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New Samsung Ad Targets iPhone's Lack of Built-in Turn-by-Turn Directions

LOL. So many fanboys.

Best comment from that video -

they're just phones
half of you probably don't even have friends to contact on them.

It is true, they are JUST phones. But people treat them like religion and get offended for being DISSED when Apple did the same thing to their competition and to Windows PC folks for years.
 
Savor said:
LOL. So many fanboys.

Best comment from that video -

they're just phones
half of you probably don't even have friends to contact on them.

It is true, they are JUST phones. But people treat them like religion and get offended for being DISSED when Apple did the same thing to their competition and to Windows PC folks for years.
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The phone feature is by far the least used application of my iPhone. It's a pocket networked computer first, text communicator second, phone third.
 
It's just funny to me the polar differences between the current apple ads vs rival companies.

Attack attack attack!
 
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cdmoore74 said:
Google maps on Android is just awesome. I was recently caught in 2 snow storms and it accurately knew my eta with snow and traffic. When I changed my route the time adjusted accordingly. It must be polling other Google map users. I saved at least 30 minutes last night on the route that I took.
And Google maps is very integrated with your contacts and searches. This is the one glaring problem with iOS. I love a dedicated gps solution but I love Google's approach even better.
Apple has enough money to buy Garmin and Google 20 times over but their too busy suing competitors and banking on their fanboy base. Gosh, it's been 2 years since Google maps with turn by turn was released on the original droid and Apple still does not have a solution. This commercial serves them right.
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Apple does not have enough cash to buy google, let alone 20x over
 
soco said:
It's nice to hear someone say that. I've been using Waze in conjunction with Navigon for a long time now and it's the perfect combination.

Waze's features for reporting and spotting police and other such activity is just amazing, but Navigon's reliability is second to none. Either way, Waze get's little chatter.
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Agreed. For a free app, Waze gets me to many destinations some of my paid navigation apps don't have, although, like many other nav apps, it sometimes tries to take you via a weird route. Still one of the best tho'.

Apple bought a couple of companies recently that are into mapping, and I guess it's just a matter of time before they offer one. Wish they would hurry this up.

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forty2j said:
the phone feature is by far the least used application of my iphone. It's a pocket networked computer first, text communicator second, phone third.
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+1
 
dukebound85 said:
just buy a gps app

problem solved
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Really? Android's built in navigation is better than any you can buy on the App Store. I've looked at them and have used Android's navigation on an HTC. And it's free, not $50. I love my iPhone but it's lacking in navigation.
 
I have not read all five pages of comments so this may have already been said but I had a Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S) and sure it had great turn by turn navigation when the GPS would work, it never worked and it was a known problem with all the Vibrants and i don't think it was ever fixed, even when I installed Cyanogen 7 it didn't work.
 
AlexJaye said:
Really? Android's built in navigation is better than any you can buy on the App Store.
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Mmmmm, no, a lot of GPS apps are a lot better than Google Navigation, that is a basic navigation app.

Not talking about using Google Navigation outside of your own country. Tomtom, Navigon, etc doesn't need data to worl, Google Navigation needs it
 
lilo777 said:
No, you can't buy that. Will your app be integrated with contacts? Will it be integrated with Google Street View (which shows you the picture of the intersection at the next turn on your route)?
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I thought the point of turn-by-turn navigation was so you didn't have to take your eyes off the road which made driving safer, but now you are telling me that staring at the phone's screen to see a picture of an intersection is a feature to be proud of? I'd hate to be the car, cyclist or pedestrian in front of you :eek:
 
AlexJaye said:
Really? Android's built in navigation is better than any you can buy on the App Store. I've looked at them and have used Android's navigation on an HTC. And it's free, not $50. I love my iPhone but it's lacking in navigation.
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Android's navigation certainly isn't free when your using it whilst roaming (I drive from the UK to Germany every fortnight), imagine how much that would cost me in data charges! :eek: Nokia's navigation was the best... bar none!... TomTom on my iPhone 4S is extremely fast (faster than most standalone unit's) and has all my European maps downloaded for offline use! :D
 
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abs9986 said:
Ok, here it goes...

I absolutely love my iPhone (it is in almost every way better than my old android) but as mentioned, the navigation is not even close.

