If you were agonising between buying a Wi-Fi or 3G iPad 2 because of GPS, this might make the decision easier: it gains the same GPS functionality when tethered to an iPhone. [TabletMonsters via Daring Fireball]
If you were agonising between buying a Wi-Fi or 3G iPad 2 because of GPS, this might make the decision easier: it gains the same GPS functionality when tethered to an iPhone. [TabletMonsters via Daring Fireball]
Nads
Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 9:25 AMAh well now it’s wifi for sure.I was worried about that.
Tom
Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 9:26 AMWhile I haven’t gone for a drive with it, it appears that it works on the first gen iPad as well. :)
Kate C
Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 10:24 AMSitting on a tram using my new iPad 2 tethered to my iPhone 4. Gadget love.
Damo
Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 10:52 AMOnce a minute update – so it wouldn’t work all that well with a navigator app?
Simon Allen
Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 4:35 PMI’ve just confirmed this works. I have an iPad 1 and an iPhone 4. The last time I opened maps, it was focused on my home town.
I’ve just driven 300km from home, tethered the iPad to the iPhone, opened maps, and it updated to my location accurately. There are no other Wifi access points visible to the iPad.
Rob J
Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 11:47 AMI wonder if this works with any GPS enabled phone hotspot or if it’s a special connection between the Apple devices. I’ll try it tonight on my iPad/Android Phone combo and see what happens.
I am assuming it won’t work, but here’s hoping.