Netbook with Android 2.1 OS & Navionics App...

[V1701]

Hi all,
I've seen these netbooks these netbooks on ebay, they have Android 2.1 OS, 8GB solid state drive & a USB port. Can anyone advise whether it would be possible to get the Navionics app installed & working on one with a USB GPS? Also whether it would be possible to somehow install Open CPN on one?
TIA,
David.

 

[Vara]

I cant answer the techy questions, but having progressed through laptop/netbook/tablet. Practically tablets are the easiest to use on a boat, easier to find waterproofing solutions, easier to move about the place and the touch screen makes it easy to use.

Loads of well priced tablets, most with built in GPS which may fit the bill rather better than a net book. All IMHO of course.

Hudl 2 springs to mind.

 

[JumbleDuck]

It won't work. Navionics requires Android 2.3.3 upwards for phones and 3.0 upwards for tablets. 2.1 is ancient - these laptops came out in 2010.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.navionics.singleAppUKHolland

 

[GHA]

It won't work. Navionics requires Android 2.3.3 upwards for phones and 3.0 upwards for tablets. 2.1 is ancient - these laptops came out in 2010.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.navionics.singleAppUKHolland

Could you install kitkat?
Available for x86 anyway as a free download.

 

[JumbleDuck]

Could you install kitkat?
Available for x86 anyway as a free download.

This thing isn't x86 - it uses an nVidia ARM based SOC. A bit of googling suggests that the cyanogenmod version of 4.x might work, but it sounds like a heck of a faff to install.

http://www.tabletroms.com/forums/ac...ew-installation-ice-cream-sandvich-4-0-a.html

 

[PetiteFleur]

I started with a netbook about 4 years ago with Imray charts. It was ok but the charts were expensive and I didn't bother with the yearly updates as it was expensive. Then I got a Samsung tab2 10" tablet and got the Navionics app - the whole of uk, Belgium, N France and Holland for £38! Suberb setup and I've used it a lot for the last 2 years. I don't use the netbook, it was so sloooooooow even surfing the net!

 

[PetiteFleur]

I started with a netbook about 4 years ago with Imray charts. It was ok but the charts were expensive and I didn't bother with the yearly updates as it was expensive. Then I got a Samsung tab2 10" tablet and got the Navionics app - the whole of uk, Belgium, N France and Holland for £38! Suberb setup and I've used it a lot for the last 2 years. I don't use the netbook, it has to have a plugged in gps and it was so sloooooooow even surfing the net!

Ano5her advantage of a tablet is that you can get waterproof covers and an ARM holder and bracket easily. If you go for a tablet get one with built in gps, as said earlier the hudle 2 is supposed to be good.

 

[GHA]

Ano5her advantage of a tablet is that you can get waterproof covers and an ARM holder and bracket easily. If you go for a tablet get one with built in gps, as said earlier the hudle 2 is supposed to be good.

One downside is getting AIS data in. Though tablets are great onboard for so many things.

 

[LadyInBed]

Re the openCPN bit, NO it doesn't work on Android, but we live in hope that a developer will crack it.

 

[V1701]

Ta all,
I'm a bit behind the times, thought most tablets didn't have GPS or USB port. The HUDL 2 looks good value @ £129...