Dell Mini 10 getting GPS option
Dell are launching a GPS option for the mini 10 netbooks. In the short term it will only be available in the US but depending on how it is received it is likely to be available globally at some point.
The Mini 10s will be fitted with an internal GPS card which will give turn by turn directions through CoPilot satnav software. Wi-fi locationing will be provided through Skyhook wireless wi-fi position solutions. The complete solution is known as Dell wireless 700 location solution.
What’s interesting about the news is not the added functionality for the Mini 10 but the reasons behind introducing GPS in a netbook. Questions are being asked about the practically of using a netbook as a GPS system. In a car it’s hard to envisage how a netbook could be mounted, or how it could be used otherwise. Walking down the street it’s equally hard to imagine carrying a netbook as a GPS device.
GPS within the Mini 10 is not meant to replace a dedicated GPS device but Dell believe that GPS will become pervasive and it’s a way for them to test the market with the netbook solution. The GPS capabilities will link in to websites and social networking sites that can take advantage of location information to provide customized services. It’s this aspect of GPS which will enable an enhanced level of mobile broadband taking advantage of location based services.
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