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Originally Posted by spareparts

I'm wondering whats going to happen with depth finders and GPS' You figure most of them have gone up a bunch lately, an I pad or similar device will give you a bigger and better screen, plus more capabilities for less money(expect for the depth finder parts, at least not yet). Lap tops already have the ability to run gps, depth, radar, google earth maps, weather fax, stream data, camera inputs and just about anything else you want. Once they start making them all solid state or rugged like the panasonic tough book, you won't need to spend big bucks on a GPS that will be outdated in just a few years

Guys on the The Hull Truth forum are using tablets with interface software for depth,radar,plotter and engine monitoring capabilities. With The cheap tablets there using vaucum bags to protect the tablet. They figure they can buy the tablet for 300 to 500 dollars and 80 dollars worth of software and have a 3000 dollar set up. There are some cool threads on that forum about using pc's and tablets.