Just using E71 as an example of what is possible
I agree that is doesn't have a full screen on the front but, it does have a QWERTY keyboard and I'm sure that has to take up a fair amount of space. I already have a Sprint Mogul and I use it as my only GPS unit in my car. As far as GPS reception goes I get a lock from cold start in about 18 to 25 seconds at most every single time and rarely lose satellite reception while driving and this GPSOne chip inside it is not setup for cell assist so it acts as a standalone GPS. I can put my phone into airplane mode and still get GPS coordinates. I use a car adapter so I don't use any juice from the battery and I would do the same with the iphone. The iphone currently not having a GPS was the one and only thing that kept me from purchasing it. Also, if there wasn't a third party app that could be purchased say from TomTom, Garmin or at least something better than Google maps, I wouldn't want it either. I would continue not to purchase it if they decided not to include either of these in this upcoming version. To each his own but, adding functionality can't be a bad thing. For those who don't need it just don't use it. I don't see how anyone could ever think a phone could do to much. I want complete convergence, I don't ever want to have to carry around multiple devices. To me if the next gen of iphone lives up to the rumors it will be a near perfect phone and I so hope they don't gimp it.
I agree that is doesn't have a full screen on the front but, it does have a QWERTY keyboard and I'm sure that has to take up a fair amount of space. I already have a Sprint Mogul and I use it as my only GPS unit in my car. As far as GPS reception goes I get a lock from cold start in about 18 to 25 seconds at most every single time and rarely lose satellite reception while driving and this GPSOne chip inside it is not setup for cell assist so it acts as a standalone GPS. I can put my phone into airplane mode and still get GPS coordinates. I use a car adapter so I don't use any juice from the battery and I would do the same with the iphone. The iphone currently not having a GPS was the one and only thing that kept me from purchasing it. Also, if there wasn't a third party app that could be purchased say from TomTom, Garmin or at least something better than Google maps, I wouldn't want it either. I would continue not to purchase it if they decided not to include either of these in this upcoming version. To each his own but, adding functionality can't be a bad thing. For those who don't need it just don't use it. I don't see how anyone could ever think a phone could do to much. I want complete convergence, I don't ever want to have to carry around multiple devices. To me if the next gen of iphone lives up to the rumors it will be a near perfect phone and I so hope they don't gimp it.
