GPS/3G Model Only?

[DiScO197]

Hi Folks,

I have seen the specs and can only assume that the 3G ipad2 only has A-GPS. How does the WIFI model do like google maps?

 

[COSWORTH]

Hi Folks,

I have seen the specs and can only assume that the 3G ipad2 only has A-GPS. How does the WIFI model do like google maps?

http://www.skyhookwireless.com/

 

[aristobrat]

Skyhook is a company that associates WiFi hotspots with their geolocation.

By looking at WiFi hotspots nearby, your WiFi-only iPad can get a general idea of where it's located.

If there aren't any mapped WiFi hotspots nearby, it's doesn't know where it's at.

 

[rnb2]

Also, if you tether to an iPhone, the iPad will get GPS information from it - tests seem to indicate that it updates every minute or so. It was frequent enough that a tethered iPad was able to properly place the car the owner was in on the road they were driving on. Other tests have shown a tethered iPad getting GPS information where there were no WiFi hotspots.

 

[DiScO197]

Also, if you tether to an iPhone, the iPad will get GPS information from it - tests seem to indicate that it updates every minute or so. It was frequent enough that a tethered iPad was able to properly place the car the owner was in on the road they were driving on. Other tests have shown a tethered iPad getting GPS information where there were no WiFi hotspots.

Ok cool, cheers guys. So if I tether with the iphone it will get GPS info? I have the ipad 1 'full fat' as people call it here but I never found myself using the 3G so much, but the a-gps is useful. Cheers.

 

[DiScO197]

I'm glad to see reasonable pricing here for the launch (UK). I may have to drop 32GB in favour of 3G and a-gps, what do you think?