Apple were stated as helping Jaguar develop interfaces and control surfaces for their new XF Saloon so this makes sense as Land Rover and Jaguar are VERY closely linked engineering wise.

For the concept it makes sense to jump on the iPhone bandwagon (iPod far too ubiquitous to be seen as band wagon jumping now) and gain some extra 'cool' and maybe a mention by Mr Steve. Can't really see the final toned down LRX having this... unless they give away a free iPhone with each coupe crossover - its not an SUV folks ;-)

Will replace a Citizen Tough that ironically goes through straps at a good lick :-(

Or were those png's just a ruse ?

Interesting that the operator name appears instead of AT&T.

Interesting as this was not one of the names in the png's recently found in iPhone. Maybe O2 doesn't have the rumoured deal in the UK... well here's hoping as their Uk coverage is pants !

All valid points there Pete.

A dedicated device will generally always be better and suited to the purpose it was designed for. Also they tend to be pretty rugged and water resistant - whereas your average PDA is not and will cost about the same too ;-)

Er nope !

Read the specs.... a tad better than yer average PDA. Contains real OS maps (de-facto the best in the UK). Thats why there are dedicated pieces of hardware out there.

If you use a PDA, Garmin or other with just a GPS based compass in the forest, you will get very frustrated - or lost ;-)

Drop your precious PDA in a puddle or use it in the rain and then decide that you made a mistake when it dies... horses for course mate - donkeys for the beach, thoroughbreds for the race course ;-)

The device is very real... seen it at the recent OS Outdoors Show as a prototype.

Yes that image is probably a render... but tell me, how many other products do you see on the web and in print that use a render to show them off ??? MANY off them. Also its not available just yet so the final built device is not there to photograph ;-)

As for one handed use, you can set it up for left or right handed people and the buttons look to be soft buttons so are configurable. Look at some of the pics on the website / PDF's - you'll see what I mean.

The Delorme product looks great... if your an American ;-) Some of us live in the UK so I prefer UK maps - LOL. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there appears to be no UK mapping for this unit.

The prototype satmap unit I held felt very nice in the hand.

Comes with a GPS and electronic compass. GPS only compasses are great if your moving quickly (car, bike etc), pretty useless when your standing still. So there is both on board.

No affiliation with satmap at all... just very keen to get one of these units as it looks the biz as well as has 90% of what I need in a device for walking, off road driving use.