I’m not sure why a GPS module for iPhone is seen as a surprise - it’s as nailed-on a no brainer as you can find, if you’re a GPS mapping type company. So, Engadget has an alleged spy shot of a new TomTom GPS plug-in for the iPhone, offering full satnav features for Apple’s handset.
It’s sure to find an audience, but I think it’s more interesting to speculate on Apple’s plans for putting GPS in the iPhone. When the next major revision of the handset happens next year, GPS is one of the technologies jostling for inclusion, albeit against a backdrop of Apple’s desire not to reduce the iPhone’s battery life to the levels of, say, a Nokia N95.
With that in mind, Apple will have several options: open up the iPhone to any satnav firm that wants to make an application and/or module; partner with a specific company in the same way it’s done for YouTube and Google Maps already; or go it alone by developing its own application (or more likely buying someone with the technology/skillsets).
(via Engadget)
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