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Apple Launches New App Store Feature Section for Alternative Maps

doc shivers said:
Jobs is just rolling over in his grave right now. Is there any way that shareholders can make their voice be heard that we need to fire Cook ASAP? This public apology is not the way the Apple does things.
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Also, when Steve Jobs resigned the stock price was $356. As a shareholder, I'm VERY happy w/ Tim Cook's performance to date. However, this maps fiasco is a big deal to me. They seem to have lost their way. Looking to see how iPad mini and the TV thing plays out, but Apple will plateau and go into a decline soon. They're too big for their own good and extending beyond their reach now to make an attempt in maintaining growth.
 
Oracle1729 said:
iPhone 5 is the cheapest iPhone apple has ever produced at a parts cost of $180. Timmy is cutting corners everywhere and it's showing everywhere. The people who talk about Apple highest quality are dinosaurs living in the past.

The cheap aluminum case and flimsy build of the 5 actually does feel like crap compared to any comparably priced android phone. And every high-end android phone gives you true 720p, not apple's low-res garbage.

Not only is apple no longer highest quality, Timmy is doing everything he can to win the race to the bottom. I wish the fanatics here would actually spend 30 minutes with a competing product and an open mind. This forum should be interesting though in a year when Apple is choking on everyone else's dust.
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Do you want some fries to go with that BS sandwich?
 
ahostmadsen said:
I think Apple is making too big a deal out of it. People have focused on the negative 1% of Apple's maps, instead of the good 99%. Google Maps didn't have voice navigation..
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So in your twisted little world, you'd have have wrong data you can access by voice than good data you can't? What use is wrong data no matter how good the interface?
 
applesith said:
Let's get sections for mail, camera, messages, music, phone too!

Apple is making it clear their latest large software launch is a failure and endorsing competitors. Why stop with Maps? The writing is on the wall for their software.
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Eh??????
 
Star Bores.

Sacird said:
Sony > Samsung any day of my week.

Samsung does make those amazing commercials,with those awesome actors and well written dialogue; something Nolan should be envious of.

Blonde Girl: "It's the Galaxy S threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" LMFAO

More wooden acting than the star Wars prequels, I didn't think it was possible.
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"Wooden acting" in the Star Wars prequels. I've always felt that. I believe what makes the first three episodes far better was Harrison Ford's Han character. He had all the personality and humor that none of the 3 new episodes had.

:):)
 
TrentS said:
"Wooden acting" in the Star Wars prequels. I've always felt that. I believe what makes the first three episodes far better was Harrison Ford's Han character. He had all the personality and humor that none of the 3 new episodes had.

:):)
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Han was awesome that's for sure. Stepped those movies up a notch for certain. Prequels.....yeah. :( they kind of sucked, although Sith was watchable.
 
macandkanga said:
I'm old enough to remember when you actually had to use a real map. One from AAA or a Thomas Guide. The fact that people have enough time to complain about this is amazing.
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How much did that old map cost, and did you have to keep forking over a monthly fee just to be able to use it?

Yeah, I thought so.

It's not like the thing is free :mad:
 
TrentS said:
I made the mistake of upgrading my iPad 3 to iOS6 on a whim. Only after I upgraded to iOS6 did I realise I had lost all the photos and videos I took with my iPad. My bad, but I feel that a prompt should have came up, suggesting I first sync my iPad to iTunes, before upgrading, warning me I could lose photos, videos, date, ect.... Argh!!

I didn't realise I'd also lose the Google Maps app. The new Apple Maps is OK, but not great. For one, the 3D isn't really 3D, unless it is over a big city with tall buildings. My house is small, yes, but it sure isn't the squished-flattened house that the 3D image represents it as. Also, the Apple Maps doesn't have a street view, at least I haven't seen one yet. That blows.

Also, I have limited experience with Siri, but what I know of it so far is unimpressive.

Anyone know if I can actually retrieve any of my lost pics and vids off my iPad??

:mad::mad::mad::mad:
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Every time I've ever upgraded to a new iOS version and iTunes didn't recognize a local backup of the device, it prompted me to do a backup.
 
rorschach said:
I think this is a bad idea.

It's one thing to acknowledge issues and problems, and to be open about what you're doing to fix them. That's a good thing.

It's a whole other thing to say, "Hey, our competitors have a better product. Go check them out and come back to us later." Even if your competitors do have a better product at the moment, you don't actually SAY that.
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My take on it is that they are really, REALLY confident that Apple Maps will very quickly be orders of magnitude better than the mentioned competitors, so there's no harm in throwing them a bone for the time being.
 
I've been using Waze for a while and love it. Accuracy and directions are good and overall it's a full of features for being a free app.
 
Mr. Retrofire said:
Why?

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Yes.
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Fine but its still BS. I've read probably over 2 dozen iPhone 5 reviews from newspapers, tech sites, fan sites etc. (I'd give my own imprssion but I don't have my phone yet) and almost every one of them gave Apple high marks on the design and build quality of the phone. Many marveled at how thin and light the phone was but it still had a premium feel to it. So sorry anyone claiming Apple made this phone on the cheap is full of it.
 
Oracle1729 said:
Maybe you you got out of apple's walled garden for a breath of fresh air, you'd get it. Or does your main computer also just have a stock factory OS install and no customizations?
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Sorry, but it's not all it's cracked up to be especially if you don't have a Nexus device. The Verizon GS3 still doesn't have any Jelly Bean ROM that doesn't have pretty big bugs related to hardware functionality. Not to mention, most people don't want to have to "hack" on their phone to make it perform well.

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Oracle1729 said:
So in your twisted little world, you'd have have wrong data you can access by voice than good data you can't? What use is wrong data no matter how good the interface?
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Because Google's data and routing has always been and is today....flawless. Right? RIGHT?
 
BKF said:
Extraordinary. You get the sense that they felt the reputation of the device and brand was being threatened. It's as if they decided to chuck Maps overboard to ensure the iPhone stays afloat.
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The reputation of the device and the brand ARE threatened. For the first time, Apple has taken a perfectly functional application away from its users, and replaced it with a piece of crap; something that does not work for the majority of users in the world.
After Steve's demise, everybody has been waiting if Cook was able to fill his boots. And apparently, he is not.

Apple must have known that they have a problem: the map experts hiring spree started several weeks ago. And yet they went forward with a sub-par product, throwing away user experience for the sake of a business model.
Instead of re-releasing the original GMaps, the users get vacuous promises for improvements that may well take years. And to add insult to injury, Apple prevents us from rolling back to iOS5 after we installed iOS6.

Since this co-incides with a new adapter and a new screen form factor, a lot of people may jump the iOS bandwagon for Android this time.
 
Satellite maps blow, but turn-by-turn works pretty well. If you can understand the voice. The speech definitely needs improving.
 
Personally, that makes me pretty certain that Apple has only one aim: The customer's experience. They even give up their pride to get there. The customers are also more important than the stock holders, which is also a very good thing. I hated that Jobsian stubbornness a la "if we don't acknowledge the mistake, there is none".
Maps is not a catastrophe, even though the first error in the data is like 20 meters away from my home (mistakenly connected streets). But it's definitely not to Apple's standards, so the apology is very appropriate.
 
Gruber said:
The reputation of the device and the brand ARE threatened. For the first time, Apple has taken a perfectly functional application away from its users, and replaced it with a piece of crap; something that does not work for the majority of users in the world.
After Steve's demise, everybody has been waiting if Cook was able to fill his boots. And apparently, he is not.
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Steve had plenty of screw-up's at the helm as well. MobileMe? Ping? iPod Shuffle with no buttons? Just saying.
 
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