IPAD GPS or NOT?

[jebbe]

Because its a new term, that may have been completely explained to you but never explained to common man or woman.

So whenever you don't understand something, you post an outraged diatribe on a online forum instead of doing a little research to educate yourself? Welcome to MacRumors, you'll fit right in!

 

[shpet]

According to Apple's Site...

@TheMacBookPro: Where on Apple's site does it say Triangulation Only?

Looking at the Tech Specs on Apple's website, it states clear as day:

Location
Wi-Fi
Digital compass
Assisted GPS (Wi-Fi + 3G model)
Cellular (Wi-Fi + 3G model)

Is there a reason people are doubting the tech specs posted on Apple's website?

 

[PDelahanty]

I'm really curious how handy the iPad will be when I'm out in the middle of nowhere trying to find a geocache.

 

[avaloncourt]

I'm really curious how handy the iPad will be when I'm out in the middle of nowhere trying to find a geocache.

I've had mixed results with the iPhone app. If there's a little tree cover the accuracy suffers significantly. Keep in mind that "out in the middle of nowhere" you may not have 3G service and you won't be able to load the Google Map. You'd just have a pointer.

 

[lPHONE]

You really need to learn how to use Google. The iPhone 3G chip and antenna connector as posted on ZDNet:

The 3G and 3GS side-by-side showing the GPS chip placement slightly different between the two:

Is that good enough for you? Yes, there's a real chip. There's pictures.

Hey, what's the connector at the bottom of the logic board? (connector #7) Is that for 3G or WiFi?

 

[chown33]

Hey, what's the connector at the bottom of the logic board? (connector #7) Is that for 3G or WiFi?

Neither. It's the injection port for the magic smoke:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_smoke

 

[kdarling]

Hey, what's the connector at the bottom of the logic board? (connector #7) Is that for 3G or WiFi?

I must be blind, because I don't see anything marked 7. If you meant the connector at the lower left (?), that's for the dock and microphone. See Step 18 here.

Glad you bumped this thread though....

Why does nobody ever understand what assisted GPS is?

Assisted GPS= a real GPS chip+tower/WiFi triangulation to speed up the process.

This is incorrect. A-GPS does NOT mean using cell id or WiFi hotspots. That would be called a hybrid positioning system, not A-GPS.

A-GPS in this case means quickly getting satellite info from an Assistance server on the internet, instead of slowly downloading it from the satellties.

As for using Skyhook for WiFi positioning, that's supposedly no longer true since OS 3.2, when Apple started using their own database.

 

[TheMacBookPro]

@TheMacBookPro: Where on Apple's site does it say Triangulation Only?

Looking at the Tech Specs on Apple's website, it states clear as day:

Location
Wi-Fi
Digital compass
Assisted GPS (Wi-Fi + 3G model)
Cellular (Wi-Fi + 3G model)

Is there a reason people are doubting the tech specs posted on Apple's website?

iPad Wi-Fi is known as 'iPad Wi-Fi'. iPad 3G is known as 'iPad Wi-Fi + 3G'. Two completely different devices. iPad 3G has GPS. iPad Wi-Fi does not.

By your theory the Wi-Fi model also has cellular. Which it obviously does not.

*snip*
This is incorrect. A-GPS does NOT mean using cell id or WiFi hotspots. That would be called a hybrid positioning system, not A-GPS.

A-GPS in this case means quickly getting satellite info from an Assistance server on the internet, instead of slowly downloading it from the satellties.
*snip*.

My (main) point still stands: aGPS=real GPS chip + assistance.

Details were wrong, yeah. I learn something new everyday

Thread revival FTW.