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It would be fun to be able to download dive computer data onto a smart device via blue tooth, post dive, but I'm not at all interested in this.
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here you goIt would be fun to be able to download dive computer data onto a smart device via blue tooth, post dive,......
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Alberto (aka eDiver)
As soon as our Predator App is ready you will be able to go directly from the Predator to your android smartphone......I had NO IDEA that you could download to a smartphone directly. ......
Or, even just text messages?Definitely not compatible with a Touch. Different form factor, no compass, etc etc.
The price of a 4S will come tumbling down in the fall after the 5 is released. It may make sense at that new price point.
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Alberto, that's a camera - computer is the fun part! To me the 130ft restriction is the limitation. I wonder to what depth they have tested it...?
Now if you could take calls at 100ft, that would really be interesting! (This is the Basic forum, so I don't have to don a Kevlar suit right?).
I'm not sure how it functions as a compass but I purchased a gps download for my IPhone. It's the best GPS I've ever had. Far better than the expensive GPS I bought for my vehicle! It's easy to use and never gets me lost.Re-reading my post I realize that I come across as a bit strident in my disapproval of the I-gill. Actually, I think I came across as an opinionated ass... So let me give a more thoughtful list of my concerns with this bit of technology.
1) As I said, would you trust it not to leak? I have flooded my share of cameras because I thought I had seated the o-ring properly, only to be proven wrong by reality. Everytime you open the case you risk a grain of sand and a couple of atm ruining your nice toy, in this case the toy that is keeping track of your bottom time.
2) Everytime the phone gets seated in the housing it has to connect perfectly to the telemetry pod, no loose connections and that means if you beaten up by the surf or the side of the boat it works 100% of the time.
3) I am forever reminded of all the gadgets that I wasted money on to make them multi-functional... Have you ever tried to use your laptop as a VCR or even watch TV on a computer? You can but it ever really does any of these multi-task well. I want a dive computer that accurately measures depth, time and temp without fail and I can use something else as a camera (like a camera or a phone...)
4) if you can afford both diving and an i-phone, why not spring for a seperate computer? The housing lists for $330, a cheap dive computer that is probably more reliable can be gotten for that.
Just another quick question: what principle does an I-phone use to determine compass direction? Is it actually reading the magnetic field or is it using GPS and a gyroscope? GPS probably wont work very far underwater.
I will grant that it could be used as a back-up technology, but I still cringe at the thought.....
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That is actually the best thing I heard about it yet.... Deco-Sudoku
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Just looked it up and it does read the magnetic field based on the Hall effect. goes to show... google first and ask questions later...