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ICDEDPPL 05-15-2014 07:49 AM


Originally Posted by sommerfliesby (Post 4122327)
This worked really well for me until I was in the middle of Biscayne Bay with no service.........


Thats weird. I have no service plan on my tablet.. Navionics works off GPS . Still works even when my phone has no service.
The version of Navionics I got was closer to $40 thou

92nsx 05-15-2014 01:42 PM


Originally Posted by ICDEDPPL (Post 4122388)
Thats weird. I have no service plan on my tablet.. Navionics works off GPS . Still works even when my phone has no service.

+1^^^^

The $9.99 navionics works fine on my tablet and phone. No service on my tab also since it is is a WiFi tab 2 10.1 ;)

sommerfliesby 05-15-2014 01:57 PM


Originally Posted by ICDEDPPL (Post 4122388)
Thats weird. I have no service plan on my tablet.. Navionics works off GPS . Still works even when my phone has no service.
The version of Navionics I got was closer to $40 thou


All I can say is I had nuthin'...and the air was soon filled with obscenities...

Wildman_grafix 05-15-2014 02:33 PM

Don't you have a big chart plotter on that AT?

modvp 05-15-2014 05:02 PM

I've been using a Garmin GPSmap478 for the past 5 years.

RollWithIt 05-16-2014 05:55 PM

we didn't have any problems with loosing the charts on the app when we were out on Biscayne this February. And it helped save my drives when we were heading back from Gilberts and came upon some really shallow water till we found the channel. I do plan on updating the GPS chart plotter on my boat but, it is nice to have the phone app as a backup. It is kinda a pain in the arse to use while the boat is underway and you are trying to look at a little phone screen. LOL. I usually had to stop or hand my phone to someone else to navigate.


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