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Location: Minnetonka | cbuf- love the idea. I currently have the Fishing Calendar app, which gives sun, moon, rise and set, plus moon overhead. It also has the option to geo tag, as well as enter your photos in a log with catch details. I think I paid 5 bucks for it. Things it doesn't have... barometric pressure and major/minor periods. Hope this helps with your development. |
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| I'd like to see an app that uses GPS to inform me what the fishing regulations are for anywhere I happen to be. Regulations change as you go along a river. It would be nice to know what they are. It should update regularly, in case you lose coverage. And it should show surrounding locations. I'd pay for an app like this and I'm sure other anglers would too. |
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Location: Madtown, WI | For anybody who owns an Iphone, a pretty cool app was just released called Pinpoint Lightning. It alerts you of any cloud-to-ground strikes within 30 miles of your current location. Could be a life saver if you're a guy that waits until the last moment!
I have to assume it will be launched for the droid shortly as well. |
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Location: MI | Boat ramps is another decent app.Cost like a buck or 2 though. |
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| Anybody try the navionics app that just came out? |
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Location: United States | not personally but I hear its WELL worth the ~$10.00 |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I have the Navionics North app on my iphone, love it. |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | I've got the Navionics App on my Iphone and I use it a ton. I used it a lot during last years ice fishing season, much easier than having to use a hand held gps or lug a unit around.
The other great thing is, say your talking to some buddies about an area on a lake and you want to know exact spots or something, all you have to do is pull the app up and there you are. I know numerous guys who have actually used the app on their Iphone to fish tournaments and just love having it. A lot of times I'm sitting around and an idea pops in my head about different spots and instead of going out to my boat or looking at a map, I pull the Navionics map, so convenient!
We'll be shooting some video of the mobile apps soon to show all the features and just how good they are! Well worth the $9.99 the app cost! |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | would that be the Navionics Marine US Central?
there is a commets stating "really cool app, however it does not come with regional lakes, they will be releasing another app for all the lakes .... until then i'll wait"
i can see this would be a great pre-fishing, exploring and scouting tool. looking forward to hearing more about it if anyone has experience ... Droid experience TJ
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Location: minocqua, wi. | if any of you are using your droid for multiple emails and have one that is coming out of a company mail-server, there is an app called touchdown $9.99 that is extremely reliable and able to run without errors. i found that directly tying the droid worked awhile, but came in and out of "fault" situations.
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | jonnysled - 6/15/2010 12:52 PM
would that be the Navionics Marine US Central?
there is a commets stating "really cool app, however it does not come with regional lakes, they will be releasing another app for all the lakes .... until then i'll wait"
i can see this would be a great pre-fishing, exploring and scouting tool. looking forward to hearing more about it if anyone has experience ... Droid experience TJ
Jon, not sure what your talking about? I'm holding a Droid right now and the Navionics US North is available for $9.99. It includes all the same lakes as the North chip you use in your Lowrance. |
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| What are some other apps available, I just picked up a Palm Pre Plus and really like it, Do you know if the navionics app will work with Web O S that the palm pre uses. |
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Location: United States | FYI -
The Navionics Map for MN/WI Lakes is the "US North" app.
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Location: minocqua, wi. | TJ ... i was quoting one of the feedback items on the app i just looked for. if you are saying they are all there then i think i'm gonna go for it.
and ... the rest goes better with the post that has since been removed ... lol |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | jonnysled - 6/15/2010 1:17 PM
TJ ... i was quoting one of the feedback items on the app i just looked for. if you are saying they are all there then i think i'm gonna go for it.
and ... the rest goes better with the post that has since been removed ... lol
Jon, yes, the North App will include all the lakes the North Chip you use in your Lowrance does. It's really worth the money, you'll love it for ice fishing especially! |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | TJ ... i was looking at the wrong ones ... marine vs. lakes ...
just bought it ... looks like a great product!!!
edit: ... make sure to go to "settings" and change your "time-out" before opening the app and starting the download. the delivery of data outlasts the screen shut-off. seems like mine max's out at 30 minutes before the auto-shut off and the loading time is saying close to an hour. not sure if i'll be able to keep the screen active to not lose the download.
now would be a good time to give a 14 year old a challenge and a couple bucks if he could do it.
edit: ... wow, this takes a long time to download the charts ... i sure hope i can keep the m($&%($&g screen from timing out!!!
