[NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring

[John Ferrell]

Can you really read a back lighted LCD display in the sun light?  I am beginning to think all cell phones are designed for inside use!

John Ferrell  W8CCW

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke
...."The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."  
   MARGARET THATCHER 
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jay Marshall 
  To: 'General pattern discussion' 
  Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:35 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring


  IPhone is one interesting approach. You could also use on of the <$300 7" "laptops" which have built in WiFi. Add Skype to it and another laptop on the scorekeeper's stand to send/receive voice and you could have an interesting, low cost, system. Could even put the correct maneuvers on the judges system.



  Jay Marshall 

  -----Original Message-----
  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Keith Hoard
  Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 6:38 PM
  To: General pattern discussion
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring



  We could also use an iTouch.  The apps run on either, but the iTouch doesn't have 3G.  Yes, the app could also announce the maneuvers thru a headset to the judge; but whose voice to use??  Hmmmmmm. . . .

  Someone would have to figure out how to use the WiFi to download the scores since the iTouch doesn't have 3G. . . peer-to-peer WiFi setup with the scorekeepers laptop?

  . . .or another, probably more manageable solution would be to use the USB cable on the iTouch or iPhone to download the scores.  That may be an easier solution than trying to figure out how to get the app to talk over the internet or WiFi to the scorekeepers 'puter.

     If we don't have guys that can write the app, I know there is a cottage industry of companies that write apps. Maybe it would be easier to hire some long-haired hippie types to write the app.

     I'm interested to hear from the guys on the list that do IT stuff professionally to let me know how feasable this idea is.

  . . . back on my desktop 'puter. . .

  On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Woodward, Jim (US SSA) <jim.woodward at baesystems.com> wrote:

  http://ka08phonereview.com/

  How about this phone?  I wonder if Iphone apps will work on it.
  Jim


  -----Original Message-----
  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
  [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Brian
  Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 3:40 PM
  To: General pattern discussion
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring

  You could have it call maneuvers, wait for a score voice captured, then
  call next maneuver.

  Sent from my t-mobile dash....lol

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Keith Hoard <khoard at gmail.com>
  Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 1:47 PM
  To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
  Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring

  Has anyone thought about developing an app for use while judging?  I
  was thinking something similar to the calculator app, but with
  additional buttons to scroll thru the maneuvers. The iPhone is small
  enough to hold in your line of sight as you punch in each maneuver
  score, and the scores could be forwarded with either the 3G, WiFi, or
  bluetooth.

     Obviously some issues would be having enough iPhone's show up at a
  contest, keeping them charged thru the day, and managing the data flow
  to the scorekeeper.

     Could the scores be sent back to the NSRCA web site from each
  iPhone and then the scorekeeper just access a web page for the
  results?  Can the web site host the scoring software in this manner?

  Of course. . .
  Sent from my iPhone
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