Well I guess a final update has been long overdue -
My suggestions to Lawrence at Vertica were to work on getting a filter-free GPS engine motherboard, combine it with the BriteNav display I was using and call it Vertica V2. This is what you are now enjoying.
Lawrence had done most of the work working with our supplier getting the Vertica V1 revamped and in the end I didnt have the time to support the folks I would have sold the device to - Our supplier was getting many different folks in soaring pregnant with the idea of the V2 once we had solved the problems, (in particular Paulo at LK8000 did a lot of work on this.), so I decided this wasn't a situation I wanted to deal with - plenty of other guys ready to step in without respecting the original work of others.
No regrets - I have a few BriteNav prototypes to work with in the meantime....
Next will be an Android sunreadable display platform (like the Kyobe Reader) though sadly the Mirasol display may take a while to appear due to Qualcomms change in strategy. PixelQi has products in production but nothing in the sub7" screen size we need for cockpit use. Eink has a prototype sunlight readable android phone shown earlier this year - and they have colour technology as well.
In the end we are at the mercy of enough 'ordinary' consumers wanting sunlight readability in their android devices - and longer battery life - until these are mainstream we will have to use solutions that are expensive, or power hungry , or both.
To get a Vertica V2 go to www.verticasports.com - tell Lawrence I sent you.
