Jailbroken Wi-Fi iPad Users Can Add GPS By Using BTStack GPS App

Apple iPad Wi-Fi model unlike the Wi-Fi+3G model is not equipped with the GPS feature. iPhone and now iPad jailbreaking and hacking expert, Matthias Ringwald has developed an application that allows users to add GPS to their Wi-Fi model iPad's.

Ringwald is the developer behind the popular jailbreak app - BTStack Keyboard that lets users with jailbroken iPhones to connect their device to a wireless keyboard.

With BTStack GPS app Ringwald has tried to integrate a GPS system to bluetooth enabled devices like the Wi-Fi only version of iPad that do not contain a stock GPS navigation system.

BTStack GPS is available in Cydia Store for $5, the app lets you pair up your iDevice with an external Bluetooth-enabled GPS dongle. To get it working, users will have to first disable the iPad's native bluetooth functionality and then launch the BTStack GPS app. The application then checks out for external GPS units in the vicinity. Once detected and paired, the unit locks itself to the satellite in order to begin pulling the relevant GPS data.

The whole set-up process takes a few minutes to complete. But once this is done, users will be able to log on to other location based applications and use them in association with the external GPS unit without any hassle.

So if you have jailbroken your iPad and don't mind the hassle of carrying another device then you can checkout the BTStack GPS app. If you do try it out we'd love to hear your opinion.

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