Virgil Zetterlind, cofounder of nautical-charts provider EarthNC, says iPads make smart replacements for traditional marine chart plotters because they are multipurpose, power efficient, simple to use, readable in direct sunlight and easily updatable.
We've been given reason to believe that the company will start by decoupling many of Android's standard applications and components from the platform's core and making them downloadable and updatable through the Market, much the same as they've already done with Maps.