Originally Posted by Tinman

Looks like you can get an external bluetooth reciever for around US $40 and on up. That is less than the price difference between WiFi and 3G iPads. I was going to exchange my WiFi iPad for a 3G--and it was only for the GPS. I use MyWi to feed the internet to my iPad when out of WiFi range.Michael

Thanks again. I think I will wait for iOS 4.2 + JB. I have had a BT GPS for years although they are quite cheap these days anyway. In the meantime I will look for the best GPS/mapping app. I use OziExplorer on my WM phone but it doesn't have an iPhone/iPad version that I know of.

Originally Posted by RAC

Thanks again. I think I will wait for iOS 4.2 + JB. I have had a BT GPS for years although they are quite cheap these days anyway. In the meantime I will look for the best GPS/mapping app. I use OziExplorer on my WM phone but it doesn't have an iPhone/iPad version that I know of.

I have tested many of the app store GPS apps and to me Navigon was the best. Alas it is not cheap, but it does go on sale regularly--at least the US version had.

And the Austrian version is only 402 MB in size:
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/navig...322416630?mt=8


That is not bad considering the one I have for USA and Canada is 1.6 GB. I only run it on my iPhone now and since it is jailbroken I have deleted any unneeded maps to cut that down to 400MB (just keep California, Arizona, and Nevada loaded all the time). If I am going to an area that I don't have a map loaded for, I copy it over till I return.

I tried to get by with a few on-the-fly data download GPS apps but a few times I lost cell coverage and it was not fun.



Michael

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Originally Posted by RAC

And the Austrian version is only 402 MB in size:
NAVIGON MobileNavigator Australia for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad on the iTunes App Store

I tried to get by with a few on-the-fly data download GPS apps but a few times I lost cell coverage and it was not fun.

Michael

Navigon looks good and while expensive for an iDevice app, quite reasonably priced. I notice that the maps are from Navteq, the same as Destinator on my WM phone.

OziExplorer does have an iDevice app planned. It is purely GPS mapping, useful for boating, hiking etc.

One question, if you know the answer, does Navigon make full use of the iPad screen?

Originally Posted by RAC

Navigon looks good and while expensive for an iDevice app, quite reasonably priced. I notice that the maps are from Navteq, the same as Destinator on my WM phone.

OziExplorer does have an iDevice app planned. It is purely GPS mapping, useful for boating, hiking etc.

One question, if you know the answer, does Navigon make full use of the iPad screen?

Alas, no... not natively.

But another jailbreak app, FullForce, allows iPhone apps to run at high resolution on the iPad. Some apps work, some don't--Navigon does (you have to tell FullForce which apps to run at high resolution). Since you have to be jailbroken to do Navigon anyway FullForce is a no-brainer.



Michael

Originally Posted by matt_90036

Wifi only ipad still has a-gps function. That means the hardware is there.

No it is not. The Broadcom A-GPS hardware is on the cellular communications board. This circuit is NOT in the WiFi only iPad.

There is no way to get non-IP based GPS from the WiFi iPad without Jailbreaking and external hardware.