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On 3/23/2015 7:00 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:22:42 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: The iPad I have has a GPS built in. As the guy in the video explained it will receive the GPS signal and work with Navionics even if you don't have a 3G connection or have it shut off. That's how I understood what he said. === That's the way Navionics on my smartphone works as long as you've downloaded the charts you need in advance. I do that at home on my wifi connection by going to the areas I'm interested in and zooming in for maximum detail. After that, the charts for that area are permanently stored. I have an older (2011) iPad-2 but it is the full featured version with 64Gb, wi-fi, cellular, and has the GPS chipset. This might give me a reason to use it. It just sits on my desk because I don't really have a use for it. |
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On 3/23/15 7:21 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/23/2015 7:00 AM, Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:22:42 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: The iPad I have has a GPS built in. As the guy in the video explained it will receive the GPS signal and work with Navionics even if you don't have a 3G connection or have it shut off. That's how I understood what he said. === That's the way Navionics on my smartphone works as long as you've downloaded the charts you need in advance. I do that at home on my wifi connection by going to the areas I'm interested in and zooming in for maximum detail. After that, the charts for that area are permanently stored. I have an older (2011) iPad-2 but it is the full featured version with 64Gb, wi-fi, cellular, and has the GPS chipset. This might give me a reason to use it. It just sits on my desk because I don't really have a use for it. I sold my iPad after a year and went back to a Macbook Air. The iPad was nice for "entertainment," but I never got used to the inability to reach the file system in a "normal" computer way. My wife has a Kindle and enjoys it: she's on the commuter bus twice a day and reads books or does email offline. Last week, I bought her a new iPhone and in the process at the phone store I was offered a new iPad for "almost free," which makes me wonder if the bloom of tablets is fading a little. -- Proud to be a Liberal. |
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On 3/23/2015 8:15 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 3/23/15 7:21 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/23/2015 7:00 AM, Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:22:42 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: The iPad I have has a GPS built in. As the guy in the video explained it will receive the GPS signal and work with Navionics even if you don't have a 3G connection or have it shut off. That's how I understood what he said. === That's the way Navionics on my smartphone works as long as you've downloaded the charts you need in advance. I do that at home on my wifi connection by going to the areas I'm interested in and zooming in for maximum detail. After that, the charts for that area are permanently stored. I have an older (2011) iPad-2 but it is the full featured version with 64Gb, wi-fi, cellular, and has the GPS chipset. This might give me a reason to use it. It just sits on my desk because I don't really have a use for it. I sold my iPad after a year and went back to a Macbook Air. The iPad was nice for "entertainment," but I never got used to the inability to reach the file system in a "normal" computer way. My wife has a Kindle and enjoys it: she's on the commuter bus twice a day and reads books or does email offline. Last week, I bought her a new iPhone and in the process at the phone store I was offered a new iPad for "almost free," which makes me wonder if the bloom of tablets is fading a little. I really don't follow the smart phone and tablet varieties that seem to have taken over and dominated so many people's lives today. My wife is an iPhone addict, constantly using it for texting, calling, playing Scrabble or some similar game with 10 people at the same time. I have a Android cell phone that I guess is a "smart phone" but I rarely use it and when I do it's just to make a quick phone call. I don't use it's internet browser and rarely use it to read email. Old fashioned I guess. I like computers with a real keyboard. Trying to text someone a message on the tiny little keyboard that slides out or on the fake keyboard on the screen takes me forever. I just have no interest in it. I used the iPad for a while at the guitar shop and it was much better for browsing or emailing but it wasn't a cell phone. I usually just left it out on a table with it displaying the shop's website, list of guitars and prices for customer's use. When I turned the shop over to my friend I took it home and it just sits, unused. |
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On Monday, 23 March 2015 10:06:16 UTC-3, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/23/2015 8:15 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 3/23/15 7:21 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/23/2015 7:00 AM, Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:22:42 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: The iPad I have has a GPS built in. As the guy in the video explained it will receive the GPS signal and work with Navionics even if you don't have a 3G connection or have it shut off. That's how I understood what he said. === That's the way Navionics on my smartphone works as long as you've downloaded the charts you need in advance. I do that at home on my wifi connection by going to the areas I'm interested in and zooming in for maximum detail. After that, the charts for that area are permanently stored. I have an older (2011) iPad-2 but it is the full featured version with 64Gb, wi-fi, cellular, and has the GPS chipset. This might give me a reason to use it. It just sits on my desk because I don't really have a use for it. I sold my iPad after a year and went back to a Macbook Air. The iPad was nice for "entertainment," but I never got used to the inability to reach the file system in a "normal" computer way. My wife has a Kindle and enjoys it: she's on the commuter bus twice a day and reads books or does email offline. Last week, I bought her a new iPhone and in the process at the phone store I was offered a new iPad for "almost free," which