iPad / iPhone

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. Every year, it is appropriate to review this issue, and Read more …

The GNS 3000 from Global Navigation Systems has been available since November 2022 (¹). It replaces the GNS 2000 Plus. Now equipped with a Bluetooth transmitter 5.0, it has an SD Card connector to record position data continuously. Compatible with Read more …

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 …

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

For all browsers who are new to using an iPad, and who do not yet know the basics of manipulation. For everyone who asks me : How to load an app ? How to load a purchased app on a second one Read more …

Among the many new features brought by iOS 11, I particularly appreciated the improvement in the multitasking functions. The addition of a retractable "Dock" in the MacOS way, the "SlideOver" function combined 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 application & Web gives me the opportunity to refresh this post originally written in December 2011. The Wi-Fi Optimizer gateway from the RedPort company allows owners Read more …

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

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

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 …

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, cut off from any cellular or terrestrial Wi-Fi network. 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 just as robust, it will be Read more …

With Weather4D PRO and 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 cartography 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 Read more …

Bad news : changes in the price of Navionics maps for iNavX on iPad have appeared on the site x-traverse.com, and unfortunately for the regions that directly concern us : The 46XG Europe and 43XG Mediterranean folios (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 his crossing last month. Just to dream a little, and to convince the last recalcitrants Read more …

This article was originally published on Macworld.com by Glenn Fleishman. It explains in a very precise and educational manner how the location services of Apple's iPhone and iPad devices work and sheds light on the data that Apple recovers. Read more …

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 …

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 …

Since the introduction of this new iPad and installing the new OS on my devices (iPhone 3GS and iPad 1), I wondered about the advantages that could be derived from it by boaters, compared to the model and the Read more …

During a somewhat sad weekend in January, 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. Welcomed by two Read more …

I'm starting the year in a bad mood ! Unfortunately, I was able to see, through the experiences of many of you, ignorance, not to mention incompetence, many iPad sellers. Not only specializes supermarkets, but also in some Read more …

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

The German company Bad Elf has been offering for sale since 28 October, on Amazon and on eBay, the first external GPS approved by Apple. The Bad Elf GPS fits the Dock connector of Apple devices that are not Read more …

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 …

Since my post 20 2013, we were impatiently waiting for the disassembly of the iPad 3G to discover its communication components (3G, GPS). From the first delivery, our friends at iFixit have rushed to the "beast" Read more …

A reoccurring question comes regularly by email from my visitors : which computer equipment to choose for yachting ? It is a fact that, faced with the spectacular growth in equipment available to recreational sailors, il Read more …

It's impossible not to join in the concert of comments on the iPad that Apple presented yesterday. As far as we are concerned, for us yachtsmen, this new touchscreen tablet seems to represent nothing other than an iPod Touch with screen Read more …