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Nokia to Launch Free Maps App with Offline Mode and Transit Directions for iOS
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Anything will be better than apple maps. I think it is about 1/10th of the time right for me =/......and I live in ATLANTA...a major city!
I'm so sorry for being a sucker, as you point out. Can you forgive me? Please!!
I feel well and properly chastised by your gentle and well intended post. I know you are just trying to help us stupid suckers. You have taken some of your time to help us suckers.Thank you, thank you.
I'll try not to be sucked in by those subtle PR tricks identifiable only by you, oh perspicacious one.
I promise, I have learned my lesson.
Perspicacious. Nice use of vocab!
I've never used Nokia's maps before, but all I need it for is transit directions. With Nokia's maps being released, and iTunes Match being fixed in 6.1 second beta, it looks like when 6.1 is officially released, I'll finally upgrade my phone from 5.1.1.
I would have liked it if Apple Maps was based on Navteq - their data is 1000 times better than Tomtom's. I still think Apple should have bought Nokia, sliced out the Maps and Camera divisions and left the rest in the gutter.
Ha! "Apple has been working to improve its in-house Maps app launched as part of iOS 6, following significant criticism of the app's features and accuracy." Not round here it isn't. Can't find Earls Court Exhibition centre (one of the biggest in London), is useless for finding almost any address, and satellite imagery coverage is still dire. There's no way that it's going to get any better without spending some serious money and acquiring the info/data. Waiting for us to do it is just going to annoy more and more people - and annoy some onto other platforms. Grrrr. Halfbaked Fail.
Simple answer to your rant: Nokia free maps. In this post. Right here.
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Poor poor you!
I was in Budapest for four days last week, used the Apple Maps on the iPhone 5 extensively. Also had a chance to use the Google maps via the TripAdvisor City Guide offline app.
Couldn't see anything wrong with the Apple maps--they worked fine. And seem to work fine in my local area of South West London.
Couldn't see anything wrong with the Apple maps--they worked fine. And seem to work fine in my local area of South West London.
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Thanks, I appreciate it. I thought it might be a tad sesquipedalian, but I guess not!
Apple should negotiate a deal to include Nokia's mapping properties in Apple Maps. Apple has the money, Nokia needs it, and Now Edddy Cue, the guy that made the deals with the record labels and the publishers is in charge of Apple Maps.
Is it vector based like Apple Maps? If so, I can't think of any reason to continue using Apple Maps...
Street view is available on the web mobile version of Google Maps. It's actually snappier than the original app.
Offline viewing makes this interesting. And it's good to see Google get some more direct competition. Between the HTC DNA (which should give the SIII some real competition among those who want huge screen phones), and this, it appears Apple may no longer be alone in fighting against the Samsung juggernaut.
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I once had a Nokia N97. The maps were great on it (about the only thing that was - the GPS itself took forever to lock), but it would give me the annoying "please slow down" voice all the time.
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I once had a Nokia N97. The maps were great on it (about the only thing that was - the GPS itself took forever to lock), but it would give me the annoying "please slow down" voice all the time.
I was speaking of the specific apps, not similar ones. Just as there are map apps for iOS, just not one that is the iOS equivalent of Nokia's flagship product.
Like Google Maps or.. a real GPS. I'm glad it has that feature though. I'm surprised Apple released a barebones maps app with iOS 6. Good to hear the 920 is treating you well though!
Judging from very limited screenshots, their app for Windows Phone OS, and Here.net website, I am less than impressed.
On the plus side, the app will be free and fills many voids introduced by iOS 6 Maps app. Walking directions, transit info, offline mode are all very welcomed. And Here.net is pretty fast, maps data seems solid, and maps are fairly attractive. The UI seems much worse than iOS 6 Maps, but seems at least about on par with Google's.
But iOS 6 Maps' #1 shortcoming, Points Of Interest (POI) data seems even worse. I've looked at about a dozen places I frequent) and it is more limited and outdated than iOS 6 Maps.
On the plus side, the app will be free and fills many voids introduced by iOS 6 Maps app. Walking directions, transit info, offline mode are all very welcomed. And Here.net is pretty fast, maps data seems solid, and maps are fairly attractive. The UI seems much worse than iOS 6 Maps, but seems at least about on par with Google's.
But iOS 6 Maps' #1 shortcoming, Points Of Interest (POI) data seems even worse. I've looked at about a dozen places I frequent) and it is more limited and outdated than iOS 6 Maps.
Interestingly, there is no parity between Nokia Drive on different platforms. My N9 (Meego) has, in the voices options, an English and an English With Street Names. I use the latter, and it tells me the road names, etc. My wife's Lumia doesn't have that voice option, so we just get 'in half a mile, take the exit' which isn't much use when you have roads laid out like they are in Maryland.
Well, Nokia's maps are significantly better than Apple's, but not as good as Google's as they don't own a search engine.
And it's a crappy webapp. Urgh.
By no means bad news, but it doesn't solve the problem.
It's not that surprising. It's a crappy webapp. It's great for showing off that their data is much better than Apple's, but terrible to actually use - and therefore a great advert for their hardware with the native service.
By... launching a maps webapp?
Remember that story that Apple store staff were being roped in to improve maps?
The Apple Westfield London store hasn't even managed to get the Nike store next door to them added yet. Or, indeed, any other stores at all. Except for one bar. Which isn't actually in that shopping centre.
When we can set intents from the Apple apps to third party apps and change the provision of the mapkit API to third party apps that will be true. But neither are allowed under the App Store.
And it's a crappy webapp. Urgh.
By no means bad news, but it doesn't solve the problem.
It's not that surprising. It's a crappy webapp. It's great for showing off that their data is much better than Apple's, but terrible to actually use - and therefore a great advert for their hardware with the native service.
By... launching a maps webapp?
Ha! "Apple has been working to improve its in-house Maps app launched as part of iOS 6, following significant criticism of the app's features and accuracy." Not round here it isn't. Can't find Earls Court Exhibition centre (one of the biggest in London), is useless for finding almost any address, and satellite imagery coverage is still dire. There's no way that it's going to get any better without spending some serious money and acquiring the info/data. Waiting for us to do it is just going to annoy more and more people - and annoy some onto other platforms. Grrrr. Halfbaked Fail.
Remember that story that Apple store staff were being roped in to improve maps?
The Apple Westfield London store hasn't even managed to get the Nike store next door to them added yet. Or, indeed, any other stores at all. Except for one bar. Which isn't actually in that shopping centre.
When we can set intents from the Apple apps to third party apps and change the provision of the mapkit API to third party apps that will be true. But neither are allowed under the App Store.