New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

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.

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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

im sure also their maps app will get better, how fast and how better is unclear

having a default shitty maps app is a big problem no matter how many other ones are available

Of course, purposefully scratching a device is a bit extreme, but daily usage of any phone will generate some wear and tear. This may be a concern if you are particularly sensitive to the issue.

feels like the last sentence gets to the heart of all these apple snafus

maybe they should just kiss and make up w/google

"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.

The guy who wrote the "stunning" review is on twitter going "I totally drove in SF and it was stunning"

it was stunning to me

Probably works fine in San Francisco, it's likely the only place it's been extensively tested.

just out of curiosity I put my high school into Maps and you get directed to the OLD high school, which is now a middle school

also dude who wrote the stunning review was in Boston!

at least I know Maps knows where Highland Kitchen is

looks like Apple needs to pay their yearly upgrade fee to TomTom for this year's maps

tomtom boardroom six months ago 'make sure the san francisco map is stunning'

once in rural France my gps took me onto a dirt road alongside a river, & the road kept getting smaller & smaller until it ended in a creek

in that creek I saw an iphone floating

otoh it knows where jjj's shop is

one time i was driving through the middle of nowhere canada and tomtom kept telling me to turn right, toward the north pole

What I can't quite grasp is: if the maps data is TomTom's, why aren't there more complaints about their satnav devices? I used to have one and it seemed pretty good. Maybe we're just more demanding when it comes to smartphones.

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

― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Friday, September 21, 2012 3:40 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

selling a device that then needs another device to be put on top of it is so fd up, of course it doesnt actually need a case and people who use them are a bit odd

yeah having my first real iphone the case thing befuddles me: doesn't a case ruin the virtue of their being so thin & light?

the annoying thing about cases is that you have to take them off to put your phone in the cradle in your car

hey i bought this expensive thing and a big part of its cost has to do w/how small it is, i think ill make it bigger

no one buys iPhones because they're small

uh

what

I have a case because I'm an amazing klutz. I have repeatedly dropped my phone when taking it out of my pocket and the case has saved it from damage every time.

otoh I have also dropped my iphone 3gs like 100s of times and the back is cracked but it still works great

http://i.imgur.com/o44nv.jpg

been there done that

What I can't quite grasp is: if the maps data is TomTom's, why aren't there more complaints about their satnav devices?

I think partly because this is a search problem, not a map problem. In the car the device forces you to put in a very specific address format or postcode, which is easier to find. And even if the precise location it finds is a bit out, so long as it gets you to the nearest road you're fine.

On the phone it has to deal with searches like "Jack's pub" and needs street-level accuracy.

Can't find it now but I read a statement from TomTom saying that even some of Google's map data is based on TomTom, it's all about how it is presented and used rather than the basemap itself.

tomtom is p buggy in my limited experience tho

Still kind of wondering if apple really wanted to do maps or if they just wanted a weak upper hand in negotiations with google about services