Steve, I played with the old version of the navionics app on my droid phone. It didn't have all the features that you would need to use it exclusively instead of a "real" gps. It was also a little buggy and locked up occasionally. The discontinued that version (and orphaned the users) when they came out with the new version. The new one is suppose to be a big improvement, but I haven't messed with it. BTW, I use my Garmin 76cx exclusively on my boat, and actually preferred it to the big RAymarine unit that was on my recent charter in St. Martin. Down there, I used the big Raymarine as a chart and did all of my course plotting and navigating on the little Garmin. Part of that preference is probably just that I am familiar with the Garmin and have never messed with the Raymarine units very much. James S/V Delaney C&C 38 Mk 11 ----- Original Message ----- From: Stevan Plavsa To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 3:42 PM Subject: Stus-List Android as chart plotter
Hi All. The google nexus 7 is out and it has built in GPS that does not rely on any cellular data (Google Nexus does not have any cellular hardware, it's wifi only). It runs the latest version of Android. There are several marine navigation apps, none that I have any experience with. I was wondering if any listers have used other Android tablets as chartplotter substitutes and what your experiences were like? The Google Nexus is $209 for the 8GB and $259 for the 16GB (at least those are the prices up here in Canada). I'm tempted to get one but I just bought a Garmin handheld, the 76cx. I'm disappointed in it because it feels like ancient history compared to my iPhone but I needed a "real" GPS unit. Steve C&C 32 Sea Swan Toronto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
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