New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

Guys I just used apple maps to go somewhere and i got there.

Also the cache meant I could use it on the underground. Maybe everything will be okay

what if you only have four rows of icons? :-(

If you live in London you should buy the A-Z app and then you'll have all the offline mapping you need (no directions, mind).

yeah I think apple maps is fine when it works, it's just those moments when it doesn't

I've been psyching myself up to upgrade, I feel it coming soon

Alba otm re the A to Zed. for "directions" i tend to figure out which road i'm on, look at the map, and then figure out which road to turn onto next in order to get where i'm going. call me loco??

And that sounds cra...wait.

Tracer - I have a terrible visuo-spatial faculties, so the (old) Maps app drawing a nice little line that shows the whole route is enormously useful in helping me navigate this crazy city on foot without having to stop at every turn (for too long).

lol my wife got her phone delivered to her at work today and she hasn't even taken it out of the box yet

I salute her

she's waiting for you to *present* it to her and then prostrate yourself in front of it.

haha

she actually just told me "you can open it when I get home, you're more excited about it than I am" to which I was all "wtf no I'm not" and I'm not because hers is white and I am waiting on the black one

did she do the same thing with a macbook air? or am I thinking of my wife?

because hers is white and I am waiting on the black one

Live together in perfect harmony.

"Ebony and DJP..."

did she do the same thing with a macbook air? or am I thinking of my wife?

She got a MBP and left it in the box for 6 weeks

Step one.

no!

hahahaha

she locked the phone in a drawer at work and left it there

argh, finally decided to upgrade to 10.8 from 10.6.8 to do a clean install, download time is 5+ hours
WTF Apple

which I was all "wtf no I'm not"
ahahaha she has your number. she knows you wrote that blog, Nicholas.

The iOS 6 update just showed up on my iPod Touch this morning. Should I go ahead and I upgrade or are there any issues to consider?

I'm kind of confused about the whole Google Maps hullabaloo. I understand that it isn't built in with the OS, but can't you just get it from the App Store. If that's the case, what's the big deal?

You can't just get it from the App Store; it is not a standalone app as of yet. Instead best thing to do is essentially 'bookmark' maps.google.com to the desktop, which you can do in Safari.

is that true for YouTube also or is there a downloadable app for it now?

There's a Youtube app.

so other than losing Google Maps, what are the benefits of upgrading on an iPod Touch? Or is it pointless?

there are some performance improvements on older iphones, not sure about ipods

http://www.macworld.com/article/2010286/lab-tests-ios-6-and-ios-5-performance-differences.html

http://www.apple.com/letter-from-tim-cook-on-maps/

At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment.

Tim Cook OTM.

Google notably not mentioned once.

Except in the fourth para. After Bing, MapQuest and Waze (?!)

"Another option is an atlas from your local bookstore."

"we are sorry that apple maps sucks so bad"

"apple maps is now being used by over 100 million people"

idk, "Use these apps or these websites" is kind of the order of preference for most iOS users. If Google had a standalone app, I'd imagine it'd be at the top of that application list.

Without a doubt. Would be nice to see it on the top of the free apps chart for a few months.

"Another option is an atlas from your local bookstore."

I did loll.

Er, lol.

Is there a reason (contractual?) why, now Apple are conceding that there's problem, they can't put the old Maps app in the App store as a free download for those who want "an alternative"?

Their contract only has a year to run, so I'm guessing they want to avoid another shitstorm in 2013 when they yank it.

Hmm. Does that mean the Maps app on iPhones running any version of iOS prior to v6 will stop working in a year's time?

I mean, there must be some people still on the iPhone 3G who can't update to iOS6 even if they wanted to.

Not sure -- neither side has revealed the terms. I wondered if they might put an Apple Maps on the store for users on old devices, but then they might also just not care.

I'm going to try upgrading my touch and just hope I don't regret it. I'm getting tired of all the app crashes I've been experiencing, so perhaps this will help.

I just upgraded to mountain lion did I make a horrible decision

how do I shot imessage cross device sync

awesome, iTunes is forcing me to do a full restore on my touch :>/

ok, restore was a success, it seems to be coming back with all my apps and didn't lose my photos. Unfortunately I have to re-sync all of my offline files for Spotify, which is going to take a really long time.

Holy crap! http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-09-30/presenting-worlds-biggest-hedge-fund-you-have-never-heard (yes, it's a Zero Hedge link, but still - Holy Crap!)

Google Street View just showed up on my iOS 6 browser maps. yeeaahhh!

What does that mean?

that ppl who upgraded to the latest iPhone/iPad operating system, and anyone with a iPhone 5, can use see a ground-level view from where they are or any other location. This capability was yanked from the latest OS release, along with certain other features that the old Google-based maps had that the new Apple maps don't. There's no Google maps app as of yet, but you can access them to some extent through the Safari browser. But until today street view was unavailable that way.