Newsletter #23
Newsletter #23 - October 20, 2009
ActiveCaptain Takes a Fresh Look at the iPhone
In This Issue:
- ActiveCaptain Takes a Fresh Look at the iPhone
- Where's ActiveCaptain?
ActiveCaptain Takes a Fresh Look at the iPhone
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It's hard to believe the Apple iPhone has been around for more than 2 years. If you've read our Mobile Phone series, you know we had serious concerns with the original iPhone especially as a mobile phone for your boat. Well, we've been using our iPhone 3GS extensively on our current cruise and are pleased to report that some of the more objectionable shortcomings have been eliminated. When it comes to boating, "there's an app for that" on the iPhone now.
We've been working on updating all of the mobile phone series articles and with many days of rain last week, we were able to finally complete our revisions. Some articles have changed very little while some have been extensively rewritten such as the iPhone article. If you haven't looked at the award winning series, we urge you to do so. The series can be found here:
http://www.activecaptain.com/articles/mobilePhones/intro.php
If you have read the series, you may want to take another look at the articles which have been extensively revised for the iPhone:
Navigating With Your Mobile Phone:
http://www.activecaptain.com/articles/mobilePhones/navigating.php
Onboard a Boat With Apple's iPhone:
http://www.activecaptain.com/articles/mobilePhones/iPhone.php
Where's ActiveCaptain Now?
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Wondering where we are right now? We've been very pleased with the performance of our SPOT Satellite Personal Tracker device on aCappella. You can see our current position and most recent track at: http://tinyurl.com/ActiveCaptainSPOT
We've had a good time exploring the Chesapeake Bay, especially the Wye River, Crisfield, and Virginia areas which we have missed on previous cruises. We hope to begin our travels out of the bay this week heading to Brunswick, GA. Check out our location on SPOT and give us a holler if you're nearby. One of the best parts of this cruise has been meeting so many ActiveCaptain users. And if you want to know how Dyna and Dylan are enjoying their Chesapeake adventure, check out our blog:
http://takingpaws.blogspot.com
We hope to meet you on the water!
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Karen and Jeffrey Siegel
aCappella
Castine, Maine
www.activecaptain.com
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Newsletter Archive
| 2010-07-21 | #35 - My Card, messaging, and more... |
| 2010-06-29 | #34 - New ActiveCaptain award... |
| 2010-06-02 | #33 - MaxSea Time Zero v1.9 Released |
| 2010-05-18 | #32 - ActiveCaptain loves the iPhone/iPad |
| 2010-04-27 | #31 - Coastal Explorer Now Available |
| 2010-04-14 | #30 - ActiveCaptain Loves Coastal Explorer |
| 2010-03-16 | #29 - ActiveCaptain Co-Ops - This is big... |
| 2010-02-23 | #28 - ActiveCaptain "X" is now live |
| 2010-02-15 | #27 - ActiveCaptain Loves MaxSea/Furuno |
| 2010-01-19 | #26 - ActiveCaptain 2010 |
| 2009-12-10 | #25 - ActiveCaptain X goes beta |
| 2009-11-17 | #24 - Quick Lists |
| 2009-10-20 | #23 - A fresh look at the iPhone |
| 2009-09-22 | #22 - Are we the wave of the future? |
| 2009-08-19 | #21 - ActiveCaptain Sets Sail |
| 2009-07-21 | #20 - Rescue Tape for 150 Points |
| 2009-07-14 | #19 - ActiveCaptain Rocks! |
| 2009-07-01 | #18 - ActiveCaptain Gets a Facelift |
| 2009-06-02 | #17 - Another ActiveCaptain award! |
| 2009-05-19 | #16 - Hats off to you! |
| 2009-05-06 | #15 - Twitter, New PodCast, and more |
| 2009-03-17 | #14 - Using phones in the Bahamas |
| 2009-03-03 | #13 - The best fuel prices |
| 2009-01-28 | #12 - SAIL innovation award |
| 2009-01-05 | #11 - Power accessories article |
| 2008-12-02 | #10 - Bluetooth headsets article |
| 2008-10-28 | #9 - The next wave |
| 2008-09-13 | #8 - ActiveCaptain Mobile news |
| 2008-06-15 | #7 - Mad Mariner |
| 2008-03-12 | #6 - ActiveCaptain Mobile |
| 2008-01-21 | #5 - Inlets |
| 2007-09-19 | #4 - Boat ramps |
| 2007-07-09 | #3 - Local knowledge released |
| 2007-04-14 | #2 - Global support |
| 2007-02-11 | #1 - Anchorages released |
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