On 10-02-03 3:59 , user wrote:
Sam Wormley wrote:

The iPad is a different story. Its primary function is not a phone. I
could see myself purchasing an iPad, especially at $500-600. I’d use it
not only as a digital notebook, but also as a mobile GIS device.



no gps, no usb, what a waste !

I bought the Marco Polo DVD, to play with navit and other navigation
software, but it will work better with netbook than with this tablet ...

The 3G version has cell-assisted GPS. I would bet that via the USB
adaptor (idiots didn't put a couple USB ports on the edge, sheesh) one
will be able to add a "real" GPS and that there will be Apps to take
advantage of such.

That would be cool. But still not enough for me to get one.

Sam mentions the iPad as a GIS device and that has merit and a wide
range of areas - again, too bad that an adaptor is required for the USB.

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