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iTablet? Apple iPad - GPS?
Boyd
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... or iSlate or whatever. Tim, what is the buzz from CES about this long rumored Apple product? I know there's nothing official but people must be talking about it. People seem to expect it later this month. It seems to me that this could be a killer GPS platform if the existing iPhone software were just ported to it. The big screen would be a huge improvement over the iPhone, and 3g data from Verizon would certainly whip the Nuvi 1690's EDGE connection.
Price will be an issue of course. But I've read there are a lot of Windows 7 tablets at CES this year also. We already have Garmin MobilePC which would give you sort of a Nuvi on steroids with one of these. Seems that tablet computers will start to threaten the high end dedicated PND's at some point.
Price will be an issue of course. But I've read there are a lot of Windows 7 tablets at CES this year also. We already have Garmin MobilePC which would give you sort of a Nuvi on steroids with one of these. Seems that tablet computers will start to threaten the high end dedicated PND's at some point.
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Someone somewhere will come up with the smart idea of a cheap mid that works through bluetooth on a flip phone so I can have a small phone most of the time and a nice mid when I want it connected.
Tim, did you see any interesting Windows tablets with integrated gps?
In a faux pas, an executive at telecom firm France Telecom/Orange confirmed that Apple is launching a tablet and the end of January.
The executive, Stephane Richard, is the No. 2 executive at the telecommunications firm. He told French journalist Jean-Pierre Elkabbach that the tablet will include a webcam and that Orange customers would be able to buy it. It’s a little hard to back pedal on this one, since it’s on video (in French).
The confirmation suggests that Apple is lining up a worldwide launch of the tablet, which means that it’s not just an experimental dipping of its toes in the water or something that will launch in the U.S. market only. Apple itself hasn’t commented on the existence of the tablet, which many see as a new generation of computers.
1) Yes, Le Point did report that.
2) Yes, Le Point suggested that as well.
3) Of course! Anybody can purchase one.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703405704575015362653644260.html
GPS and mapping isn't the focus of the article, but here's a tidbit that I hadn't seen before.
That's really too funny. Apple in bed with the devil. Google must really have them spooked.
photo from cnet.com
9.7" screen, accelerometer and compass built in....
http://deals.venturebeat.com/2009/07/13/look-for-pa-semis-chip-designs-in-upcoming-apple-tablet/
As Boy Genius said a couple weeks back, an iPhone on steroids.
... they're saving that for July! ... ??
So seems like no GPS apps on display today...
Typical Steve Jobs retalliation - listing the publishers: Penguin, Harper collins, simonShuster, MacMillan, hachette, "and more...".
I'm sure Steve buried McGrawHill in "more" since McGraw leaked the iPhone OS :)
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/att-supports-more-than-370-wireless-specialty-devices-82702272.html
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http://i.gizmodo.com/5458331/google-maps-on-the-ipad-+-video
So no real GPS chip but it does have a digital compass. Seem kind of odd.