London Boat Show Success

London Boat Show Success - As the London Boat Show ends, PC Plotter has had record sales and considering the economic gloom, we are extremely pleased. "It was a difficult decision whether to go to the show this year when all the competitors had pulled out" said our Managing Director, "But we are extremely glad we did and the new version was extremely well received by both existing customers and all the new customers from the show". Most of the existing customers getting the upgrade for FREE.

Also on the stand were mini PC's, GPS units, Comar AIS units and touch screens (from 7" to 15") sold by Technology afloat . These also sold extremely well. Some items sold individually but also complete software and hardware solutions using these PC Plotter compatible components.

Version 5 revolutionises PC Plotter

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The new version of PC Plotter hits the streets with a whole new look and an improved ease of use. This update revolutionises the use of plotters by using the new ribbon interface (which will be used extensively in Windows 7) rather the traditional menu schemes. This means there are fewer clicks to use most of the plotter funtions. The ribbons have additional data enclosed within them. For Example, the "tides" ribbon includes the current date and time of the tide arrows shown on the chart and has options to advance an hour or go back an hour at a time. The "panes" (use to be called the information panel) on the right hand side of the display can now be moved, docked, hidden (and slide out when the cursor is positioned over them), pinned, tabbed and generally put anywhere on the chart display according to the users requirements. There is also a customisable toolbar on the top left that can be filled with commonly used functions although operations like zoom in, zoom out, man over board can be found on a new permanently displayed toolbar located at the top right of the display.
There are many other new features and enhancements including better support for touch screens and also for UMPC's (Ultra Mobile PC's) like the Wibrain I1 and the WiBrain B1 which can be used with an Aquapack waterproof sleeve on deck