Because what is displayed in the app switcher is basically your "app history". Every app you've used, in order of their last usage, regardless of whether they are still occupying memory.
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Because what is displayed in the app switcher is basically your "app history". Every app you've used, in order of their last usage, regardless of whether they are still occupying memory.
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Holy sick batman!!! That's AMAZING!
Holy sick batman!!! That's AMAZING!
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Looks pretty gee-whiz. Not sure it's all that necessary though. Maybe I'm old fashioned on this but do I really need a detailed view of the roofs of buildings when I'm walking at street level?
Looks pretty gee-whiz. Not sure it's all that necessary though. Maybe I'm old fashioned on this but do I really need a detailed view of the roofs of buildings when I'm walking at street level?
Oh thats coming my friend. Just look at some of the iPod implementation in iOS and you will find hints that apple is at least considering iOS for the cars. BMW is already implementing the iOS improvements in their cars. Mapping is another piece to the puzzle.
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I wish Apple would act with more urgency on some of these things. It's time they kick Google to the curb in iOS.
I wish Apple would act with more urgency on some of these things. It's time they kick Google to the curb in iOS.
It's one thing to talk tough. It's another thing entirely to back that tough talk up with some tough action. Apple is showing they belong in the latter category.
It's about time Apple stopped lining Google's pockets with cash. They're competitors now. Apple should completely and utterly dump Google. Apple should not give Google any chance whatsoever to data-mine iOS users and earn revenue.
With that said, Apple should not simply fire from the hip. If Apple wants to move away from Google, which mind you is a good service, they need to replae it with something just as good. Evidently, Apple is taking steps to do that rather than fire from the hip.
It's about time Apple stopped lining Google's pockets with cash. They're competitors now. Apple should completely and utterly dump Google. Apple should not give Google any chance whatsoever to data-mine iOS users and earn revenue.
With that said, Apple should not simply fire from the hip. If Apple wants to move away from Google, which mind you is a good service, they need to replae it with something just as good. Evidently, Apple is taking steps to do that rather than fire from the hip.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Siri supposed to be coming out for at least the iPhone 4 when it leaves beta? I've heard rumors of such.
I'm hoping so. I want to be able to use it without being forced to upgrade.
Can somebody explain to me how they achieved this?
When they say it's built with "formerly classified missile targeting technology," they don't mean they've strapped a camera on a missile and fired the kit over the terrain right?
I mean I hope not.
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When they say it's built with "formerly classified missile targeting technology," they don't mean they've strapped a camera on a missile and fired the kit over the terrain right?
I mean I hope not.
Thanks.
1. Multiple photos of the same area from different angles
2. A bunch of clever algorithms
3. Profit!
--Eric
I hope this is better than Google's. If not, it'll have a hard time competing.
Also, Nokia has done the same, which looks epic: http://maps.nokia.com/3D
Also, Nokia has done the same, which looks epic: http://maps.nokia.com/3D
Algorithms clever enough to interpret depth and dimension based on multiple two-D photos. Is that right? And they get those photos from NASA I suppose.
Uh, yeah.... really?
Google was (before getting into mobile devices), is, and will always be an ad revenue company. They want as many productsm on as many platforms, in as many hands as possible to serve up advertisements. If this was NOT how they made their money (and almost their only revenue source), then they would be like Microsoft or Apple or any other proprietary company that sells products and services to make money. This is NOT what Google does. They give away things. If they used a different business model, GMaps, GEarth, G-anything would not be free. Cross platform perhaps, but not free.
Now that we've had a business lesson, what the $#)%#) kind of company just shares all their good with their competitors? Are you nuts!?!?
Yes big companies like Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, and whoever spend millions buying technologies just to give them away or share them with their competitors so they don't have an edge over one another.
Apple would be stupid if they didn't kill support for other platforms.
Next you'll be telling Cornel Sanders he should share the 7 herbs and spices secret recipe with Popeyes chicken because it burdens the world in having to pick which chicken joint to eat at.
Or maybe Phizer should share the formula for Viagra and 1000 other patented drugs that aren't generic yet out of the goodness of their hearts, since it would benefit pharmacies and impotent men globally.
Hell, why stop there? Apple should make OSX open source and like Linux. It's wrong not to let the world have their technology without a Macintosh.
Turn by turn would be nice, but honestly the Android freeware kind of sucks. Even Google maps kind of suck a lot. Google has also been trying to buy up other mapping companies. Their accuracy is horrible.
(Though I do love that if you use walking directions, and search for a route from the USA to Hawaii it tells you to take a canoe across the ocean.)
really, your phone is a poor substitute for a dedicated gps. It's good in a pinch, but when you're awaiting your next turn and your phone rings, or you lose a signal to the wireless network, you're kind of screwed. IOS needs better maps sure, but maps aren't exactly a deal breaking feature. They're one of the lesser used features. The majority of mapping on smart phones is done when people are in a city looking for something on foot, or at least near by.
I've had it in my daily drivers since 2000, and it's the best application with a nice large display built into the dash.
Nothing in this world is ever free. You pay a price when you use google's services. You just don't see it, but it's there.
Yep.
Not from NASA, no. From commercial satellite imagery companies rather.
--Eric
Why would you compare it to google street view and not google earth? You're literally comparing Apple's and Oranges here.
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Well, you mean the iPhone 6. The fifth iPhone is called the 4s.
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I use map quest's free turn by turn app that also speaks street names. It's been incredibly accurate. If the phone rings, don't get it. But it will continue to give directions. It's not a heads up view, but I've learned to like the map view. Heads up views are kind of limiting unless you're really really just driving completely blind. Who looks for something on foot? I guess that's big city thinking. In ATL, you drive, park, get out and go in. I've never seen anyone walking around with a GPS or using an iPhone as a GPS.
Then Apple would have to default Bing as the default search provider.
The amount of Google hate in this thread is excessive. If you hate Google so much, change your search provider, stop using Google Maps (there's Bing Maps and Wikimapia) and Google Chrome.