Also cool was at the announcement they showcased it running Foreflight!
And not just in a sub-second camera shot which has happened before, but a nice helicopter shot with CEO Tim Cook saying "...like when it's secured to the leg of a pilot in flight..." (about the Mini) AND a specific mention of ForeFlight by the iPad Product Manager:
Hmm. It looks like the board replaced my YouTube link that had the time in the URL to an embedded video. The mention of aviation by Tim Cook is right away at the beginning of the iPad Mini chapter (3rd one), the ForeFlight mention is at 14:20.
Any word on overall size? Will new gadgets be needed? Like yoke mounts and stuff like that?
Same width. Slightly shorter (roughly 0.3") height. One hundredth of an inch thicker... But with squared-off corners on the front and rear surfaces unlike the curve present on the back of the previous minis.
I'm going to see if the squarishness prevents it from fitting in my old RAM mini holder... I'll report back.
Can you imagine a world where there was a "universal serial bus". Instead of a company that makes a proprietary cable just to milk people.
Just to milk people? Meh. Apple wanted a small, *reversible* connector. USB-C wasn't out yet when they developed Lightning, and USB mini and micro connectors aren't reversible.
Now that USB has caught up, they're slowly moving from Lightning to USB-C.
On the apple store search refurbished ipad mini
This. Apple's refurb program is a great way to buy things. There's a small but significant discount, and Apple replaces the screen and outer casing of everything in the refurb store. It comes with a full warranty.
But... The Mini 5s are already gone, and since they're not selling new ones any more they are highly unlikely to return.
You guys who watch this... is there any chance of there being any discount on these things before Christmas?
Only if they manage to get some in the aforementioned refurb store by then. Probably not, though. I would expect January or February they'll start to have some available there.
My 4 only has 64GB but holds FF and WingX without any problems. The 5, on the other hand, is 256 GB. I think I'll stick with the 64GB on the 6 because I'll be getting rid of WingX and going to Garmin Pilot with the installation of the 175. I haven't downloaded the Pilot data, just the app, so I don't know if 64 GB will handle both FF and Pilot. Anyone here have both and how much memory is needed?
I would go with the 256 if you're going to have two EFB apps. It's not a bad idea anyway - I've found that the useful life of electronics like this is extended when you buy lots of memory and storage at purchase.
