Dual Electronics XGPS150 Universal Bluetooth GPS Receiver for iPad 2, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone and Other Smartphones, Tablets and Laptops (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

I have been waiting for an option other than to jailbreak my iPad and this is it..Ok, first of all this is an outstanding product.. simply turn it on, wait a few minutes, and it will be discovered, sync'd and immediately provide GPS to all the apps i have tried so far.. it overrides the Wifi triangulated GPS location and simply takes over.. has friction rubber mount, charging cable and car charger.. a really great product... and so, Ipad maps, Google Maps, my navionics charts all function flawlessly..But now the problem, and its nothing to do with the XGPS150... its Apple..Unfortunately and for no reason, the majority of iPad car navigation apps are restricted to 3G iPads and you simply cannot load them into your wifi iPad.. so forget tomtom, telenav etc etc..what does work?.. so far i have found 3, one free (then subscription, one at $15, and one at $30) and anyone who has found others please add via comment..but:1. MotionX GPS Drive.. This is an iPhone app, but needs hotspot access for full functionality.. so low resolution but a polished app. plug into car aux input and play itunes and voice directions override... the scales up 2x mode from the iphone app makes buttons and text big and friendly.. subscription applies... with HD graphics and offline maps this would be the best.2. sygic USA.. this is a ipad app with offline maps..so be prepared to download about 2GB of data.. but no internet access required for navigation.. just your wifi ipad and the xgps150. This is a pretty but really unpolished app.. unable to find or enter addresses (such as my home), poor digitized voice, and text to speech needs REAL work eg: RI-2 is not "Route 2" but "R.I. minus 2".. deleted after 3 days3. Copilot live HD... the best of the bunch so far.. have use for trips from CT to PA and NC without hiccup. offline maps & routing, but if you have a hotspot, it also has bing local search within the app which is handy for finding a starbuck enroute..edited: 2/21/12 to update apps based on comments (and thankx to the contributors)

I am using my iPad with ForeFlight for aviation moving maps. The internal GPS in the iPad1 works pretty well, but it does drop out. I have read great reviews on this product. I was going to buy it from Sporty's Pilot Shop, but found it for 20% less on Amazon. And I got free shipping. So great price, great service. The device actually arrived next-day for the two-day shipping cost. Lucky me.I wasn't sure how to turn on the GPS, so I started charging it. It turns out that the battery was pretty dead.Pairing with my iPad was effortless. I did read the directions quickly. The GPS has an iPad/Other switch that is shipped in the iPad position. I guess that is their big market. When powered on, the GPS tries to connect. Failing that, it goes into auto-pair mode. No button pushing is required. I am familiar with the iPad side of pairing, but the user manual explained it clearly.The iPad needs a driver to be downloaded. While it is covered in the manual, I found that the installation was pretty automatic. iPad found that a new BlueTooth device was paired and asked if I wanted to download the free driver. I clicked through, entered my iTunes password and was set.Locking on satellites took about 30 seconds - right in line with their specifications. I was amazed that it got a good lock inside my home - locking onto 8 satellites. After a little settling, it was reporting 10 meter accuracy, the best possible.I turned the GPS off for the night and tried again in the morning with it outside. Locking was much faster.I am looking forward to flying with this device. It promises to be more solid than the iPad's internal GPS. I suspect that if I turn off GPS on the iPad (Airplane mode), the pair will run longer.For $79, I am delighted.

Bought this for use with my WiFi-only iPad1 (yes, I bought the old one, but buying the new one = a lot of 100LL). I place this unit on top of the panel in my C210 and never lose a signal. The device is highly accurate as my own position on the geo-referenced approach plates is dead-nuts on, whether shooting the ILS or making an RNAV approach; not that I would use this as my primary reference, but the situational awareness sure came in handy the other day when ATC confused my blip on the screen with another C210 that was 20NM east of me. One negative I've experienced happened the other day when the battery died on the Dual unit (after about 10 hours of use and maybe 40-60 hours of standby). This caused the iPad running ForeFlight to reset itself back to the Apple logo screen! And, until I figured out that the Dual unit's charging state was to blame, this happened two more times! Thank goodness I was in VMC, with George flying, still 50 miles from my destination, and had a charging cord to plug the Dual unit into ship's power. I mentioned this to a ForeFlight developer at AirVenture 2011 who says he had never heard of this type of event but would look into it. My advice; keep the unit charged or keep a plug on-board. Otherwise, I highly recommend it.