Category : iPad / iPhone

iPadNav.fr devient iTabNav.fr

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The 14 March 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 collaboration, our complementary actions to make an effective response to all new users of these wonderful tools suitable for nautical activities. Many of you were able to meet me on several occasions on his stand, both the Grand Pavois de La Rochelle and the Paris Nautic boat show.

After three years of existence, Dominique Gauthier company has grown considerably, at the point of wanting to expand its offer to other users than boating : outdoor sports, hiking, trekking, fitness, and all the leisure time activities for which many targeted applications are now available, so much for Apple devices than for the market growth of Android devices.

Thus, iPadNav has announced in a press release the change of name of its website in iTabNav.fr July 1 2014, in a desire to open his offers to all useful accessories for tablets and smartphones, regardless of brand or operating system, and for all leisure activities.

Hope that this new extended offering meet the same success as for leisure boating and sailing, because iTabNav.fr will offer on a unique french website of the specialized products scattered on multiple foreign websites. With service and a local french support as a bonus.

iPad GPS far away from networks

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For those who do are not yet fully convinced, despite my assertions in many posts (¹), Here's another example of the accuracy of iPad GPS, Cup of any terrestrial cellular network or Wi - fi. Already lived in 2011 during a stay in La Reunion (²), This time returned from a recent trip to London I got 'evidence' below, screenshoted aboard an Airbus A320 : Read more …

Protections for iPad (4)

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I've already written the greatest good that I think about waterproof casesaiShell by Andres Industrie for iPad(¹). It remains for me the top of the protection in all weather conditions, at sea and ashore. Bulky and quite expensive, certainly, but added to the cost of an iPad will always remain 3 up to 5 times cheaper than a chartplotter for navigation, therefore useless for anything else. iPad, itself, continue to serve you home, and prepare future trips.

I can not resist the urge to spread this video by Dominique Gauthier during our trip to the Balearic this summer. For iPadNav not only sell accessories, he tests it ! Used as test our many tablets taken on board for three weeks cruise, No worry !

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(¹) Protections for iPad (2).
The aiShell waterproof case for iPad Mini
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The aiShell waterproof case for iPad Mini

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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 equally robust, it is ideal for protecting your iPad Mini on boat, on beach, under the rain or in the desert (¹). With this funny name " aiShell " , literally "Shell Andres Industries", The manufacturer offers a box containing all the tricks of the big brother for iPad : a waterproof power connector, windows for cameras, adaptation to existing REM mounts. He even added two retractable legs for easy use on a flat surface. A very German design. Read more …

French press and iPad phenomenon

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This year, at Nautic Paris Boat Show, nautical press was not alone to be interested in the navigation with iPad, but also technical and general press.

Pierre-Yves Lautrou, Express newsweek journalist and editor of the blog " Offshore 3.0 ", concluded his radio series inviting me, accompanied by Admiral Lagane, President SNSM, I speak about electronic tablet in navigation :

The Express redo the Nautic with Voiles & voiliers #8

Bérengère Lepesqueur, 01.NET journalist came on stand D41 achieve a remarkable filmed interview about accessories and applications that we present associated with the use of iPad navigation :

La high-tech embarque au salon nautique

The high-tech onboard the boat show

This shows the awareness of the media for the cultural revolution brings the iPad to boating, added to the astonishing success as our stand had with the public. It might be time for Apple resellers do the same coast, because they are, curiously, notably absent from this phenomenon. A wise… 😉

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year all, and a big thank you to all yachtsmen and women who came to meet us amazingly during these ten days.

 

Why I'll keep my iPad 1 [Update]

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I use an iPad 1 for a little over two years for two reasons : the first and foremost as a navigation device, the second as viewer for many PDF documents related to my job. I'm not using it for watching movies, no more to store photos, even less for games. On the move, I use most frequently on my iPhone to manage my emails, see the latest tweets about my business, few RSS feeds, and sometimes see Google News.

March 2011, in a post dedicated to the release of the iPad 2, I concluded by a prospective trial of what could be the future iPad. I note with "New iPad" I had just seen in part. Improvements in cameras and graphics quality. However I was mistaken about the connectivity : no new physical connector, only WiFi, Bluetooth improved, and 4G (for U.S. !). Read more …

Seasmart WiFi connects the NMEA 2000 on your iPhone

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SeaSmart WiFiThe SeaSmart WiFi, presented by iTabNav.fr at the Nautic in Paris last week, allows a WiFi connection to iPad , iPhone or any other computer via WiFi to a NMEA 2000.

Designed by Chetco Digital Instruments, Brookings, Oregon (USA), SeaSmart is a wireless transmitter NMEA2000 and NMEA0183 compatible consists of an USB/serial gateway, WiFi transmitter 802.11 b/g and an embedded CGI/AJAX web server. Compatible with web browsers on most smartphones, like iPhone, iPad or Android, SeaSmart.Net translates NMEA 2000 (PGNs) messages through an open protocol in HTML pages updated in real time and sent streaming to web server. The transfer is bi-directional. In addition, NMEA 0183 connector allows to interface instruments that use this protocol, as an AIS, their data being multiplexed and added to the flow of data powered by SeaSmart.net. Read more …

Navigation with iPad trainings : a complete solution

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With Weather4D PRO up to Iridium Mail, associated with a satellite phone Iridium, we now have a complete solution, reliable and low cost to receive, display and manage GRIB files in open seas with iPad.
iNavX and Navionics cartography also provide a complete navigation solution, supporting files transfers with Weather4D PRO : GRIB, routes, tracks, that allows simultaneous display in both applications.

These solutions, fully complementary and mutually consistent, were tested on more 2800 NM in the automn during a crossing from Canaria to the Caribbean, on board Catana 47 " Gust ", token place in ARC rally 2011. In addition, Olivier Bouyssou was able to improve his Weather4D Pro application "over time", correcting, adding and optimizing daily development onboard. Read more …

Plan2Nav the C-Map charting on iPhone/iPad

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Plan2NavThe app Jeppesen Marine Plan2Nav arrived on iTunes AppStore during September for iPhone and iPad.

As I detailed in a previous post (¹), Italian company C-Map charts has been owned from 2007 by the US Jeppesen, leader in aerial mapping, depending on the Boeing group. We knew that Jeppesen was preparing an application for smartphone, Panbo had seen a draft in March at Miami Boat Show, is now done, but… Read more …