iTabNav.fr always listening to browsers
14 mars 2011 – 14 mars 2024, a birthday (¹) which does not fall round, but a performance worth saluting ! What was only a startup at the beginning of the use of tablets and smartphones for navigation is today Read more …
Heat wave ? How to refrigerate your iPad
My friends Christiane and Jochen Lührs are the proud owners of a superb classic ketch German building, Socorro, with which they regularly cross the west European coasts. Entirely built of solid wood in 1951, they maintain her with meticulous care, After Read more …
Navigate with mobile Hi-Fi music
If you navigate with an iPad and enjoy mobile navigation, and if you like listening to music for dancing on the waves, you may be interested in mobile Hi-Fi. The well-known manufacturer Bose Read more …
Christmas shopping at the Nautic Paris
For the first time since 5 years I'm not moving to the Paris Nautic boat show. And for the first time I am not "glued" ten hours a day to a 9 m². And Read more …
Garmin and gadgets for geeks
In 2013 the world leader in leisure GPS has designed the Quatix®, a GPS watch waterproof allowing boaters to display on their wrist all data of their navigation devices, Garmin of course, equipped with a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth access point Read more …
Recharge mobiles on board
This summer, It's decided, We rent a large catamaran with our family ! Finally, It would be better to say "in extended family" : four adults, Two grown teenagers + their respective boyfriend + a child of 11 years old. We thought Read more …
iPadNav.fr becomes iTabNav.fr
On September 14 mars 2011 I had announce the opening of an e-commerce website focused in accessories, mounts and connexion devices dedicated to iPhone and iPad for marine navigation : iPadNav.fr. Since then, its founder and I have maintained a close Read more …
The aiShell waterproof case for iPad Mini
This time, it came up ! The new waterproof case for iPad Mini by Andres Industries, to whom we owe the famous iPad Case, is finally available. Smaller, lighter, more discreet, but just as robust, it will be Read more …
Mirror iPad screen… in the cabin. [Update]
Hey yes, this is the world upside down ! At the beginning of iPad use in a boat, the tablet was used to capture the screen of a PC fixed to a chart table for display applications such as MaxSea in the cockpit. Read more …
Protections for iPad (3)
In a post from 19 mars 2011 I mentioned the announcement of an iPad waterproof case by the young company LifeProof. It took a year and a half to see the outcome of this case. It must be understood that the rapid succession of models Read more …
Simple and original mount for iPad
Serge Rousseau, A Canadian navigator, sent me some pictures of the installation of his iPad on his sailboat. He wrote me : "I'm sending you some photos of the support. I attached an industrial Velcro on the stainless steel tube and I insure the case Read more …
Protections for iPad (2)
In the first article on protections adapted to boats, I presented the waterproof case from Andres Industries (*). This manufacturer reacted very quickly to the comments and criticisms made about its product. He was kind enough to send me to Read more …
iTabNav.fr
This is an excellent initiative that we owe to Dominique Gauthier : iTabNav.fr is a brand new French e-commerce site mainly dedicated to iPad accessories (and the iPhone) useful for the maritime use of these devices. Rather than looking on the Read more …
iPad , a Chartplotter Killer ?
With iPad 3G finally in hands, equipped with iNavX and (beta) version of AyeTides XL currently undergoing beta testing, I'm going to give you my first impression, previously to perform an extended test at sea. Read more …