14 mars 2011 – 14 mars 2024, a birthday (¹) which does not fall round, but a performance worth saluting ! What was just a startup in the early days of the use of tablets and smartphones in navigation is now a company with a long history (²). Dominique Gauthier, its founder and manager, has participated for more than ten years in securing our iPads by becoming the exclusive importer for France of the famous cases aiShell (Originally “iPad Case”). Designed and manufactured in Germany, waterproofness and robustness that no longer need to be demonstrated, benefiting from a range of supports and accessories meeting all needs at sea. Read more …
Label : support
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 maintained a close collaboration, our complementary actions allowing us to provide an effective response to all new users of these wonderful tools perfectly suited to nautical activities. Many of you were able to meet me several times 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, to the point of wanting to expand its offering to users other than boating : outdoor sports, hiking, trekking, fitness, and all leisure activities for which numerous targeted applications are now available, both for Apple devices and for the fast-growing market for Android devices.
Thus, iPadNav has just announced in a press release the change of name of its website to iTabNav.fr July 1st 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 specialized products scattered across multiple foreign websites on a single French website. With local French service and support as a bonus.
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 fixed an industrial Velcro on the stainless steel tube and I maintain waterproof case (+or- 50 €) with reusable fasteners (Tie Wrap). You can also use a waterproof envelope used to protect the maps in kayaks and secure it with velcro and reustable ties. ”
For a particularly economical solution, I find it simple, clever and aesthetic enough for my own opinion. It's up to you to judge…
Protections for iPad (2)
I presented in the first entry about protections for iPad onboard the water-resistant case by Andres Industries (*). This manufacturer reacted very quickly to the comments and criticisms made about its product. He was kind enough to send me to test their new case, modified and improved. A real happiness ! Read more …
iTabNav.fr
This is an excellent initiative that we owe to Dominique Gauthier : iTabNav.fr is a new French e-commerce website mainly dedicated to iPad (and the iPhone) accessories useful in’marine usage of these devices.
Rather than looking on Google for e-commerce websites overseas, you can now go to a French specialized website. Dominique Gauthier did not hesitate to get my opinion on the technical aspects of his choice of accessories, being himself user and boater.
iTabNav.fr has been open for a few days, its catalog will gradually grow, I salute his initiative and wish him good luck.