Best device for ballistics app

[chopit]

Which device would be best for ballistics apps (mini ipad, kindle, phone)? This would be all it is used for.

 

[Clearlight]

Depends on what app you chose . I’m loving the Garmin
701 with AB right now . Also use second hand phone
picked up very cheap , with a couple of apps on it . In
most countries , you can get a prepaid SIM card with 12
months of credit ( enough to download apps and make
a few calls if necessary ) for $20 or less . That way you
don’t need to use your primary mobile phone in the field ,
and you have a backup phone .

The Gucci answer is FFS or Coldbore on a Trimble if you
are ok with spending a few thousand $$ .

 

[LastShot300]

The Gucci answer is FFS or Coldbore on a Trimble if you
are ok with spending a few thousand $$ .

 

[OzTRG]

An alternative is to get a $40 windows phone and put Coldbore 1.0 on it. Works really well for me

 

[chopit]

I can get a mini ipad or kindle free from work would either one of these work well or is the dedicated phone best solution? I like the idea of having a back up phone.

 

[Diver160651]

I was a die hard Trimble guy. Lastshot and his hi-tech ways kept saying to get a hardened Panasonic. He was probably right.

Anyway - I blame him for me getting a cheap ass windows phone without a sim (no service) and $50 a investment. Runs Coldbore great!

However, for most my shooting is centered around multiple ranges. This the range card feature is huge. For that BallusticsARC on a iPhone is super cool... may favorite for 6mm or 6.5 guns

 

[LastShot300]

I was a die hard Trimble guy. Lastshot and his hi-tech ways kept saying to get a hardened Panasonic. He was probably right.

Anyway - I blame him for me getting a cheap ass windows phone without a sim (no service) and $50 a investment. Runs Coldbore great!

 

[chopit]

So just like an htc 32g without a sim card? Not familar with windows phones.

 

[OzTRG]

I run a Nokia, not familiar with the htc

 

[LastShot300]

Despite the brand and model, a SIM is not needed at all. Just WIFI and GPS which are standard on all Windows Phones. IIRC Frank was the first one to do this with CB and I just followed the trail down.

 

[Nik H]

Depends on what app you chose . I’m loving the Garmin
701 with AB right now . Also use second hand phone
picked up very cheap , with a couple of apps on it . In
most countries , you can get a prepaid SIM card with 12
months of credit ( enough to download apps and make
a few calls if necessary ) for $20 or less . That way you
don’t need to use your primary mobile phone in the field ,
and you have a backup phone .

The Gucci answer is FFS or Coldbore on a Trimble if you
are ok with spending a few thousand $$ .

Bought a top of the line NOMAD 6 GB with camera and HORUS ATRAG software for $250 here on the hide. Loaded CB on it for another $90. Not thousands

 

[Clearlight]

$$ based on new price . Cheapest new Nomad here in Aus
is around $ 2500 ... Sounds like you got a great deal Nik H !

 

[Nik H]

I thought it was a fake ad and I would lose my money...it was the deal of the century

 

[delfuego]

Let me know if any of you gentlemen want a windows phone for this. I have a very good one sitting in a box at the house. I had wanted to run ColdBore on it but never got around to it.

 

[damoncali]

You guys are buying windows phones just to run cold bore? Must be some good stuff. Yikes.

 

[TheMammoth]

You guys are buying windows phones just to run cold bore? Must be some good stuff. Yikes.

LOL, well, I mean you can get a pretty good windows phone for a fraction of what most electronics cost. There are brand new quad core models on amazon for 47 dollars haha