Low end Lenovo tablet & Navionics ?

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I am looking at a cheap tablet to use with Navionics, accepting daylight viewing may be an issue, and the need for a waterproof case (£10 in go outdoors) is there any reason why the Lenovo Tab3 Essential 7 Inch 8GB Tablet would not work with Navionics. Its seems very cheap at £49 in Argos, but also seems to have everything necessary for a basic nav tool.

Any thoughts?

(Before anyone comments this is NOT to be the primary method of navigation :) - and I know it won't be great in sunlight).
 
I can't help with the Lenovo as I have navionics on an I pad, but I can help with the glare problem.
Buy a Media Devil Magicscreen Matte Clear Anti-Glare Protector and it cuts down reflection substantially, far better than any other screen protector.
For the I pad they come in a pack of 2 for about fiver from Amazon but they do them for other tablets as well.
There is a video on You Tube showing how to apply them and showing the difference in glare.
It is not often that I would recommend anything but these really do work.
 
Mandarin331 said:
I am looking at a cheap tablet to use with Navionics, accepting daylight viewing may be an issue, and the need for a waterproof case (£10 in go outdoors) is there any reason why the Lenovo Tab3 Essential 7 Inch 8GB Tablet would not work with Navionics. Its seems very cheap at £49 in Argos, but also seems to have everything necessary for a basic nav tool.

Any thoughts?

(Before anyone comments this is NOT to be the primary method of navigation :) - and I know it won't be great in sunlight).
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I use a samsung galaxy TAB3 8 Inch device of about 3 years age, with Navionics (the non HD version). Nothing wrong with it at all.

You can't put the Navionic charts on your SD card so they will use some of your 8gb - 500 mb (0.5gb) downloads you a sizeable chunk of the ocean - probably all that you need. But don't forget that of your 8gb around 2-3 gb will be taken up with the operating system and by the time you add some music, pictures, email and a few more other apps you wont have that much space. However, if you are strict and don't fill it up with other junk it will be a great back up system.

Personally (as I'm getting visually challenged now) I'd go for an 8 inch screen as a minimum.

Also, to save yourself £10 you could use a plastic bag!
 
Spec from John Lewis (it does have GPS chip)

Keep on entertaining, whether you are at home or on the move, with the Lenovo TAB3 7 Essential 8GB. Packed with a powerful processor, built-in satellite GPS and two great cameras, you'll be able to enjoy all your media on one vibrant screen whilst navigating around offline.
Vibrant video and images
The 7" (1024 x 600) lets you watch photos, movies, TV and websites come alive with exceptional colour and clarity. It also features IPS technology, which allows for wider viewing angles making it easier to share what's on your screen with friends.
Two great cameras
Built-in dual cameras cater for all of your imaging needs. Use the Visio front camera for perfect selfies you can share instantly and the 2MP rear camera to capture brilliant images and videos.
Get there with GPS
Take your tablet with you and use the built-in satellite GPS to help get you to wherever you’re going.
Always there for you
The TAB3 features a long battery life of up to 8 hours, so you can enjoy uninterrupted movies, web browsing, gaming or socialising. And at just 300g, it's easy to take wherever you go.
Extra storage
This TAB3 Essential comes with 8GB of storage built in. But if that’s not enough, it also features a microSD card slot, so you can increase your storage space with cards of up to 64GB.
 
You probably know this but dont expect much from most screens in sunlight - the screen will be barely readable. A cover obvioulsy helps. Sadly sunlight readable screens are very costly.
 
Mandarin331 said:
I am looking at a cheap tablet to use with Navionics, accepting daylight viewing may be an issue, and the need for a waterproof case (£10 in go outdoors) is there any reason why the Lenovo Tab3 Essential 7 Inch 8GB Tablet would not work with Navionics. Its seems very cheap at £49 in Argos, but also seems to have everything necessary for a basic nav tool.

Any thoughts?

(Before anyone comments this is NOT to be the primary method of navigation :) - and I know it won't be great in sunlight)

Have a Lenovo 10" tablet with Navionics. Painfully slow, alright for route planning and stuff. Never actually tried it on board.

Also loads of jpeg files that seem to get repeatedly dumped in photo files
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ip485 said:
You probably know this but dont expect much from most screens in sunlight - the screen will be barely readable. A cover obvioulsy helps. Sadly sunlight readable screens are very costly.
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I have iPad Pro and screen is daylight readable in the sunny Med. You are right about it being costly though!!
 
I've got Navionics SD on a Samsung galaxy tablet and it works fine. You need to shade the display to see it well in sunlight but apart from that it's great. I might try one of those non reflective screen covers. At night it's great.
I'm sure it'll be ok on the Lenovo.
Incidentally, Navionics seem to be altering their terms of contract and don't update the app unless you sign an annual contract (up to now the updates were free). It's still good value but not as good as previously.
 
I recently picked up the Samsung 9.7" Tab S2 and it flies. I'm almost at the stage where it's a viable laptop replacement. It cost me £320 so not as cheap as some others but it's got a very very good amoled screen, fast processor, lots of memory etc. so if Android is your thing (I've always been allergic to Apple products) then I'd recommend taking a look.
 
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