New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/20/google-said-to-have-already-submitted-native-ios-maps-app-to-apple/

candyflosschester xxp

I know it's been covered to death itt but the whole design ethic of this release is just

if google were looking for an way competitive advantage it just got one

an way an easy

apple gets as close to apologising as apple ever gets

aaaand apple stole its new ipad clock from the swiss

what else? besides the phone message/leave me alone mode i havent noticed much

numeric keypad FUCKING SUCKS NOW

or did i just pick the wrong skin for it

dorks are everywhere queuing for this omgomg new device, and mine was delivered here nearly an hour ago. didn't have to get off my arse.

they can also just go to one of the many non apple store that offer them where there is never a line

there's lines everywhere here, apparently

are/were, idk maybe they all sold out and the streets are full of weeping neckbeards

q: why is your beard so wet
a: necktears

brilliant

A++++++

so

"scuffgate"

this is a non-issue, if you don't put your phone in a case you are a disgusting savage anyway

Today's Times:

Eamon Yates, 26, and his friend Ben Paton, 25, both employed in the IT industry, and third and fourth in the queue, began camping in the Covent Garden Piazza on Wednesday and had booked time off work to do so.

Mr Paton said: “We both work for the same company and we’ve both taken three days off for this, and I think that’s one of the things that a lot of people don’t realise.

“They think you must be on benefits or a bum, but no, no, I’ve taken time off, I’ve made the effort, I want to do this, this is what I want to do with my time.”

Fucking hell.

Played with new maps on ipad last night. The tiles are horrible, all roads the same colour and spidery thin. The data is appalling, places that closed or changed hands five years ago, a petrol station where there is a convenience store, a bar where there is a dance studio, all within 1/4 mile of my home. But 3d maps is pretty awesome. Slow, and glitchy for non-cuboid buildings, but still a way cool way of seeing yr city (if you happen to live in one that's been 3d mapped).

although it is basically a gimmick.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/601585_10151227345203834_1119202714_n.jpg

there I was thinking the mapocalypse was merely a series of glitches and at worst an inferior solution that would improve over time. now that it has actively fucked over this evening AND my plans for tomorrow morning, I can now see that this is very genuinely the biggest software clusterfuck of the 21st century.

we went to inspect a flat that mapocalypse listed in two separate locations, neither of which is correct. we can't even use street view to work out where it is. two days ago that would have been fine.

recently I've been recommending the galaxy s iii to people, and now my recommendation will only widen to everyone who isn't learning chinese and doesn't have accessibility requirements.

are you aware of http://maps.google.com/ ?

also the biggest software clusterfucks of the 21st century were all in high frequency trading

shhh my second favorite part of apple threads is autumn almanac doing this

are you aware of http://maps.google.com/ ?

― caek, Friday, 21 September 2012 19:48 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

- no street view
- no longer integrated into existing apps

i have maps.goo.etc.etc in chrome, that's fine, that does the job 82% of the time, but as soon as i open say a real estate app and look for a flat that's in the fucking ocean it all falls apart

does lex have an iphone?

My 5 just got delivered. Activation took less than 5 minutes (on O2). Can't work out how to open the little box with the earpods in it.

Half the time I use the Google Maps app for visual directions, which aren't offered in the mobile browser version, so that's not a solution for me.

Anyway, I'm pretty hopeful we'll get a standalone Google Maps iOS app soon, and then we'll have world peace.

mostly. apps will still be using apple's maps by default, unless they go out of their way (my prediction is that many will go out of their way).

Not that bothered by the thought of losing integration. I usually use it as a standalone app.

I use it mostly from the calendar app.

Android's ability to connect apps is much better than Apple's, sadly. If they used the same system this wouldn't be an issue

AA's maps complaints may sound like #firstworldproblems, but apple is going to pay some price for underestimating its importance. I have to decide which mobile devices are going to be part of a corporate standard this year, and I can't send field sales reps out into the world with a half-assed map solution. that's a deal breaker.

can you send them out with sherpas

iSherpa

after the article on climbing Everest I read this week, sherpas may be a good comparison for apple maps

still, excited about getting my first real iphone today (out for delivery!)

("real" meaning actually has data plan turned on)

it's unfortunate cuz I'm not a big android fan, blackberrys are going the way of the whale, and I can't wait to see the tumbleweeds rolling through the aisles of the windows phone app store. had high hopes for iphone 5.

*swirls bourbon in glass, grimaces*

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/9/21/1348222451643/London-England-People-que-003.jpg

"London, England: A customer celebrates Usain Bolt-style after buying his new phone"

welp

yeah this whole Maps business has not only convinced me not to update my iphone 4 but comforted me in my reluctant conclusion that I might as well wait for iPhone 5S or 6 to upgrade

"but apple is going to pay some price for underestimating its importance."

this is a big assumption, but anyone who reviewed ios6 and didn't mention how useless maps was should be ashamed of themselves and should feel bad.

still cracking up at the review upthread that called Maps "stunning"

the maps kerfuffle will be long forgotten in six months and apple will have sold more iphone 5s than any other model to date, which is not to say its not a big fuck up

recently I've been recommending the galaxy s iii to people, and now my recommendation will only widen to everyone who isn't learning chinese and doesn't have accessibility requirements.

― * The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies (Autumn Almanac), Friday, September 21, 2012 5:42 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean aa recommending android to others then getting an iphone himself is p illustrative of the nature of peoples complaints

yeah if they allow a google maps app, who cares

the weather app that comes with ios is a frosty turd, but the only annoyance is that they don't let me delete it