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You hit on a bug. Remember that eSeaChart with all of these new capabilities is about 10 days old. The developer is at the Apple Developer Conference and I'm sure he's all involved there - you threaded the needle on hitting things at an inconvenient time. For the iPad, try this. When it's...

I'm sorry that you didn't get the information from my posting or personal email. eSeaChart has nothing to do with Navimatics - they are competitive products. eSeaChart stands on its own and does full sync'ing with ActiveCaptain all on its own. I'm not sure what you're referring to about it...

Yikes! There has certainly been some confusing postings in this thread. I'm really happy to help sort things out. First, no one bought any of these iPhone, iPad, iTouch, or Android products from "ActiveCaptain". We do not sell any products for those platforms. ActiveCaptain has data and...

I had an interesting thing happen 2 days ago. We're heading down the ICW in North Carolina when my main Raymarine chartplotter starts self-resetting. Nice. We run with our iPad following along (and even an old Palm Centro) and never missed a beat - just looked at a different screen. It does...

We're finding fewer times when the amp is needed ourselves too. On the boat we have a wired in Wilson amp with a cradle. Pop the MiFi in the cradle and it amps it. For more portable times or if you just want something simple occasionally, the Cell Ranger is a pretty good solution. It's what...

We amp our MiFi with a cradle when there's low signal strength or when it seems slow. I spoke at the Greenport, NY TrawlerFest inside a large theater last Summer. The MiFi worked but the connection was slow. I tripled the internet throughput speed by amping the MiFi. My talk was on Cruising...

We love it. The combination of a Verizon MiFi and a tetherable iPhone has given us high speed internet access every day between Maine and Key West. We use the MiFi more often because it's so simple to set up and both my wife and I can connect at the same time.

We have both Verizon and AT&T. We like to use the iPhone tethering so that we don't go over our 5 GB limit on the Verizon account for the MiFi we use.

You're right. I meant to address this above but never got to it. There is a solution today - I'll get to it below. The integrated GPS on the iPhone is probably the worst performing GPS I have ever seen. My little 1994 Garmin 45 works much better. Every phone that I have with a GPS chip...

Geez, just ask! I've been a member of this forum for what, 3 years now? :lol: I've been using the iPhone/iPad app on my boat for the last few days. We've been moving up the ICW through Florida. We're in Fernandina now - about to head over to Cumberland Island for a few days. First, ALL of...

Yikes! You're amp isn't working or else you're going way further offshore than I've been...or perhaps you're using Verizon. It seems like you're even in Charleston where I have some direct offshore experience. In November 2009, we went overnight, offshore from Beaufort, NC to Charleston, SC...

Really great suggestion - you're absolutely right. It's being added to the list. Thanks!

Here's a good way to narrow down the display to show only boat ramps: 1. Go to: http://www.activecaptain.com/X.php 2. Click on the Markers card on the left side. 3. Click on the arrow near Settings to open the Settings panel. 4. Uncheck the check boxes for everything except "Show local...

I'm a developer for these platforms with existing products now. I would certainly like to see competition over dominance for smartphones - or phones in general. The iPhone certainly has the attention of every developer right now because of two simple facts: 1. The very, very large base of...

People who have had Blackberry's love them. There's a zen-like oneness in the way you learn to work with it. It just feels right, sort of like a good pair of worn out boat shoes. Not to be argumentative though, the reality is that you can't compare the software apps for Blackberry versus...

It's also quite easy to use your iPhone as a "modem" for a laptop. You have to jailbreak the phone (free) and then purchase a $30 software program. The result is that the iPhone connects to Verizon's data network and your laptop connects over WiFi to the iPhone...and is on the internet. Works...

I promised to inform the forum when our article series was updated. Due to incredibly poor weather on the Chesapeake Bay over the last week, we've been updating the articles. All of the updates are now live to the 19 part series. In particular, major re-writes were done on the iPhone and...

I agree that iNavX has some nice capabilities. If you just want to watch where you are on nautical charts, it's pretty good. But using it as a planning tool or just "looking around" at other harbors and charts is an exercise in frustration. Just one example... Let's say you're looking at a...

There has been a reference to ActiveCaptain's iPhone article in this thread. That article is old and is in the process of being re-written right now along with the navigation article. We expect the articles to be released this week with the very latest iPhone information with regard to using it...

It's important to point out that the review is for a GSM (AT&T) version of the Omnia. The Verizon version is EV-DO which is 3G for connectivity.