Yeah pretty sure they are waiting on Google to update the maps app. Better put feedback there
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Apple, please update your maps app for iOS5
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Yeah pretty sure they are waiting on Google to update the maps app. Better put feedback there
Meh, tomtom serves me better anyway. Tried using navigon on my galaxy s because i hated the google maps app. Plus I like offline maps on my device thankyou.
Just because they got a 5.7 maps update doesn't mean every iPhone owner is ready to trash their phone because of this lol.
Just because they got a 5.7 maps update doesn't mean every iPhone owner is ready to trash their phone because of this lol.
its not even the turn-by-turn directions for drivers anymore. Google maps for android now has live navigation for transit users, telling you when your stop is coming up, where to walk to catch the next one. You can also zoom all the way down to street level and tap on a transit stop to see the arrival times of all the routes at that stop. When I found out I couldn't do this on the iPhone, it annoyed the hell out of me and still does to this day. Also, getting transit directions on the iPhone version is crazy annoying compared to the Android version. And the vector based graphics means the end of waiting for tiles to load
Aren't all of the native iOS apps (even those using external services) written by Apple employees (e.g. YouTube, Maps)?
Maps on Android is pretty amazing, I wish iOS could adopt at least a fraction of what it has to offer on top of their existing app.
If they were waiting on Google to update it, then it should be available in the AppStore like googles search app, google earth, google latitude etc. But its a native app, so its all in Apple's hands, and not only has the ball been dropped, its already rolled far far away
Too late.
Also transit is pretty easy to navigate here. So easy a child can do it with a paper map with schedules lol.
Thats a lame argument, "oh since its apparently easy to use the transit system, this feature is absolutely useless". Please.
How about when you're travelling in Paris, all the signs and directions are in French and you can only speak and read English? You don't even have to pay attention when to get off the bus now, your phone will tell you. Cmon, think outside the box, unless you don't want to.
Thats a lame argument, "oh since its apparently easy to use the transit system, this feature is absolutely useless". Please.
How about when you're travelling in Paris, all the signs and directions are in French and you can only speak and read English? You don't even have to pay attention when to get off the bus now, your phone will tell you. Cmon, think outside the box, unless you don't want to.
Happened once in Spain. Wasn't the end of the world as people make it to be though. I like the odd experience more than being a technology slave.
It's a cool feature i admit but I don't care for it.
Apple is making a ton selling GPS apps in the app store.
Why would they update their free app and weaken their sales?
Why would they update their free app and weaken their sales?
Why would they update the camera app and messenger app in ios5? They're making a ton of money selling those apps too...
Or you could read the forum rules and stop trolling.Wow, you guys are a little too hurt by some random comments. Relax, it's just a message board where people are allowed to type random things.
To be fair Maps has been getting little updates for the most part since iPhone OS 1
Apple can't implement turn by turn until they finish their own maps because Google Nav (and a lot of the other new stuff) is exclusive to Android and no one else. Not really Apple's fault.
Apple can't implement turn by turn until they finish their own maps because Google Nav (and a lot of the other new stuff) is exclusive to Android and no one else. Not really Apple's fault.
Or do what I do, save some money and buy TomTom or whatever you feel like navigation app. The best solution IMO, and the battery does not drain too much
You do realize that the Google Maps app on Android does exactly this, right? It is voice-spoken, turn-by-turn navigation. I used it on my last phone and it was better than my Garmin. It has speech-to-text, so you can just quickly open the app, tap the microphone, and tell it where you want to go. It's so freaking awesome. Also you don't have to enter an address. You can just type in (or speak) "Starbucks" and it will take you to the nearest one. Or you can see more on the map and choose a different one.
As far as battery, the Google Maps Navigation app also works with the screen off, so you can just listen to it and it will tell you when to turn. Best part about that? I tested it on a 15-minute drive and it didn't even drain my battery a single percent. It was amazing. However, with the screen on, it drained about 10% over a 30-minute drive or so.
Another one of my favorite features is that it STILL WORKS while you're in a call. So if you get a call, then you have a turn coming up, the app will still speak into your ear and tell you to turn. The person you're talking to can't hear it at all. Good stuff.