makes me wonder if the bloom of tablets is fading a little. I really don't follow the smart phone and tablet varieties that seem to have taken over and dominated so many people's lives today. My wife is an iPhone addict, constantly using it for texting, calling, playing Scrabble or some similar game with 10 people at the same time. I have a Android cell phone that I guess is a "smart phone" but I rarely use it and when I do it's just to make a quick phone call. I don't use it's internet browser and rarely use it to read email. Old fashioned I guess. I like computers with a real keyboard. Trying to text someone a message on the tiny little keyboard that slides out or on the fake keyboard on the screen takes me forever. I just have no interest in it. I used the iPad for a while at the guitar shop and it was much better for browsing or emailing but it wasn't a cell phone. I usually just left it out on a table with it displaying the shop's website, list of guitars and prices for customer's use. When I turned the shop over to my friend I took it home and it just sits, unused. I seldom use my HTC 'smart phone' either, so when the 3 year contract was up with Virgin last August, I changed over to prepaid. I pay $100.00 up front and if I don't get too gabby or carried away with texts, that'll last the full year..working out to just over $8.00 per month for my cellphone (plus 15% tax) I doubt many can beat that. |
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On 3/23/2015 10:03 AM, True North wrote:
On Monday, 23 March 2015 10:06:16 UTC-3, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/23/2015 8:15 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 3/23/15 7:21 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/23/2015 7:00 AM, Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:22:42 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: The iPad I have has a GPS built in. As the guy in the video explained it will receive the GPS signal and work with Navionics even if you don't have a 3G connection or have it shut off. That's how I understood what he said. === That's the way Navionics on my smartphone works as long as you've downloaded the charts you need in advance. I do that at home on my wifi connection by going to the areas I'm interested in and zooming in for maximum detail. After that, the charts for that area are permanently stored. I have an older (2011) iPad-2 but it is the full featured version with 64Gb, wi-fi, cellular, and has the GPS chipset. This might give me a reason to use it. It just sits on my desk because I don't really have a use for it. I sold my iPad after a year and went back to a Macbook Air. The iPad was nice for "entertainment," but I never got used to the inability to reach the file system in a "normal" computer way. My wife has a Kindle and enjoys it: she's on the commuter bus twice a day and reads books or does email offline. Last week, I bought her a new iPhone and in the process at the phone store I was offered a new iPad for "almost free," which makes me wonder if the bloom of tablets is fading a little. I really don't follow the smart phone and tablet varieties that seem to have taken over and dominated so many people's lives today. My wife is an iPhone addict, constantly using it for texting, calling, playing Scrabble or some similar game with 10 people at the same time. I have a Android cell phone that I guess is a "smart phone" but I rarely use it and when I do it's just to make a quick phone call. I don't use it's internet browser and rarely use it to read email. Old fashioned I guess. I like computers with a real keyboard. Trying to text someone a message on the tiny little keyboard that slides out or on the fake keyboard on the screen takes me forever. I just have no interest in it. I used the iPad for a while at the guitar shop and it was much better for browsing or emailing but it wasn't a cell phone. I usually just left it out on a table with it displaying the shop's website, list of guitars and prices for customer's use. When I turned the shop over to my friend I took it home and it just sits, unused. I seldom use my HTC 'smart phone' either, so when the 3 year contract was up with Virgin last August, I changed over to prepaid. I pay $100.00 up front and if I don't get too gabby or carried away with texts, that'll last the full year..working out to just over $8.00 per month for my cellphone (plus 15% tax) I doubt many can beat that. How much data, text, minutes do you get for $100? -- Respectfully submitted by Justan Laugh of the day from Krause "I'm not to blame anymore for the atmosphere in here. I've been "born again" as a nice guy." |
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On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:06:14 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: Trying to text someone a message on the tiny little keyboard that slides out or on the fake keyboard on the screen takes me forever. I just have no interest in it. === You need a bigger screen. I recently bought one of these from Amazon and it has been great: http://www.amazon.com/BLU-Studio-Unlocked-Phone-Black/dp/B00SZEFDH8 It has a nice big screen and is a good value. It is unlocked with dual SIM card slots so I'll be able to use it in the Bahamas or in Europe. |
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On 3/23/2015 12:48 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:02:47 -0400, wrote: As for the question at hand, I think a tablet would do most of your navigation needs in a boat and the main issue would be the packaging. If you are running a dry cruising boat like Wayne it should be fine but in a CC fishing boat you want something tougher. === Navionics on a large smartphone in a ziploc baggie works pretty well, even in the dinghy. Future boat plans are for something in the 36'-38' range that will have an enclosed helm station so I don't think salt spray, etc, will be an issue. If I ever get a smaller, outboard type boat a cheap, dedicated Garmin or whatever would suffice. I wouldn't be going cruising in it. |
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On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 16:46:35 -0400, wrote:
I certainly would not trust the NOAA charts in the bays around here.. === The local charts leave a lot to be desired but they are a whole lot better than just guessing. In the Bahamas the water is clear enough that you can use eyeball navigation but we've got too many mangroves for that. |
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