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does an Ipad have an internal GPS? 
In Response To: Forgot about AIS... With an iPhone / iPad ()
If not, then it's not completely wireless. And, of course, like a laptop or netbook it has to be charged and that requires wires
(if not to the device then to the device's battery). I have never really been able to grasp the appeal that Apple has for some....
Jerry
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- Has anyone considered using a netbook and a bluetooth GPS as a chart plotter?
- Search around on SSCA discussion board there are a lot of posts about that.
- I was thinking that too, Todd
- Have used one ...
- some possibilities
- link
- In answer to the responses...
- if you want to watch movies
- I found Netflix streaming works OK with a broadband cell connection.
- I will just buy a USB DVD player...
- if you want to watch movies
- link
- That's exactly what I use as a primary CP (for years)
- A couple of other ideas.
- Allow me to add the good ol' iPhone and iPad
- Forgot about AIS... With an iPhone / iPad
- does an Ipad have an internal GPS?
- The 3G ones do.
- Apple appeal
- Must be some reason Apple is worth more than Microsoft these days...
- Apple products
- I guess you are not an Apples fan...
- Don't forget that password Ronald
- HP Slate has sold 9000 units...
- wrong comparison
- Yeah, that's a problem.
- HP Slate has sold 9000 units...
- did you read the article
- Don't forget that password Ronald
- What? Nickle and Dime ya!
- that is just so 1990s
- You get what you pay for...
- old wives tale
- Just curious, Jerry - have you ever actually USED a Mac or Apple product..?
- Oh, and in regards to Apple's success being dependent on "marketing"...
- old wives tale
- You get what you pay for...
- that is just so 1990s
- Not quite Jerry.
- a few points
- A few more points
- allow me to give you the clearest examples I can.
- In your example
- But that entire computer is built from the same hardware as any other PC...
- One more time.
- Enough already,,, Apple is #1 in customer satisfaction and support
- But that entire computer is built from the same hardware as any other PC...
- In your example
- allow me to give you the clearest examples I can.
- A few more points
- a few points
- I guess you are not an Apples fan...
- I think the REAL question is....
- Must be some reason Apple is worth more than Microsoft these days...
- The 3G ones do.
- AIS for Ipad
- Ship Finder app only picks up Class B in most areas
- does an Ipad have an internal GPS?
- Forgot about AIS... With an iPhone / iPad
- Allow me to add the good ol' iPhone and iPad
- We have been using a PC with GPS
- Todd -- one more thing about the netbooks, is they use much less power than a laptop
- I run a Lenovo S10-2 Netbook with a USB GPS.
- Look what you started Todd
- Search around on SSCA discussion board there are a lot of posts about that.