I have tried Waze, Motionxgps and map quest and honestly hate all of these apps. Motionx has the best UI, but I believe that all 3 of these apps get directions from the same place and use the same service. Here's what I mean, I find that each of these apps extremely slow to reroute (I will will literally be driving 30seconds before the gps re-rerouts me. The gps does not seem accurate at all in any of these apps and often keeps me on my continued path even though I have diverged from it. Just overall terrible. And the UI on all 3 absolutely sucks

The maps app on the iPhone which uses Google maps is actually extremely accurate. It tracks my motion incredibly smooth and instantly updates where I am. This leads me to believe that the GPS hardware is just fine in the iPhone. Of course the maps app does not do turn by turn so I find it pretty much useless - but it is really good if I am say walking around NYC.

Naviagation is the one thing I miss about android and despite what people say, I believe it is a very important aspect of a smartphone. I hope apple updates with something soon - or if anyone has any other gps recommendations let know - but again (the 3 I have tried have terrible UI, give bad directions, take forever to reroute and are not smooth at all in updating my location status)
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Couldn't agree more. There really is no excuse for it, I don't care how many of you out there think the current default map app works, the bottom line is that it should have had turn by turn with voice a long time ago. It isn't rocket science.
 
garybUK said:
Android's navigation certainly isn't free when your using it whilst roaming (I drive from the UK to Germany every fortnight), imagine how much that would cost me in data charges! :eek: Nokia's navigation was the best... bar none!... TomTom on my iPhone 4S is extremely fast (faster than most standalone unit's) and has all my European maps downloaded for offline use! :D
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You can download maps on Android for offline use as well.
 
I think it's pretty funny watching so many people on here post about work-arounds, paid apps, etc vs Android's built in turn by turn navigation.

First of all - the whole point is that it's native in Android. There's no downloading an app, lower level integration, etc. The point is - you unbox your phone and it's there. And it works.

If this were an Apple built in iOS feature - people would be laughing at anyone trying to suggest any paid-for app/implementation on Android came close or could compete.

I know it's hard for some people - but when the situation arises where features or benefits of other platforms are showcased - one should really learn to just accept it. It doesn't reflect on you or your decision to own an iPhone.

All platforms have their advantages and disadvantages.
 
I'll admit I'm somewhat annoyed that apple still hasn't integrated this into the phone by default. Competition is good guys, remember that...its the only thing stopping apple from constantly raising prices and worsening their products and CS.

samcraig said:
I think it's pretty funny watching so many people on here post about work-arounds, paid apps, etc vs Android's built in turn by turn navigation.

First of all - the whole point is that it's native in Android. There's no downloading an app, lower level integration, etc. The point is - you unbox your phone and it's there. And it works.

If this were an Apple built in iOS feature - people would be laughing at anyone trying to suggest any paid-for app/implementation on Android came close or could compete.

I know it's hard for some people - but when the situation arises where features or benefits of other platforms are showcased - one should really learn to just accept it. It doesn't reflect on you or your decision to own an iPhone.

All platforms have their advantages and disadvantages.
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Stridder44 said:
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Couldn't agree more. There really is no excuse for it, I don't care how many of you out there think the current default map app works, the bottom line is that it should have had turn by turn with voice a long time ago. It isn't rocket science.
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Again, Google does not allow other companies to use Google Maps for navigation.

So much for Google "openness". It isn't rocket science to figure out who is limiting who.
 
Ciclismo said:
I thought the point of turn-by-turn navigation was so you didn't have to take your eyes off the road which made driving safer, but now you are telling me that staring at the phone's screen to see a picture of an intersection is a feature to be proud of? I'd hate to be the car, cyclist or pedestrian in front of you :eek:
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I have never seen it use street view for turns unless it is something that you can bring up yourself. I know for the destination it kicks over to street view witch I find very helpful.
Consultant said:
Again, Google does not allow other companies to use Google Maps for navigation.

So much for Google "openness". It isn't rocket science to figure out who is limiting who.
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Do you have a source for this
 
Consultant said:
Again, Google does not allow other companies to use Google Maps for navigation.

So much for Google "openness". It isn't rocket science to figure out who is limiting who.
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Android OS is open source and you are free to develop it as you wish, like Amazon has done with Kindle Fire. However, certain Google apps such as Gmail, Market and Google Map ect does not fall under open source. Companies have to licence those from Goole to use them on their phones, so I don’t understand what is your complaint?

Apple already have licence deal for Google Map, they are free to arrange licence agreement with Google for the navigation app.
 

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