It’s official – the Bad Elf GPS is fully compatible with the iPad (3rd generation). No firmware, hardware, or app changes required. Our official list of supported platforms is below.
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Happy Friday!
Received the new iPad an hour ago – we’ve run some quick tests, and are happy to report the Bad Elf GPS seems to work just fine. Please note that we can’t officially claim compatibility with the new iPad until we have approval from Apple under the Made for iPod (MFi) program. Based on past experience we expect this to be complete within 3-4 weeks.
What’s that app on the screen, you ask? That’s a preview of our new utility app, which should be available on the App Store shortly. More details soon!
Sorry for the radio silence here on the blog! The Bad Elf team has been extremely busy these last few months, and we’ve got a lot in the works for 2012.
Today we’ve got a Smörgåsbord of updates:
Like everyone else, we eagerly watched the Apple event on Wednesday, and the announcement of the new iPad did not disappoint. The new display and faster CPU means that our favorite tablet continues to perform amazingly well even with apps that do more and more. Need justification to upgrade? Check out Flying magazine’s Five Reasons Pilots ‘Need’ the New iPad.
If nothing else, the fact that the base iPad 2 now starts at $399 means pilots can get an amazing and inexpensive device that is very capable of running ForeFlight and WingX for years to come.
Which brings us to the million dollar question that has started flooding our support team…
The answer is: it should! We have our new iPads on order for delivery March 16, so we’ll be testing the Bad Elf GPS as soon as we can rip the boxes open. Based on prior experience with new iOS devices and models, we’re not expecting any surprises. Please rest assured, we will post an update here on the blog ASAP. If we do find any issues, we will be working around the clock to resolve them.
We won’t have an official “Made for iPad (3rd generation)” statement until we have gone thru the official MFi re-certification process with Apple, so that will be a few weeks after the device is actually in our hands and on the test bench.
Apple also released iOS 5.1 this week. We ran our full suite of tests (both automated and manual) on all of our supported platforms, and the Bad Elf GPS works great. Upgrade away!
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I wasn’t kidding when I said the Bad Elf team has been busy. Since last August, we’ve added 3 baby elves – all girls – to the extended family. Needless to say our team is working some odd hours these days.
Are you going to the AOPA Aviation Summit? We are! Meet the Bad Elf crew at Booth 413 From Thursday, Sept 22 to Saturday September 24 in Hartford, Connecticut at the Connecticut Convention Center.
Founder and lead engineer, Brett Hackleman, and the other Bad Elves look forward to meeting you during exhibit hours (Thu/Fri 9AM-5PM, Sat 9AM-4PM).
We will answer your questions about adding the Apple approved Bad Elf GPS to your electronic flight bag for use with the Apple iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. The 66-channel, WAAS capable Bad Elf GPS feeds position and altitude data, even at high speed and high altitudes, to your favorite aviation application. The Bad Elf GPS can be used with most GPS enabled apps (aviation, driving, nautical, fitness, geocaching) so you can BE GPSing anytime and everywhere!
Drop by Booth 413, get a Bad Elf goodie and enter a drawing for a free Bad Elf GPS. One (1) Bad Elf GPS will be given away daily to a lucky entrant.
If you have an iPhone or iPad, try downloading the AOPA Aviation Summit 2011 app from Sporty’s! Otherwise, check out the available online guide.
We are pleased to offer you a free pass to the Exhibits Hall as our guest. Just print out this email and prominently display the promotional code when presenting your printed copy to the AOPA Registration staff to redeem for a FREE one-day pass to the summit ($50 value to non-AOPA members; $40 value to AOPA members)!
We’ve wrapped up the Bad Elf Summer of Giveaways, having awarded 14 free Bad Elf GPS devices throughout the summer. We recently made contact the last few winners of the Bad Elf Summer of Giveaways and want to congratulate Dan Coyne, Harry Parsons and Michel Soucy. Each of them won a free Bad Elf GPS in our random weekly drawings.
We plan on doing more promotions in the future, so please tell everyone you know to Friend Bad Elf on Facebook, so that they don’t miss out.
Congratulations again to all of our winners,
The Bad Elf Team
We would like to wish congratulations to Ken Renner, the August 19th winner of the Bad Elf Summer of Giveaways. We are still trying to contact the August 12th winner.
Ken is a pilot and lives in a fly-in community named Spruce Creek in Daytona Beach, Florida. Ken is planning to put ForeFlight to good use once his Bad Elf GPS arrives.
Remember, we are giving away Bad Elf GPS devices all summer long. Check out the contest page for details on how you and your friends can enter. The next chance to win is this Friday.
http://bad-elf.com/summer-of-giveaways
Good Luck
Bad Elf and Ulmon have teamed up to bring you a 50% discount on your purchase of CityMaps2Go from the App Store from now through 26 August 2011!
You have your Bad Elf GPS connected to your iPod touch, iPad, or iPhone. Now you need an app that gets you up and running quickly.
Ulmon’s CityMaps2Go offers great value. It covers thousands of cities and regions around the world. No matter where you live or where you are going, CityMaps2Go has a map for you.
You can download more than 7,000 maps in 165 countries to your CityMaps2Go app free of extra charges! CityMaps2Go delivers full coverage for the USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland!
CityMaps2Go Version 3 offers vector based maps that reduce map storage requirements by 90%, but still includes thousands of points of interest! Save your iPod touch and iPad Wi-Fi storage for music, video, and other apps.
What could be better?
We would like to wish congratulations to Jerry Brewer, the July 15th winner of the Bad Elf Summer of Giveaways.
Jerry lives in the St. Louis area. Jerry is very excited to have won the drawing, since he is about to start flying lessons in pursuit of a pilots license. He has the WingX Pro7 App for use in-flight and is eagerly awaiting his new Bad Elf GPS.
Remember, we are giving away Bad Elf GPS devices all summer long. Check out the contest page for details on how you and your friends can enter. The next chance to win is this Friday.
http://bad-elf.com/summer-of-giveaways
Good Luck
We would like to wish congratulations to Jeff Light, the August 5th winner of the Bad Elf Summer of Giveaways contest. We are still waiting to hear back from the July 15th winner, but we will post our congratulations as soon as we make contact.
Jeff is from Springfield, Missouri. Jeff plans to use his new Bad Elf GPS with his 32GB iPod touch. He is still researching apps for vehicle navigation and geocaching to use his iPod touch with his Bad Elf. Jeff uses lots of Apps on the iPod touch already that don’t require the Bad Elf, such as Angry Birds, Flight Control, Harbor Havoc 3D, Fragger, Unblock Me, Farkle, 5-0 Radio Police Scanner, Facebook, Skype, and Craigslist.
Remember, we are giving away Bad Elf GPS devices all summer long. Check out the contest page for details on how you and your friends can enter. The next chance to win is this Friday.
http://bad-elf.com/summer-of-giveaways
Good Luck
