Wow, that makes it really interesting. The huge problem with GPS is height information. My GPS devices have commonly 10-15 m practical error in height on cities (urban canyon effect).
This could be very interesting for tunnel inertial navigation as makes the inertial problem a 2d issue from 3d.
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However, the Xoom has beefier (i.e. costlier) hardware than the iPad:
But how much will these hardware improvements affect Joe Consumer's purchasing decision when he wants read Facebook and play Angry Birds?"*and a freakin' barometer?!"
Wow, that makes it really interesting. The huge problem with GPS is height information. My GPS devices have commonly 10-15 m practical error in height on cities (urban canyon effect).
This could be very interesting for tunnel inertial navigation as makes the inertial problem a 2d issue from 3d.
"Warning, there's a storm coming. You should probably put your $800 tablet in a bag so it doesn't get wet."
You really don't think the iPad 2, which is right around the corner, will have comparable hardware and still cost about what it does today?
Why not compare to the iPad that has comparable hardware today? There's a 32 gig iPad with 3G on the Apple store right now for $729.
I bet the beefier processor and RAM are just to make android run better.
I have a T-Mobile G2, a rather recent and beefy phone and I mostly don't like using it. My iPad and older iPod Touch are much more pleasant to use.