Also, did I mention that the app is FREE? Yeah, much better than the $50 TomTom app (Is it still that absurdly expensive? I haven't looked in a while).
As you can see, your suggestion of buying an expensive app instead of Apple keeping up with the competition's free app... well that's just plain ignorant.
So, save your snarky replies for something you actually know about
MapQuest Mobile or whatever is a totally free GPS app for the iPhone. Works perfectly. I use it all the time.
I prefer a stand alone device for GPS. I have a Garmin 3760LMT and love it. I Connect my iPhone and Garmin via bluetooth so i can do hands free calling which is nice. Just my personal preferance though.
I really only use Apple's map app when i'm looking for a phone number of a local business/store/restaurant.
I really only use Apple's map app when i'm looking for a phone number of a local business/store/restaurant.
Yeah compared to Android's, iOS is so far behind. Youtube too, at least put a HQ button in there! It would be nice if the jailbreak community could simply port versions of Google's offerings to iOS. If only it were that simple.
Maps on iOS is a joke! You should see Google Maps in Galaxy S II. It is just awesome. Two finger gestures like rotate/pan. 3D view. Turn by turn navigation. Text-to-speech. And believe me, it locks faster than the iPhone 4.
I used it last weekend to travel from NY to PA to camp for the 4th weekend... It had me turn the wrong way down a one-way street, had me turn down a dead end street where it told me to "continue on road to next street," well, there never WAS a next street, and there never will be a next street where I was.
It also told me several times that it was unable to reroute... which it had to reroute a lot because I kept missing turns because it would wait til I was in the middle of an intersection before mentioning that I had to turn.
I ended up getting written directions to drive home at the end of the weekend.
You do realize that the Google Maps app on Android does exactly this, right? It is voice-spoken, turn-by-turn navigation. I used it on my last phone and it was better than my Garmin. It has speech-to-text, so you can just quickly open the app, tap the microphone, and tell it where you want to go. It's so freaking awesome. Also you don't have to enter an address. You can just type in (or speak) "Starbucks" and it will take you to the nearest one. Or you can see more on the map and choose a different one.
As far as battery, the Google Maps Navigation app also works with the screen off, so you can just listen to it and it will tell you when to turn. Best part about that? I tested it on a 15-minute drive and it didn't even drain my battery a single percent. It was amazing. However, with the screen on, it drained about 10% over a 30-minute drive or so.
Another one of my favorite features is that it STILL WORKS while you're in a call. So if you get a call, then you have a turn coming up, the app will still speak into your ear and tell you to turn. The person you're talking to can't hear it at all. Good stuff.
Also, did I mention that the app is FREE? Yeah, much better than the $50 TomTom app (Is it still that absurdly expensive? I haven't looked in a while).
As you can see, your suggestion of buying an expensive app instead of Apple keeping up with the competition's free app... well that's just plain ignorant.
So, save your snarky replies for something you actually know about
Why are you being an ass? If you don't know, this is an iPhone forum, not Android, so I don't give a crap about your Android.
On topic, Apple does not have that and probably never will, so I got an app that does that except for the talking part. You phone does that? Good for you.
As for yourself, I talked about TomTom because I use it aswell as Google Maps, if you don't like it, go whine to someone who cares.
What forum rules am I breaking? You guys spoke of using maps while driving and I commented. Thats all, no rules broken. And how am I trolling? I'm commenting on both of you guys admitting to driving and using maps. Not that big of a deal. Chill a little.
It would be nice to see an update to it but the navigation side to things I can do without. Google's routing is generally very basic and far from the best routing option most times. They use a very basic algorithm that will send you the route with the least turns even if it means it will be longer. Dedicated routing applications like TomTom and Navigon are much better for traveling.
On a trip from Minneapolis to St. Louis, following Google Maps' directions would have taken me over 70 miles longer (about an hour) than TomTom and Navigon had routed. St. Louis to Chicago was the same deal with the Google route taking an extra hour.
On a trip from Minneapolis to St. Louis, following Google Maps' directions would have taken me over 70 miles longer (about an hour) than TomTom and Navigon had routed. St. Louis to Chicago was the same deal with the Google route taking an extra hour.
