Examples? I don't recall that happening. Somebody out there certainly looked forward to it unquestioningly, maybe even somebody with an audience (not, I think, Gruber, who constantly points out Apple challenges and pitfalls) but was such advance praise widespread enough to actually affect public expectations? I recall only a sense of a big question mark. Apple tends to draw a certain pre-conceived narrative, and "drones" and "zealots" fit that, but do the facts?
im trying to find it in the daringfireball archive but its not so fun to navigate.
im pretty sure it was gruber but there was a blog post about how google was trying to steal apples thunder by hosting and announcing an event for google maps before apples (early june 2012)
here is one which he just reposts
John Paczkowski Confirms New iOS Maps App ★
John Paczkowski:
We’ve independently confirmed that this is indeed the case. Sources describe the new Maps app as a forthcoming tent-pole feature of iOS that will, in the words of one, “blow your head off.” I’m not quite sure what that means, and the source in question declined to elaborate, but it’s likely a reference to the photorealistic 3-D mapping tech Apple acquired when it purchased C3 Technologies.
i found this post. typical of him
Google Previews Improved 3D Map Imagery ★
Gee, I wonder why they previewed this now, rather than waiting until it actually shipped? It does look cool, though.
Which iOS 6 Features Work on Which Devices ★
Weird that the iPhone 3GS doesn’t get features like VIP List, Offline Reading List, or Shared Photo Stream. None of them seem the least bit performance constrained.
weird is that the strongest word he can think of?
i find gruber to be an intelligent and well connected individual but extremely biased which i find to be a negative in this industry. if its something negative about an apple competitor its impossible to miss it on his site with a little potshot from him but if its something negative about apple its easy to not notice it unless of course its one of his massive retorts. in the last few years i find him to have gotten much more hostile towards google especially.
his take on mail (since mavericks) having issues with gmail
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2013/11/03/kissel-mavericks-mail
he hasnt posted about the automatic ios7 download
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