[Rhodes22-list] GPS Choice

[Rick]

IMHO, the Accer is better in sunshine than the iPad.

Rick

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Cover-Man <cover-man at comcast.net> wrote:

> iPad is an excellent gps platform.  It is also the best choice for movies,
> music, and on and on.  A recent cnet article reported that most users do
> not access 70% of their downloaded apps - in my case very true, although
> the other 30% are really valuable.
>
> Art
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> On Feb 2, 2012, at 8:09 PM, Bob Keller <r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > My brother-in-law (who sails a J109 out of Annapolis) uses his Ipad and
> it is pretty good, but only as a secondary unit.  One problem is that you
> can't integrate it with you autopilot and other instruments.  That's why I
> prefer the GPSMap 478.BK
> >> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:29:55 -0600
> >> From: geoffreylfarrell at gmail.com
> >> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] GPS Choice
> >>
> >> Thanks, great article. I second their opinion on INavX. I use it on my
> Ipod
> >> Touch. I really want an Ipad but they are so darn expensive. I'd have to
> >> cut in to my liquor budget to afford it and I'm not willing to do that.
> >>
> >> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Chris Cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> Practical Sailor has a good review of ipad options.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.practical-sailor.com/issues/37_14/features/ipad_nav_apps_10715-1.html
> >>>
> >>> Christopher P. Cowie
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Please consider the environment before printing this email.
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:
> >>> rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Farrell
> >>> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:33 AM
> >>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> >>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] GPS Choice
> >>>
> >>> Is anybody using an Ipad for navigation?
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Bob Keller <
> r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I tend to agree.  I use a Garmin GPSMap 478 because it is a portable
> (not
> >>>> handheld) chartplotter that has all the maps for NA.  Portable works
> for
> >>> me
> >>>> because I use it on both my powerboat and R-22.  But as a
> chartplotter,
>
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