I suspect that like most iFly users - I've been watching and waiting for "The Big Announcement" to drop during Oshkosh. Yes, I've seen the video announcing the next version iFly EFB, but frankly that was way too little information - and the lack of any real news from iFly about the new EFB app is pretty disappointing.
FWIW, iFly has great products in the iFly GPS app and 740b - and frankly the input from users forum has been a big part of what has made iFly as good as it is. In the past you folks at iFly have been very open to suggestions for improvements and have put a lot of faith in the feedback posted on the forum, both from the general forum users and the beta testers group.
That said, the non-event of "The Big Announcement" has led me to feel that iFly has either taken the beta testers out of the loop or the new EFB app isn't ready for release yet. Either way, I'd really like to see Walter take the time to tell us what's going on.
Dropping the beta testing? OK, that might make a bunch of dedicated iFly users unhappy, but the beta testing program has been by invitation only so it would be an iFly business decision (and - IMHO - likely detrimental to the development of iFly apps).
New EFB not ready for production? - or even ready for release to the beta testers? If so, kudos to iFly for not rushing an untested product out on the market - but from the info posted by Brolin over the last few months asking iFly users to be patient and wait for the new app - I was led to believe that Oshkosh was the time when the new apps details would be announced and/or available. The lack of info - other than the video - makes me wonder just what is going on at iFly headquarters.
iFly has had a reputation as being responsive to user input and feedback. For whatever reason over the last few months, iFly has become less and less responsive to requests for new features or to simply acknowledge or address bugs that have cropped up with the app. Neither Walter nor Brian have posted since around the first of April. I get it - creating a new app takes tons of creative thinking, but let's not forget all the faithful users that have supported iFly's growth and contributed to the iFly GPS app development in the past.