iPad / iPhone

GNS 3000 from Global Navigation Systems has been available since November 2022 (¹). It replaces GNS 2000 More. Now equipped with a Bluetooth transmitter 5.0, it has an SD Card slot for recording position data continuously. Compatible with Read more …

Many of you ask me about choosing an iPad for boating use. Unfortunately having no time to respond to every request a post is required. Each year it is advisable to review this question, and Read more …

14 March 2011 – 14 March 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 …

In coastal navigation, so often within range of a cellular network, we can download GRIB files, weather maps, or simply communicate with friends. But what if our smartphone or tablet is already connected to Wi-Fi Read more …

For all browsers start with the use of an iPad, and who do not yet know the basics of handling. For all those who ask me : How to load an application ? How to load a purchased app on a second Read more …

Among the many new features provided by iOS 11, I particularly enjoyed the improved multitasking functions. The addition of a retractable "Dock" in the MacOS way, the "SlideOver" function associated with the "SplitView" function already present in iOS 10. This will greatly improve Read more …

[Update 15 February 2019] The recent update of the Iridium Mail app & Web gives me the opportunity to refresh the ticket originally written in December 2011. RedPort's Wi-Fi Optimizer gateway allows owners Read more …

Within a month of the launch by Ariane 5 four new satellites of the GALILEO constellation to 18 satellites, manufacturers of components of location have already presented their new chips of location supporting the European GNSS. This has Read more …

Early January 2011 I wrote started the year in a bad mood (¹) After finding repeated incompetence of Apple sellers, during Christmas, concerning devices they sold, mainly iPad and iPhone. I note unfortunately as 5 years ago Read more …

On September 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 close Read more …

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 Read more …

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, in the evening Read more …

Avec Weather4D PRO et AxcessPoint, associated with an Iridium satellite phone, 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 Read more …

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I dont like to advertise products or features before they are available, but in this case the subject can guide choices or postponements of purchase among potential users. Iridium announced on last 7 last September the Read more …

Bad news : changes in the price of Navionics charts for iNavX iPad appeared on the site x-traverse.com, and unfortunately for regions that concern us directly : Folios 46XG 43XG Mediterranean and Europe (replacing the old Read more …

After my first post Crossing the Atlantic with an iPad here are some screenshots provided by Christophe Mahé between Panama and the Marquesas Islands, during its passage last month. Dream a little history, and convince the remaining recalcitrant Read more …

This entry was posted on Macworld.com by Glenn Fleishman. It explains in a very precise and didactic way the functioning of the location services of Apple iPhone and iPad devices and sheds light on the data that Apple recovers Read more …

I presented in the first article on the coverage tailored to the boat waterproof housing Andres Industries (*). This manufacturer has responded quickly to comments and criticisms of its product. He was kind enough to send me to Read more …

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 iPhone) useful for maritime use of these devices. Rather than looking on the Read more …

Since the introduction of this new iPad and installing the new OS on my devices (iPhone 3GS et iPad 1), I wondered about the benefits that could draw boaters users, from the model and Read more …

During a weekend of January a little sad, we joined the port of L'Herbaudière, Isle of Noirmoutier, via the picturesque Gois passage at low tide. We, that is to say, a boating journalist, my wife and myself. Greeted by two Read more …

I start the year in a bad mood ! Unfortunately I have seen, through the experiences of many of you, ignorance, if not incompetence, many sellers iPad. Not only specializes supermarkets, but also in some Read more …

I cannot resist the urge to show you some pics (*) iNavX of an iPad just crossed the Atlantic, from Mediterranean to Martinique. The sailor has abandoned his MacBook Air, which it uses MacENC Read more …

The German company Bad Elf offers for sale since 28 October, Amazon and eBay, the first external GPS approved by Apple. The Bad Elf GPS adapts to the dock connector for Apple devices that are not Read more …

With iPad 3G finally in hands, iNavX equipped and (beta) XL version AyeTides during beta testing, I'm going to give you my first impression, previously to perform an extended test at sea. Read more …

Since my post 20 2013, we looked forward to the dismantling of the iPad to discover its 3G communication components (3G, GPS). From the first delivery, our friends from iFixit rushed on the "beast" Read more …

A reoccurring question comes regularly by email from my visitors : which computer equipment to choose for yachting ? Actually, cope with the dramatic growth of material available for yachtmen, the Read more …

Can not join the chorus of comments on the Apple iPad presented yesterday. For our purposes, for us yachtsmen, this new touch pad does not seem to represent anything other than an iPod Touch with screen Read more …