Edited by jonnysled 6/15/2010 1:54 PM
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Location: Right behind you (tap, tap) BOOO | Does anyone has any experience using this on an android platform? Not the Steve Jobs is god errrrr I mean iPhone?
Andriod - Like the EVO, the incredible, the moto driod...
Edited by esox23 6/15/2010 1:38 PM
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Location: minocqua, wi. | esox23 = read
tj is holding a droid with it on
i'm downloading as we type ...
experience is happening right in-front of your very eyes through the wonder that is the outdoorsfirst media internet message board. where else could you be closer to the action??
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Location: Madtown, WI | WOW...just like world cup....without the horns....
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Location: minocqua, wi. | so-far i've endured one hour 28 minutes and counting worth of download time and it looks like it's locked up at 86.8% with 8 minutes to go. the 3G signal is quiet and i'm likely going to fail the download. so, maybe i need to take a week of vacation to get the stupid thing to work ... what a PITA |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Can you not connect to Wi-Fi like the iPhone? |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | i didn't do it before i started the process ... makes good sense. if i have to do a re-do i'll connect that way ...
edit ... after two hours of download time, make sure you are wi-fi connected before initializing the navionics map for downloading charts. i'll do it later and let you know.
3G might drive you to drink earlier in the day than you had planned.
edit ... now with the wi-fi hooked up the app is locked up. go to the "i agree" for reinstall and it comes to the same locked up screan.
ideas?????
Edited by jonnysled 6/15/2010 3:43 PM
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Location: minocqua, wi. | Loaded Navionics Lakes North on my Droid. WOW! |
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| Anyone try this with the eris? It's not on the list on the nav site. |
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Location: Oswego, IL | July 28th the new Motorola Droid X is coming out (you will see commercials in the next two weeks), cant wait, it will be the superphone of smartphones. Remember one of my post on here said not to get a smartphone wet?....yeah shortly after mine went in the washing machine, not like old phone where you can dry them off, sit in rice, or let them sit a day or so and it would work, not going to happen anymore, motorola wouldnt even take it back if I paid them to fix it. I would suggest getting the warrantee on any phone you get of this caliber, with Verizon its $7 a month and you can do anything to it and they replace it, even includes water damage, its well worth it seeing a new one was $550. I have the incredible now as a replacement, but will be sending back once I get my Droid X. Cant wait! As far as app's, they are not that hard to make yourself either, seeing that most people on this site have got to have some patience, lol. Also if you sell it right to verizon they will make it for you and you own some of the rights. Have fun |
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Location: Right behind you (tap, tap) BOOO | You wanna see the superphone, check out the dell streak coming to At&t in July, 5" screen on that bad mamba-jamba... I will be all over that when it's released. |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | As far as app's, they are not that hard to make yourself either, seeing that most people on this site have got to have some patience, lol. Also if you sell it right to verizon they will make it for you and you own some of the rights. Have fun
Not so hard to make....ok, so if anyone here finds developing Java on the Android platform "not so hard" from their prior experience, I'll get you a job doing just that for Sears Holdings, Online Division.
And no, I'm not kidding. |
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| A little unrelated Droid help please... I like to have the phone on vibrate. If it is on the Droid and you bump the volume button during any "live" activity, the phone moves from vibrate to the lowest possible sound setting, which is pretty close to silence and I miss calls for a few hours. Then the old lady yells at me for ignoring her calls (which I would never  do). Anybody have an idea for dealing with this?
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Location: minocqua, wi. | get a new old lady? or tell her to put hers on vibrate during those few hours so that when you re-connect she's got a smile on her face. |
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Location: Right behind you (tap, tap) BOOO | or tell the "old lady" it is a communication device and not a god #*^@ leash... |
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