( WIRED ) -- Say hello to your latest personal navigation device : a netbook . Dell plans to introduce a GPS and Wi-Fi card that can be integrated into the company 's netbooks to turn them into gizmos that can offer turn-by-turn direction as well as any Garmin or TomTom . Dell will introduce a GPS and Wi-Fi card that can be added to its netbooks to offer turn-by-turn direction . `` Smartphones already have GPS capabilities , '' says Alan Sicher , senior wireless product manager at Dell . `` We are now bringing it to netbooks so the devices know where you are and can help you where you want to go . '' Customers will have the option to buy the $ 69 card called the Wireless 700 when ordering their Dell Mini 10 netbook . Dell 's move comes at a time when navigation devices makers are looking beyond the traditional standalone GPS gadget and are offering their software on other devices . Last month , TomTom announced that its turn-by-turn directions app would be available on the iPhone . TomTom will also offer accessories such as a car mounting dock and power charger . Meanwhile , Dell is hoping to capitalize on the explosive sales of netbooks . Dell netbooks with the integrated GPS cards will allow consumers to pop open a netbook and get directions and also also make their netbook location aware . For instance , buyers can geo-tag photos on Flickr or check weather information customized to their current location . The Wireless 700 card combines Broadcom 's GPS technology and Skyhook Wireless ' Wi-Fi positioning solutions . As for the navigation software , it offers 2D and 3D map views , save addresses for a trip and route optimization -- pretty much all the things that a standard GPS devices does . Netbooks are petite devices . Still , it is difficult to imagine consumers carrying it around as a GPS navigation device or using it their car to find their way around -- especially when smaller-sized cellphones could do the job . Sicher says Dell 's GPS-capable netbooks will come in handy for international travelers . `` If you are traveling to Europe roaming costs can be pretty pricey for your cellphone , '' he says . The GPS netbooks could also be handy in areas where cellphone coverage is weak , says Sicher . But there 's fine print to the turn-by-turn directions navigation software on the netbook . Though it will be free for buyers of the card and the netbook , the maps will be updated yearly and customers could be charged for the updates . Dell plans to offer accessories such as car charger and a dock for the netbooks , but they wo n't be available until later this month . The GPS cards will be available starting July 7 . Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $ 1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT ! Click here ! Copyright 2009 Wired.com .
Dell will introduce a GPS and Wi-Fi card that can be added to its netbooks . The company 's netbooks will be able to offer turn-by-turn directions . Makers are looking beyond traditional GPS gadgets to offer software on other devices . For example, the makers of an app called Google Maps for Android phones have been working with Microsoft ( MSFT - news - people ) to develop applications that would let users use their smartphones as maps instead