As it was mentioned a few times: Only Apple devices (iPad) use a combination GPS/cellular radio and therefore, in order to use GPS, you need the cellular enabled model.
Generally, all others have a discrete GPS radio, so cellular option has no bearing on using the GPS. Any GPS device can benefit from having an Internet connection (for the initial loading of the almanac (satellite positions information) and/or for the rough, initial positioning). However, it is not _required_ for its normal operation. Additionally, if a device is used frequently and not moved far between uses, that initial information is already maintained on the device. Marek Ottawa, ON From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> On Behalf Of Rick Brass via CnC-List Sent: Friday, January 18, 2019 23:44 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Stus-List Tablet for navigation As has been pointed out before, you do not need to actually activate the cellular service on the tablet, it just needs to be cellular capable. That's because the cellular capable units have an internal GPS, which the WiFi only units do not. Now, if you have a WiFi network on your boat and it can transmit data from your GPS, then you don't even need cellular capability.
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