In praise of the IPad Pro.

[Border Terrier]

My IPad Air was my first nav. unit of choice.

Then Christmas 2015 comes around and my loving, non-sailing wife gives me an early present: an IPad Pro that can be held in one hand (yeah, yeah) and produce displays of magazine proportions.

More importantly, it produces a chart display of a size that in the world of marine navigation units would cost at least a further £1k. I don't know if it is possible to make annotations on the chart display with the new pencil but this would be a real clincher.

Music stored starts at Robert Johnson, through Grateful Dead to Van Morrison visiting Paul Butterfield on the way. Jazz tends to be saxophone orientated.

I have tested various software packages but find that ISailor suits me best.

 

[Just_sayin']

You still can't beat a Hudl !!!!!

 

[Border Terrier]

You still can't beat a Hudl !!!!!

Ooh, you are awful!

 

[Binman]

Using anything to do with Windows is even more awful.

 

[Ceirwan]

My IPad Air was my first nav. unit of choice.

Then Christmas 2015 comes around and my loving, non-sailing wife gives me an early present: an IPad Pro that can be held in one hand (yeah, yeah) and produce displays of magazine proportions.

More importantly, it produces a chart display of a size that in the world of marine navigation units would cost at least a further £1k. I don't know if it is possible to make annotations on the chart display with the new pencil but this would be a real clincher.

Music stored starts at Robert Johnson, through Grateful Dead to Van Morrison visiting Paul Butterfield on the way. Jazz tends to be saxophone orientated.

I have tested various software packages but find that ISailor suits me best.

Maybe I'm missing a trick with iSailor, but I find it annoying that you have to zoom to a certain level before certain details and depth soundings show up, and its not adjustable. I don't like having to zoom in as far as that, especially when passage planning.

Used with my (normal) iPad.
That said I imagine the big screen of the Pro must make a big difference.

 

[vyv_cox]

Using anything to do with Windows is even more awful.

Only your opinion. I would be delighted to bin my iPad2 if a windows based direct alternative was affordable.

 

[RichardS]

Only your opinion. I would be delighted to bin my iPad2 if a windows based direct alternative was affordable.

Why MS decided not to include a £2 GPS chip with the Surface I'll never know. I wonder how many sales they missed because of that fact alone? One, at least!

Richard

 

[ghostlymoron]

We're niche users many never use GPS functions so they don't use many sales. iPads score very well on everything but price IMH. I'm happy with my hudl although it's not as slick as SWMBOs iPad.

Why MS decided not to include a £2 GPS chip with the Surface I'll never know. I wonder how many sales they missed because of that fact alone? One, at least!

Richard

 

[RichardS]

We're niche users many never use GPS functions so they don't use many sales. iPads score very well on everything but price IMH. I'm happy with my hudl although it's not as slick as SWMBOs iPad.

I'm not so sure. Android tablets nearly all include a proper GPS as do all 3G iPads. Look at the amount of web chatter (not on sailing forums) over the last few years saying "I would buy a Surface if it had GPS .........."

Richard

 

[Sarnia]

You still can't beat a Hudl !!!!!

Love mine to bits, shame they are stopping manufacture.

 

[Sarnia]

Why MS decided not to include a £2 GPS chip with the Surface I'll never know. I wonder how many sales they missed because of that fact alone? One, at least!

Richard

Erm 2 my hudl has it..

 

[Just_sayin']

Love mine to bits, shame they are stopping manufacture.

It's because of the inherent fault where some would only connect to this site, The Da!ly Ma!l and every fifth character appeared as an exclamation mark.

Apparently.

 

[Fantasie 19]

Why MS decided not to include a £2 GPS chip with the Surface I'll never know. I wonder how many sales they missed because of that fact alone? One, at least!

Richard

That's a shame - I had the Surface in mind for my next machine as the trusty Notebook is getting long in the tooth now... having said that, the Netbook doesn't have GPS either so I'd just use a puck like I do now......

 

[Border Terrier]

It's because of the inherent fault where some would only connect to this site, The Da!ly Ma!l and every fifth character appeared as an exclamation mark.

Apparently.

I knew a girl like that.