Comments on: Which Model to Buy? iPad 2′s Assisted GPS Demystified

By: Wade

Wade — Sun, 15 May 2011 01:34:08 +0000

I’m not so sure about this one providing parity with the same scenario + sim card/3G data. Was the Wi-Fi data connection disabled when you tried it?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:26:46 +0000

Number one thing to do when a device gets stolen is CHANGE ALL OF YOUR PASSWORDS.
The second thing to do is go buy a new device…you’ll never get the old one back.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:04:27 +0000

What you did with the iPad 3g without a data plan or a sim-card inserted is still not perfect. To really know if the GPS works precisely without a data plan, you have to move somewhere were there is no cell phone net cause the iPad even communicates with the cell phone net when there is no sim card inserted. That’s why you can make emergency calls even w/o a sim card. I want to sail across the Atlantic ocean and still don’t know if the iPad can get precise positions w/o the cell towers.

By: JohnO

JohnO — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:29:17 +0000

I intend to get an Ipad 2 for use in aviation using software such as Foreflight HD. If I do not intend to activate a carrier, does GPS performance (including A-GPS) differ between the Verizon 3G units and the AT&T 3G units? One area of question is flying out in the desert southwest where there tends to be better Verizon coverage than AT&T coverage. Would that imply that a Verizon iPad 2 (even unsubscribed) might have better A-GPS than the AT&T iPad 2? Or does the non-subscribed GPS work the same in either the Verizon or AT&T units?

Thanks

John

By: Craig Danuloff

Craig Danuloff — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:12:28 +0000

If an iphone is acting as a hotspot for a wifi-only iPad, any chance that the iphone GPS sends the location to the iPad? Hopefully….

By: elmsley

elmsley — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:05:40 +0000

Any users in Canada using this technology? Don’t know how great Apple’s database outside the US..

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:47:32 +0000

Never mind, I see that it’s also on that link that you sent! Thanks again!

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:05:33 +0000

I just found out it was an Ipod not an Ipad, seems to me if that person is using it to get on her facebook page than there should be a way to track it as well. Any info on that? And thanks again!

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:23:00 +0000

Thanks Chuck, I’m not sure if that’s the case, but I’ll ask and pass this info on to her.

By: pgattocpa

pgattocpa — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:54:32 +0000

Why wouldn’t you just call an Apple store to find out?