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Perhaps the iPhone already has GPS? IIRC, don't all cell phones manufactured recently (like within the past few years or so) are required to have "E911" technology to assist 911 dispatchers in locating you when you call for help? The E911 chip in these phones use some sort of GPS or positioning technology to do the locating, if memory serves.

to Allen
ModBook's Sensitive is 256 pressure levels vs Wacom Cintiq 1024 pressure levels! I worry about it and about virtual keyboard- it's sucks. And the Axiotron Pen looks terrible - can I use any Wacom pen -how you think?
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GPS is just "one more thing" to suck batteries from this phone. They can only have so many radios and still have an hour or two of battery.

A bit off subject here, but why doesn't the iPhone have built in GPS? Google maps is great, but with GPS it could be a lot more powerful. Steve's keynote today pointing out landmarks was pretty useless. With a lot of new phones offering GPS directions I'm surprised and disappointed Apple has left it out.

Ah, there's the mention :)
Thoughtspitter's hit the nail. I'm a designer and illustrator. I've owned a Wacom Cintiq and was in love with the ability to draw directly onto the screen, but the lack of real portability eventually killed it for me. My whole workflow is PowerBook based these days and I'm addicted to the mobility of it. A real, working Mac Tablet solution would be a godsend for me - even superior to the PowerBook/drawing tablet combination I have now because of the ease of use and form factor. And not having to deal with Windows in a tabletPC...

to everyone who things that the iphone is the mac tablet is missing the point. Most people who want the mac tablet are like me, either a graphic artist or illustrator who would utilize the tablet as a digital pad. It is far easier to draw on a tablet computer than it is to draw using a tablet separate from the monitor. The iphone is more like a pda then a true mac tablet. I think the iphone is great for what it is, but not for the use I and others like me would like an apple tablet for.

Not all pilots use GPS's. Not all planes have inbuilt GPS's. In fact, most planes have pilots who have handheld ones.

Oh, the GPS feature is also something that just makes you think hey, it has GPS! The other one doesn't! Get it! Even though you know you're never going to use it in your life.

People like having special things.

okay, I could see pilots wanting GPS (of course, shouldn't that be in the plane already?) but what is this obsession with GPS? If you're in a city, how is that different than walking to a street corner - if you're out in the woods, can you get cell phone reception to tell people you're in grid 41? I understand it for those driving direction things but why are a certain number of people insistent on it for a cell phone?

i totally agree with Allan, the iPhone /IS/ the iTablet

The iPhone *is* the new Apple Tablet Mac. It's running OS X, flat, and needs no stylus.

I don't see docs using this anytime soon - too expensive, not hi enough resolution - but it could be a great general-purpose tablet in some form someday.