Galaxy Note running an inferior, competitors product.
Duncan
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