does the iPad1 have a hard drive?

[AQ_OC]

Because the gps runs with the 3G. I was just saying I have never heard it called the gps model.

Oh, it doesn't need to.....if you have downloaded map on your iPad, you don't need 3G. I have not heard anyone else say gps model, either. But I wondered if the gps model might have a compass, which might have a magnet of some type inside.

 

[AQ_OC]

People call it the 3G, not GPS. Also, the GPS system runs on part of the 3G circuit- No 3G, no circuit = no GPS.

Gray, you bring your iPad into the shower? Won't it get wet? Mine doesn't, since its protected by a full-on case. I use it to play music, mostly. Do you wrap it in cling wrap? XD

- Sent from my BRAND-NEW iPad 2!

Maybe that's true on iPads but its not true in general. One doesn't imply the other.

 

[KaiHD]

Oh, it doesn't need to.....if you have downloaded map on your iPad, you don't need 3G. I have not heard anyone else say gps model, either. But I wondered if the gps model might have a compass, which might have a magnet of some type inside.

You still need 3G even if you have Maps. Mapping via Wi-Fi seems redundant since you can only get location if there are Wi-Fi APs around...

- Sent from my BRAND-NEW iPad 2!

 

[AQ_OC]

You still need 3G even if you have Maps. Mapping via Wi-Fi seems redundant since you can only get location if there are Wi-Fi APs around...

- Sent from my BRAND-NEW iPad 2!

That's only if you depend on software to download maps to the device. Something like Navigon let's you download all the maps to the device, so all you need for navigation is a gps signal. Gps does not require cellular to work.

 

[KaiHD]

That's only if you depend on software to download maps to the device. Something like Navigon let's you download all the maps to the device, so all you need for navigation is a gps signal. Gps does not require cellular to work.

Yes, but GPS DOES require a global positioning system chip to receive signals. Possibly a SiRfStar V, or VI chip- which is available in the 3G iPads only. Without the chip, you cannot connect to the satellite, making your maps useless. The GPS chips in iPads share part of the same circuitry with the 3G radio. Hence no 3G = no GPS.

- Sent from my BRAND-NEW iPad 2!

 

[AQ_OC]

Yes, but GPS DOES require a global positioning system chip to receive signals. Possibly a SiRfStar V, or VI chip- which is available in the 3G iPads only. Without the chip, you cannot connect to the satellite, making your maps useless. The GPS chips in iPads share part of the same circuitry with the 3G radio. Hence no 3G = no GPS.

- Sent from my BRAND-NEW iPad 2!

I acknowledged that possibility up thread. Again, apple should have put a gps chip in the wifi iPads.

 

[col.bris]

Back on subject please

 

[Icarus73]

And maybe this will be also off topic but is there a possibility to pair up iPad 1 with a bluetooth gps device?

 

[graywolf]

And maybe this will be also off topic but is there a possibility to pair up iPad 1 with a bluetooth gps device?

Off topic.

 

[giradman]

And maybe this will be also off topic but is there a possibility to pair up iPad 1 with a bluetooth gps device?

Agree!

First for new posters, do a search first of the question that is of interest to you and if an appropriate thread is found, then go ahead and post.

If not, then you need to really start a new thread - it is unlikely that more experienced posters who may be able to answer your question above will be reading deep into an unrelated thread or will just not respond for the reasons already stated.

Just trying to be helpful -

 

[FruitJuice]

Still curious to know why mess around with a magnet, what exactly are you trying to do?

 

[55julie55]

Just 3 ziplock bags. Works great.

Can you not do without your ipad for the time it takes to have a shower?
Or are you into other water sports?

 

[graywolf]

this is off topic.
It was just an experiment.