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Navigation Mac tutorials #1- Prendre la météo par téléphone satellite

The first tutorial Navigation Mac appeared on the iBook Store in French : «Take the weather satellite phone – MacBook – iPad – iPhone ». Download from an iPad with iBooks app or from a PC / Mac with iTunes. Playback with iPad only (*).
Available on French language iBook Stores at price 8,49 €.
How to query GRIB weather files from a Mac, a [...]

ADS-B transponders on future satellites Iridium NEXT

I mentioned in two previous posts, one hand, the ADS-B equivalent AIS for Aeronautics, other future satellite communications with the next Iridium NEXT constellation. Imagine that the site tells us NewScientist, in a recent article dated 14 December, Iridium NEXT satellites that will load transmission devices ADS-B. Let me give you the following translation freely adapted.
Both communication technologies associated [...]

Send free SMS to a satellite phone from an iPhone

Spanish society PrepaidSatphone had the great idea to develop the application Satway available on iTunes AppStore in July, with a French version.
Satway allows, from iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, send SMS to a satellite phone number of networks Iridium, Inmarsat (IsatPhone) or Thuraya. These SMS are free for the transmitter, and free at the reception for the recipient.

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IsatPhone Pro versus Iridium (continue)

As promised in my post on 15 July, here are the results of the comparative test conducted aboard "Prince d'Oc" for our trip from Port Leucate to Dubrovnik.
Thanks to the loan of a full IsatPhone Pro, with cradle and external antenna (a big thank you to @ PYG voilier_xhosa, who sent me all this from Belgium), and the presence of a similar facility Iridium on board Olivier's boat : Iridium [...]

Iridium NEXT the future

The use of Iridium takes a growing place among offshore sailors. Safety at sea to join his family at all times, or be able to contact a medical emergency, arguments are often raised by purchasers. More, satellite phone offers data services to send and receive text messages and emails, and especially to query GRIB weather files. Unfortunately, [...]

IsatPhone Pro versus Iridium, choose which ?

I just read, in the latest issue of Sails and Sailing dated May 2012, a comparative Inmarsat Iridium-which leaves me dissatisfied. Quite interesting on the form, it has many approximations on the bottom, and does not allow the reader to form an opinion on elements of accurate and quantitative comparison. On the other hand, no offense to Francis Xavier Ricardou, software solutions have been around for Mac [...]

Send Tweets via SMS from your Iridium

MailaSail informs us : you can now update your Tweets directly from your Iridium phone (*). Start by sending an SMS from your Iridium with words START or SIGNUP to short code 40404…

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Iridium AxcessPoint : GRIB weather files on iPhone and iPad in open sea

Announced on this blog in September (¹), the housing AxcessPoint company Iridium can now make requests and receive files from a GRIB weather iPad or an iPhone on the high seas, into the wild, anywhere on the world.
Having implemented and tested this solution on a long journey, I can say that it is fully operational.

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Navigation with iPad : a complete solution

Avec Weather4D PRO et AxcessPoint, associated with an Iridium satellite phone, we now have a complete solution, reliable and low cost to receive, display and manage GRIB files in open seas with iPad.
iNavX and Navionics cartography also provide a complete navigation solution, supporting files transfers with Weather4D PRO : GRIB, routes, tracks, that allows simultaneous display in both applications.
These solutions, [...]

Iridium - iPad connection – is coming out !

I dont like to advertise products or features before they are available, but in this case the subject can guide choices or postponements of purchase among potential users.
Iridium announced on last 7 Last September the creation of a free service called Iridium AxcessPoint Mail & Web will be available before the end of the year 2011. This will be a mail and web compression service, hosted by Iridium, [...]