I recently got an Acer 9.6 tablet for $160 CAD for travel, and eventually to use with Navionics or similar. I used it for a month in Costa Rica (where I tethered it to the data on my cell phone - 30 days/2Gb data for $20!) for email and GPS with google maps (we rented a car for 2 weeks) and it worked great. I bought this unit because it has two USB ports and a micro SD slot - I added another 64Gb storage, and I also used one of the USB ports to charge my cell phone via a micro USB to USB adapter, which also allows me to plug in an SD card reader for photo downloads. Not the most powerful tablet, but I like having the extra ports, so I only need to carry one USB wall charger to charge two devices.
I haven't tried Navonics yet, but may try Open Plotter first... On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 10:37 AM Dr. Mark Bodnar via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Tom, > > As noted the Apple products have the GPS chip tied to the cell system - > thus requiring you buy a more expensive cellular enabled unit. > > > Another option is Android tablets. For $160 cdn you can get an Acer 8" > screen Android tablet at Costco, or $230 for a 9.6" screen Samsung - > neither has cell capacity but both should have the GPS capacity you're > looking for. Cheaper than the iPad. Of course there are other Android > options that rival the iPad costs - some even with built in waterproofing. > > > I use a couple older tablets for my navigation - download maps and info > with WiFi when I'm at home. They do come with one challenge that I've > noticed - harder to find good cases for some of these tablets because they > don't have the sales numbers of Apple. > > > Mark > > > There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. > - George Santayana > > On 2019-01-14 9:23 p.m., T power via CnC-List wrote: > > Awesome, thanks, much appreciated > > Tom Power > Invictus > C&C 30 MK1 > Fredericton, NB > ------------------------------ > *From:* CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> > <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> on behalf of Matthew L. Wolford via > CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2019 9:15 PM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc:* Matthew L. Wolford > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Tablet for navigation > > To add to Joel’s comment, the iPad must be cellular *capable* (not all of > them are). Joel is correct that you need not activate the cell plan. > > *From:* Joel Aronson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2019 7:53 PM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc:* Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Tablet for navigation > > Tom > > No. You don’t need to activate the cell plan. The GPS antenna is shared > with the cell antenna in the iPad. > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 7:51 PM T power via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Hi, > I would like to use an ipad mini 2 with the navionics app to plan and use > for nav purposes on my boat, this will back up my chart plotter and paper > charts. > > I read that to use the Navionics app on the water to purchase an ipad that > has cellular capability. > > So I'm looking at Best buy and see ipads with 4G AT&T, Verizon, etc... > > So my Question is; Does it matter what provider is noted because I'm only > using the cellular for the Navionics app? > > Thanks for any help. > > Cheers, > > Tom > > Tom Power > Invictus > C&C 30 MK1 > Fredericton, NB > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com
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