New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

you cant download individual songs anymore -- the only download button is for whole albums/playlists/artists

worse you cant delete songs without turning itunes match off, going in to delete the songs, and then turning it back on, which if you have a big library takes a while

also new itunes is ugly and so is the new phone keypad. dont get this obsession w/ giving everything shadows and 3d effects

ugh

*searching for Louis CK routine*

ahahahah OMG that new phone keypad. Shows how often I use the phone, but jfc what are they doing?

I don't think you can download itunes 11 yet can you?

no, October (timed w/new iPad mini they say)

Hahaha

I put the name of a restaurant in Cambridge into the maps app to see how well the search works and it gave me a green in Scotland

A+ Apple, good to see you take on more of that big tech company hubris

The new missing artwork default album cover in the music app is an... interesting aesthetic choice

Yeah, I thought it was a collapsed menu at first. Then I realized someone thought a giant ass eighth note fits on that staff.

I stared at it a little too long trying to decide if that was a G or a B

I mean if you're gonna go there, give us a clef

Perhaps it fits on the 5.

Top tip

http://www.ausbt.com.au/how-to-get-google-maps-back-onto-ios-6?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=flipper&utm_campaign=home-flipper

does anyone know what the read offset is for the USB SuperDrive?

I have arranged that Apple be informed of the error and requested that it be urgently corrected. In context of Airfield there are a variety of possible alternative images that could be utilised such a cow, a goat, a sheep, a flower or any indeed other type of plant as Airfield operates a nursery. An aircraft is an entirely inappropriate flight of imagination.

http://www.thejournal.ie/alan-shatter-apple-maps-airport-dundrum-602115-Sep2012/?utm_source=twitter_self

http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/

I wonder how long Google are going to let Apple twist in the wind before releasing Google Maps as a standalone for iOS.

hahahah

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mandq6PFIJ1rhptwbo1_1280.jpg

they should just steal all google maps infos

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_manddcajsU1rhptwbo1_1280.jpg

whoa

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mand4rB8bg1rhptwbo1_1280.jpg

this is endearing

fwiw i do think this is likely true, not that it doesnt suck to use shitty half finished maps

What’s missing from this conversation is that map usage is critical. More than half of Google’s mobile map usage is going away in the next month or two. Usage makes maps better a lot faster than software does. Google’s maps are going to start degrading. Apple’s will get better. They’ll meet in the middle within 18 months.

http://blog.lumatic.com/post/31863865686/ive-been-using-ios-6-for-a-few-months-and

i've seen this a few places, and don't understand how "usage" tells them where the missing tube stations are or that they've got a city split in two.

mapping makes maps better a shit-ton faster than usage imo

there are some good things in ios6 i like, like the ability to send someone a quick text message when they call you if you cant pick up the phone

and do not disturb mode is good

xp: the idea being glossed over is "usage = feedback = oops we'd better stop making our maps suck", I think

not that im an expert at this sort of thing but if someone searches and then searches again its safe to flag that first search as prob not giving them what they want, also a lot of googles maps in the developing world are at least partially put together by their users via this open mapping project and have subsequently become the most accurate maps there are for a lot of places

for a long time my work address was wrong in google maps, and people would get misdirected all the time until I submitted a correction, not sure how they would've verified this unless they went knocking door to door

What’s missing from this conversation is that map usage is critical. More than half of Google’s mobile map usage is going away in the next month or two.

iphones are not 'more than half' of the worldwide market for smartphones

less than one hundred percent of people are going to upgrade to iOS 6 (or whatever it's called), and the set of 'people who actually need to use maps' ( = 'people who use them most often') are going to have a slower takeup rate / will switch back to google maps as soon as the option is available

I'm holding off on the upgrade because the maps app sucks. Moving to a new neighborhood in a couple of weeks and I need the transit & walk mapping functions to work.

i agree that that half number is prob pulled from thin air but iphone users do actually use their phones like lil computers way more than other smartphone owners so they wouldnt need to be half of the market for smartphones to generate half the usage

there are some good things in ios6 i like, like the ability to send someone a quick text message when they call you if you cant pick up the phone

I've been able to do that on my Android phone for, ooh, two years?

ha i thought the bias was probably 'iphone owners are likely to have more money and thus travel more'

i dunno, my gut says that downloading and using google maps on an android phone isn't really a power user thing. plus everyone i know does it! which is conclusive proof.

what would it take for apple to do a proper physical redesign of the iphone

define "proper"

Implanted in one's skull.

yeah, android is feature-rich compared to ios, but they're also disposable phones. my wife has a 2 year old android and she has wanted to throw it out the window for the last 9 months. was the coolest device when she got it, now it's just buggy and slow, no OS updates because the manufacturers are developing for whatever the latest hardware is.

First released April 29, 2010
Discontinued March 30, 2011

RIP HTC incredible

xps

i dunno, my gut says that downloading and using google maps on an android phone isn't really a power user thing. plus everyone i know does it! which is conclusive proof.

― human centipede hz (thomp), Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:35 AM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah its just like everyone who tracks app usage data browsing data and w/e says that iphone user use their phones a lot more, part of that is theres a significant % of android owners that just use them like dumb phones, everyone w/an iphone got it to use the apps, except my dad

guys why is everyone so obsessed with the skull implant idea? Just take a step back and think about it. You really think that we are only a few years away from elective surgery to stick a microchip into your brain being common? and it even working?

To say nothing of the regulatory environment.

its just a joke... i think

http://insights.chitika.com/2012/mobile-manufacturer-market-share-august-2012-update/

dang

lol iPad usage didn't even occur to me

*usa and canada only

ya a lot of the iphone v android stats are distorted by the fact that it really should be ios v android, not just the ipad but the ipod touch too

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/android-market-share-q3-2012_n_1893292.html?utm_hp_ref=technology

basically my takeaway is "you can make stats say anything"

yeah, android is feature-rich compared to ios, but they're also disposable phones. my wife has a 2 year old android and she has wanted to throw it out the window for the last 9 months. was the coolest device when she got it, now it's just buggy and slow, no OS updates because the manufacturers are developing for whatever the latest hardware is.

This is iPhones too, iirc.

I had a iP 3G for an extra year beyond that two-year contract and it was almost useless for anything beyond calls and iPod functionality during most of that extra year.

"proper redesign" = Power Mac G4 to Power Mac G5.
"Warmed up will-this-do redesign" = Power Mac G4 AGP to Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors)

http://i.imgur.com/KJ5lp.png

i do not think that photo means what you think it means

"proper redesign" = Power Mac G4 to Power Mac G5.
"Warmed up will-this-do redesign" = Power Mac G4 AGP to Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors)

― stet, Thursday, September 20, 2012 11:01 AM (43 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i dont get what people think making it look different will accomplish, whats the utility, i mean as far as the iphone 5 the things that make it look different are changes to the actual user experience, the screen is larger, its thinner, its lighter via being metal instead of glass - you could make an argument for other usability changes that would affect its look, but whats the point of a proper redesign