By now I am sure you’ve caught wind of the GPS addition to Dell’s Mini 10 netbook… called Dell Wireless 700, available for $69.

The upgrade comes as a mini PCI module, complete with Loki, a utility that finds your location in correlation with surrounding WiFi networks, and CoPilot Live. Available to you are both two-dimensional and three-dimensional maps, and 50 stored addresses.

The idea is that GPS on your netbook will replace your car’s GPS navigation system, or your GPS on your mobile phone. I doubt this will be the case, as those items are far smaller and thus much more portable than even a netbook. The benefits to having the netbook with you instead is that you get to enjoy the 10 inch display, but this could potentially pose as another problem. The size of the display will be only beneficial if you’re stationary. There’s certainly no reason to be looking at the map while you’re following its directions! That’s extremely hazardous… not to mention how do you secure the thing?

Regardless of these shortcomings and questions left open, the GPS capabilities of this netbook are an excellent idea. Plus, with a possible rumored 12v car adapter for your netbook, it will at least solve the problem of your battery dying while you’re in the middle of a trip. Heck, the adapter alone would be a great idea!

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