Snow Leopard to include location and multi-touch SDK tools?

I just don't see a GPS receiver in MacBooks/Pros. Without a relatively large aerial it's not going to get a fix indoors (if at all).

Location services in Snow Leopard is a great idea and having got so used to them on iPod touch it feels like a real omission in Leopard.

These featurs are already present in the iPhone version of the operating system. It makes sense to implement them in the desktop version also, it simplifies the development because there are less differences and also adds some useful functionality. The same thing happened with CoreAnimation; it was originally developed for the iPhone and also implemented in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard because it was also useful on the desktop.

I wonder if Apple is trying to merge the 2 version of OS X with Snow Leopard.

macbook touch... with the right umph behind it, that could be a sexy beast.

does anyone know, if historically apple have ever released a new operating system / update with out it being accompanied by a new pro tower for developer heavy weights ?

soo ready to buy a new tower, if & when we see a bump / refresh

MM

It seems almost certain that Mac portables will soon come with built-in GPS modules. Apple doesn't do half-measures, and while using WiFi to locate yourself is fun, it's in no way the clean approach Apple likes to use or we expect from them.

It's just a shame they didn't roll this in to the unibody MacBooks. No doubt we'll be able to buy 3rd party GPS modules once Snow Leopard ships, though.

Since GPS chips are so cheap and low powered now it's hard to think of a reason not to add the hardware, and either way it's well worth the API for all manner of things... like Twitter!

Skyhook isn't great with locations if you want to be specific, but it's a good general purpose mechanism for things like Twitter.

About damn time. The current non customization for multitouch control is absurd. 4 fingers for expose??? Really? And I can't change it?????

Looks like AppleInsider is the one who actually broke this, not MacDailyNews:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/05/apples_snow_leopard_to_include_location_multi_touch_tools.html

All MDN does is quote entire stories (literally), then offer a single "check out the rest [here]" link at the bottom. They are the bane of decent journalism's existence.