It was a great tablet, with a screen that has nothing to envy to its big sister, autonomy for long days of navigation and fast power charging. The first iPad Mini in october 2012 had the same characteristics as the iPad 2. It was my favorite tablet, and my own for six years. With 2 GB RAM, a "racing machine" for its time, lighter and thinner than Pro models.
We can finally read it (nearly) in broad daylight. IPad Air 2 in October 2014 provided an improvement to the quality of the display with a ’ Multi-laminated screen technology thinner and antireflection treatment. The majority of applications today only work on iOS/iPadOS 10 and next. This means no more possible updates to iOS and the eventual obsolescence of applications that developers cannot keep backwards-compatible indefinitely. Initial iPad1, historical tablets some of which have traveled thousands of miles for several years, are no longer supported by Apple, just like iPad 2 to 4 and iPad Air. History : from iPad 1 to iPad Air 2 (2010-2015).There are now countless versions : 19 total models since 2010 in 10″, 5 in 13″, and 6 Mini 8″. Since 2016 devices benefit from a laminated screen antireflection multicoated which allows fairly correct daylight reading, especially with a sun visor added to the box. The screens Retina High resolution became widespread and provide excellent definition on raster charting and satellite imagery. I will take an iPad Mini on a 18-25 feet, but beyond the distance between the helmsman and the location of the iPad justify maybe a screen 10 inches screen for easier reading. The size and screen resolution : iPad (10-11 inches) or iPad Mini (± 8 inches), I would say that the choice depends mainly on the distance between mariner and screen.
Beware though : if you store your travel pics and videos, if you add music and movies, 256 GB or more will not be too much. But if you use raster charts, larger than the vector charting for equivalent area, therefore 128 GB are a minimum. For a strict navigation use, with applications using cartography vector, 64 Go could be enough to go around the world.
Storage memory : with 32 to 512 GB depending on the version and up 2 TB for the latest "Pro", the choice is wide.With a single Wi-Fi model, you must add, either GPS Bluetooth, either multiplexer to fetch NMEA data from the on-board GPS, which limits the use of the tablet. Model : I have mentioned it several times in my website ( ²) and several entries ( ³), model Wi-Fi + Cellular is imperative to be provided with GPS.There are several, which does not only depend on marine use, but also the home use of your tablet. These two latest models can still be protected in waterproof cases aiShell 10″5 and 11″. With the delivery of iPad Air 5 in March 2022, the chipset Apple Silicon M1 appears on a mid-range model in a housing similar to the previous version, with moreover 8 GB, the double, of RAM memory. The last iPad 9 " low cost" delivered in last september, on the other hand, has almost the same dimensions as iPad Air 3 and iPad 8, with the only difference of switching to A13 Bionic and M13 graphic. Each year it is advisable to review this question, and sometimes more often. Unfortunately having no time to respond to every request a post is required. So many of you are still wondering about choosing an iPad for navigation use.
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