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Is there any third party hardware/software that can do this? This would seem to me like an awesome idea! Is anyone at least working on this?
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Try getting in touch with Garmin. There is no way to get true GPS internally with the RT class tablets but it is not impossible to create an adapter kit and a driver for the RT class tablets to access the feed from a portable GPS unit.
What about getting in touch with Nokia for HERE Maps? Oh wait, Nokia is Microsoft :)
Basically what you are saying is that there is nothing out there at the moment. I think it would be a great addition.
Yea, Nokia is probably Microsoft's experiment for the next generation RT tablets. I hear that it is a pretty good machine and also is available with 3G (of course).
I checked with Garmin myself and you cannot contact them unless you own one of their systems and a customer. They do have apps for Android and iPad and connect with the GPS unit via Bluetooth. The RT has Bluetooth, does it not? Well, if somebody can contact them, maybe they will make an app for the RT class tablets.
Nokia HERE maps won't work on the Surface RTs because they don't have a cellular circuit. The software would work, but there is nothing for it to connect to. GPS works with the cellular towers which then connect to your phone. It goes by signal strength to "guess" where you are at. Garmin has come up with a way to get some of the tablets and laptops that don't have 3G/4G so they have "sensors" that they offer. Now, if they would an app for the RT, like I suggested, the RT can connect with a sensor and there you are!
It's a matter of any manufacturer that has been building USB GPS adaptors to create the drivers and port the software. Unfortunately MS has lost the trust from the Manufacturers. They see RT as a very risky investment, they are expecting to see MS to drop the ball at any time. And on the other hand MS has repeatedly failed to transmit the to manufacturers that that is not the case this time. And lastly but not less important, manufacturers do not want to see MS has a competitor in the Tablet market, so they are doing the impossible to make MS to abandon this "adventure". This is my opinion.
We have this GPS situation but there are many other examples
1- Cisco says that there is not market for them to invest in a VPN client software for rt.
2- Toyota has not developed the Entune for RT because they don't see the market
And I can keep going... The hope is in the sales numbers for this Christmas. So far MS is doing good. Best buy sold more Surfaces than any other Tablet and that's a very different picture to what we saw last year season.
Try getting in touch with Garmin. There is no way to get true GPS internally with the RT class tablets but it is not impossible to create an adapter kit and a driver for the RT class tablets to access the feed from a portable GPS unit.
There is another way... Creating an online petition and getting some 10, 000s of signatures. 😉