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Apple Actively Recruiting Ex-Google Maps Employees
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Apple sold 5 million iPhone 5's over the weekend, with a lot more on back order. Care to guess how many windows 8 phones will be sold?
Too little, too late.
You really screwed the pooch on this one Apple. I'm officially not upgrading my OS because I happen to use Google Maps a lot. Steve Jobs would of never let this happen.
You really screwed the pooch on this one Apple. I'm officially not upgrading my OS because I happen to use Google Maps a lot. Steve Jobs would of never let this happen.
Will never happen. TomTom is not an American company. Did you not read the fine print? They licensed the mapping from TomTom's services. The minute Apple tries to do that, it's a sign that they're incapable of innovation from within and a sign of weakness.
Honestly, this is a great idea. Though I'd say if you are going to make the location worth .01 penny, then give them credit when they reach 1.00. Trying to tell people they have to put in 1000 unique locations just to get 10 dollars makes it seem too unreasonable. Or up the amount each location is worth.
Hell, even do something like a fun little thing like checkins or something if they really are too cheap to go with itunes credit.
Google maps is far from perfect on iOS. Used it the other day and it took me to the wrong part of town for the address I needed to go to. Besides Google gimped maps on iOS by not allowing Apple to enable turn-by-turn navigation.
I wish people would give this a rest. Nothing ever is perfect, not even when Steve Jobs was alive.
If you think my opinion is so off base, why don't you have a look at the Anandtech review of iOS 6 with a complete review of Apple Maps. They are very favorable of it after using it since the very first beta. I'm not the only one who thinks the new Apple Maps is great with a few flaws.
So excuse me for not jumping on the "blow everything that Apple does out of proportion bandwagon". The same maps that folks are complaining about are by and large used in TomTom navigation devices and nobody has raised a whimper about them. Personally, I don't own a TomTom and never have as I have preferred Navteq maps from Garmin and later Navigon. I would have loved it if Apple offered Nokia money for a 50% stake in Navteq to use their maps.
However, now that TomTom maps have been thrust upon me I have yet to have a single issue with them in my daily use. Further, much of the crap that is being passed around is complete FUD stuff.
Josh Topolsky during the "On The Verge" video podcast says "The Statue of Liberty is not there." However if you look at the satellite view, it IS there -- it is just not 3D rendered yet. So, as with all satellite photos, it appears flat in 3D view. Imagine that? If you look at the image on Google Maps and changed the camera angle, then it would appear the exact same way. Only difference between the images is the time of day the pictures were taken because in the Apple image you can see a long shadow of the Stature that is cast behind it. Topolsky ignores the straight-down image of the statue from above and acts as if the shadow is somehow the erased Statue of Liberty. It is ridiculous.
The media has two modes when it comes to Apple:
1) Anything good that Apple announces was either "expected", "boring" or "below expectations"
2) Any misstep is characterized as the beginning of the end for the company.
Like I said, folks have been using TomTom devices for years and swearing by them and suddenly those same maps provided through Apple are horribly wrong. Check this out if you think Google Maps was perfect. Google Maps was even worse on iOS because Google denied Apple access to the latest Maps APIs.
Apple Maps has been out a whole week and they just exposed it to millions of people. There is no QA department in the world that can perform quality assurance on the whole world. Those TomTom/TeleAtlas maps are suddenly getting more eyeballs than they ever have. Anybody who has used GPS navigation for any considerable amount of time knows there are problems. I have always cross-checked Google Maps with Navigon when Google gave me a strange looking route. Now I have TomTom/TeleAtlas maps, Navteq Maps, and Google Maps (which uses TeleAtlas as well for some data) through Safari. With all three on my iPhone I should have no problem finding a location even when there are errors.
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Not true at all. Apple is still very much the de facto tech media darling. Most of the big issues you see are linkbait, because bringing up anything about the company, pro or con, ends up generating tons of traffic. At the end of the day though, every tech site on the internet bats their eyes towards Cupertino. Some of them might even put out.
And why not? Their releases are generally pretty solid. IOS6 isn't exactly what I'd call a terrible update, even if it isn't totally mindblowingly revolutionary. The only real complaint anyone has about it is Maps, which quite frankly is probably about the biggest misstep Apple has made since...hell...I dunno. A good while now.
You gotta admit the maps do kinda suck, and was released upon the public far too early. It isn't that people aren't willing to give Apple enough time to catch up, it's that Apple dropped the currently good map app off at the curb, and left us all twiddling their thumbs in the meantime. I mean sure, 2-3 years from now, I bet Apple Maps will be SPECTACULAR...but what are we supposed to do in the meantime? Keep the faith?
Google might've denied them the full suite of bells and whistles in regards to the app itself, but the data was exactly the same across all platforms. Google Maps gives you the same information on the PC as it does Android, as it does iOS.
Plus, I don't think you know what an API is.
Sure there is. It's called a public beta test. Which is what Apple should've ran their app through before replacing Google.
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I didn't say all at once. Windows 8 will be the place where those who are dissatisfied with Android and iOS will flock. I'm not saying it's going to be huge in the beginning, but Microsoft does have a unique and attractive mobile OS that has a real shot at taking on the big boys. That's all I'm saying. No need to get all defensive! LOL
Aren't search results displayed with a red needle? And blue ones are used for the current location?
Not saying that the new Maps is great, but when I searched for Shangri La Hotel, it showed me HK
My current location is Hong Kong but Apple Maps thought I was in south America.
That's only good for POI's, they need something like mapmaker where you can add roads as well.
U need both obviously. It's much easier to add roads than unique locations which takes significantly more man power.
You are no longer allowed to install old versions of iOS on your phone, even using the option-click on Restore.
So, if you upgrade to iOS6, you are trapped. Literally.
Yeah, you're actually correct about that. oops.