So what you mean is that I can buy a Google Nexus 7 and the GPS aviation software will work without having to make monthly payments to a cell phone carrier?
Going slightly off topic, what other features will also work without a phone service and can you add one later? I'd like to buy a tablet without signing up with Verizon, t mobile, etc., but I'm afraid I may want some feature eventually that requires a phone contract, and then it'll be too late to get one because I didn't do it when I bought the tablet. Mike Taglieri On Mar 11, 2014 12:22 AM, "Tony King" <tking58 at gmail.com> wrote: > > Watch out for iPads too. The WiFi only models don't have a GPS chipset - > only the cellular models support GPS. The GPS will work without a SIM > card, so the tablet doesn't have to be on a carrier plan, but the GPS > chipset has to be there. > > Cheers, > > Tony > > On 11 March 2014 14:16, Michael Lineback <miclineback at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Location Services is just Cell tower location it is not GPS. If you want > > GPS on a tablet you have to find one with an internal GPS receiver or get > > an external GPS receiver that connects bluetooth with your tablet. Ipad > > and some Android tablets have aGPS or assisted GPS which means that they > > have an internal antenna for GPS but use cell tower information to get a > > first fix so they don't spend so much time getting a fix from a good > > signal. > > > > Everything I can find on the tablet you mention says NOTHING about an > > internal GPS antenna. If you relay want GPS in the tablet then go for > > the Google Nexus, Ipad, Lenovo Yoga or something similar. Those > > specifically mention GPS Antenna. Beyond that if you really want to keep > > the tablet you have then you will have to get an external antenna with > > Bluetooth to connect to the tablet you have. > > > > HTH, > > > > Michael > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Doran Jaffas <kr2owner at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi everybody, I'm giving this one last ditch effort for some helpI'm > > going > > > to take these tablets back and say the..... With it. > > > I have a Google premier 8 inch tablet. I can use Google Maps with > > this > > > tablet but when I attempt to use the Avare Aviation moving map it comes > > up > > > no GPS signal. I also tried installing a difference aviation program and > > > got the same thing. My location services are on and as I said the Google > > > Maps works. Does anybody know if the tablet needs an external GPS > > receiver > > > device plugged into it? > > > I assumed from the discussions I read on this website it was going > > to > > > act just like it does on my phone on which the site works great. But I > > have > > > literally spent hours trying to figure this out the last few days and > > > really need some advice or the heck with it and I'll just wait to come up > > > with the money to buy Aviation GPS seems like such a shame because of > > work > > > so well on my phone but I need a bigger screen so I purchased the tablets > > > and I can't get it to work out now. Like most people out there I do not > > > like throwing money away. Thank you for the rant is anybody has any > > really > > > buy some this I would really appreciate it! > > > Doran > > > N186RC > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > > > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to > > change > > > options > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > > options > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options
