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Re:Giving up the iPad-only travel dream by dntrkv on Saturday August 26, 2023 @01:32AM (#37270187)
Most laptops don't have GPS or accelerometer / gyroscope. Would be useless for turn-by-turn without those.
Re:Giving up the iPad-only travel dream by callalex on Saturday August 26, 2023 @03:22AM (#37270559)
Bluetooth and USB positioning radios are dirt cheap and run on ancient stable standards.
Re:Giving up the iPad-only travel dream by vetinari on Saturday August 26, 2023 @05:29AM (#37271067)
If your laptop has 3G (or better) radio, it has also positioning bundled in.

However, although the devices might run on ancient stable standard, but that does not mean, that operating system is not playing silly games there. If you had an app that talked to them via serial port, you could throw it away once Microsoft introduced GNSS subsystem.