FLIBS 2012 redo 2; Garmin, Navico, Furuno, Standard Horizon, Lumishore, ACR, Yacht Phone, & Si-Tex/Sailor
I didn’t really need an app to know that Sandy was causing trouble on the opening day of the Lauderdale Show, but I was tickled that Garmin loaned me an iPad3 so I could try BlueChart Mobile (which apparently can’t run on my iPad1). It’s beta software — as is the WiFi appliance that let’s you share tracks, routes, waypoints, and GPS with Garmin networked MFDs — and so they’d rather I didn’t write much about it quite yet. But here’s a recent and informative BlueChart Mobile YouTube video that goes with my first impression that it’s a rich and well-crafted planning app that will be popular even with folks who don’t own Garmin gear. Meanwhile, rumors that Garmin will have major product introductions at both METS and MIBS continue to gain steam…
