iOS6 Changing how you see the world

cymatty said:
Anyway the point about maps sucking still stands. What amuses me the most is that some people around the net are comparing it to Google Maps V1 which is missing the point by about <-----------------------------> this much. They have not removed G Maps V1 but the latest version and replaced it with something that is not ready. To add insult to injury because of the way iOS works even if Google release a version it will be handicapped when compared with the native version.
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I agree with this. The only defence that iFans seem to have is that "Google maps was bad when it first launched". Yes it probably was (I don't recall) but that's because they had nothing to go off of or to look at to see what to do. Apple (and other companies) now have 10 years worth of Google Maps to see how to do things right. No sane person would expect iMaps to be as good as GMaps but the difference is outrageous.




As for the Apple launch thing.... There is no way you would catch me walking up a shopping centre cheering like a loon even if I did work for them.... I guess you have to be a certain type of person to work there to begin with though :p
 
Just seen this on that thread


sharingan_sasuk said:
Did a test on one of our instore demos:

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Back scratched with the iPhone sim card tray pin. Edge done with keys.

Reminds me of the HTC One S's bodywork.
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They (all companies) should really start making the backs and sides of phones much more robust. It's the same problem with them all ATM and the main reason I put a case on my S3. I would have it without if the probability of scratches were not so high :(
 
Yeah, the back certainly looks like it will scratch with a bit of force from something hard/sharp.

Still, people are aware of that now so need to make sure they're careful.
 
Looks like the new iphone 5 owners will have something in common with the majority of the one S (black model) owners :p :o

Maybe they can "sarge" their phone as well :p :D
 
Whilst having street view missing, and the satellite views all over the place in terms of quality is annoying, I thought I'd give the new maps a go today. Having been out and about this afternoon, I'm shocked at just how much content is missing from maps - it's unusable in the way we have become accustomed to.

For example, many times I've been out and about in an unfamiliar city whilst on a trip of one sort or another and fancy a curry. Merely typing in "indian takeaway" into Google Maps returns dozens of results. Doing a search whilst in Milton Keynes earlier, Google gave me 28 results (I think - there were so many it was hard to count whilst scrolling about). New Apple Maps - zero. Not a single one. It found one in Linslade, and another in Dunstable. Or Wellingborough.

It can't find my village pub. In fact, the nearest pub according to Apple is 12 miles away, in Bedford. Google finds multiple dozens within that 12 mile radius. It can't my village church. Or the only theatre in Bedford (admittedly a small one), or Milton Keynes Theatre (which is a big one). The enormous and famous Milton Keynes shopping centre isn't even marked (although the Apple Store's location is!) It doesn't know where the HUGE 24 hour Tesco is in Bedford. Nor the big Sainsbury's superstore (although, oddly it had a single Sainsbury's Local marked) I work in two big schools in Milton Keynes (each with over 1500 students and a sixth form college attached) - neither of them are listed.

Without any content, even with the best will in the world, and looking past the appearance of the map (which seems to erase even quite major roads as you zoom out - making "old fashioned" route finding impossible), it's just not usable in its current form. Google wasn't great just because of the accuracy of the maps and clever routefinding, but the fact that it was linked to Google search. That was what made it, and that's why Apple Maps will be a disaster...
 
It seems to me that IOS maps will take an extremely long time to even catch up with google's current solution, and I am thinking years here. But it is a moving goal. There is no reason to believe Apple can progress faster than Google here so it looks like Apple will always be 5-10 years behind Google in maps technology.


Unbelievable that they made such a fundamental mistake and have the tenacity to brag about it as anew and improved feature. I even wonder if this falls under some kind of false advertising, much like their acclaimed 4G ipads that were not 4G compatible in most parts of the world. They are selling the Iphone5 and iOS6 as an improvement in part because of the new maps, this is blatantly false.
 
Regardless of the Apple bashing this just goes to show that Apple is moving away from the "it just works" ethos that was about when Steve Jobs was in charge. I'm sure this wouldn't have been released if he was still at the top in this form, it's just a bad PR disaster. Again, Apple shows it's all about the money these days, because the old Apple would just have delayed the maps until they were ready...
 
estebanrey said:
I didn't think iPhone users needed maps, I assumed they just blindly follow everyone else.
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A+++++++++

My dad phoned up tonight who is a tech Luddite.

"Hey son have you seen the new iPhone loads of problems with it already, the maps are awful"

bad PR for Apple.
 
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