Hi Lynne, If you bought a 4G+Wi-Fi iPad third generation, then it has built-in GPS and compass, etc. This is true whether or not you ever activate a data plan. If you bought a Wi-Fi only iPad, then you don't have GPS. And I've discovered that the Sendero LookAround app will work with this iPad, even though it did not with the first generation iPad. (The web page claims that the app won't work with any iPod Touch, and that it is not "iPad optimized".)
Incidentally, I believe that the support of iOS 6 on the iPhone 3GS and not on the first generation iPad probably has to do with the expanded plans for interactive textbook use on the iPad. This is only a guess, but the processor on the first generation iPad is probably not up to handling extensive interaction with large format graphics. This could be the difference between why the iPhone 3GS might still be supported, but perhaps at a reduced level, but the first generation iPad not under iOS 6. I'm not sure that all these interactive textbook functions can be supported on the smaller screens. The main reason for the push in using the iPad in classrooms and for teaching is that it is capable of this kind of flexible use. While I may not be a medical student who has to study anatomical diagrams in their textbooks, I can understand why textbook publishers are going to embrace the iPad platform. If the iPad can accommodate all your textbook requirements, and the iPhone is better suited to pure text content, which are you going to develop for? It's simpler to provide the texts with accessible image descriptions on the iPad than to only release a fraction of your books for the iPhone. Again, just my thoughts and speculation. YMMV. Cheers, Esther On Jun 20, 2012, at 7:40 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello everybody > > Does anybody happen to know whether the iPad third generation has GPS? I > would doubt it, and could well understand the reasons why it wouldn't. Just > thought I'd ask. > > Lynne > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
