i don't own any apple devices
So this entire forum of 'outrage' is being corrupted by Google-ites that don't even own an Apple product? Lame!
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Wow. Apple Maps is a disaster.
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So this entire forum of 'outrage' is being corrupted by Google-ites that don't even own an Apple product? Lame!
i'm a consumer too and a potential idevice owner
Apple iphone 5 talk to me. Seduce me . You dont just jump into bed with sneaky butcher. You take sneaky out to lunch . You wine and dine him...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-VJNIP--qs
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Isn't this biting the hand that feeds you? I am sure Motorola pays for a large % of the ad cost but how much has Verizon made from Apple? I had a Motorola Xoom and loved Android maps but it had a hardware failure as have a few Motorola phones I have owned. If I go to Android it will be with Samsung or HTC. I switched to Apple on both desktop and tablet for the hardware quality, not the so-called ease of use. Of course I still want it to work.
Have to agree. And I have owned every iteration of the iPhone. Siri works 50% of the time for me. And it's not due to my speaking patterns but more related to the failure of the backend(datacenter processing).
Have to admit, I have not tried Googles version. But if you search a little you will find many reviews putting Google ahead of Apple on this.
Maps definitely need work. Hoping they can straightening this out quickly. Keep in mind that Google is a software/services company where as Apple is primarily hardware based. Apple makes up for their lack of mature software development by "locking" down the user experience. I would expect Google to have the edge here.
The Earth is actually a silvery marble when viewed from space. Who doesn't know this?
It's already competitive since it's the default maps application, anything you do in IOS outside of the maps app itself will tie into it. But it depends on the way you compare. I think Apple Maps will be somewhat useful in a year or two - but only in a few select countries (the rate Siri get's better, more or less).
Apple Maps will never surpass Google Maps and thus never be competitive against it.
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I concur with you on the importance of this application, specially sinceas you pointed outits functionality is integrated into the services of other apps out there.
Personally, I have not had such misfortune with the new Maps app. The most glaring problem for me is the rendering of a lot of places when using Flyover or just plain satellite imagery. Also, if you look up addresses outside the US, this becomes much more of a glaring problem, and that's really unfortunate. On the other side of the coin, I've been playing a lot with the search functionality and just play directions, and it just works. Moreover, since this is all vector-based, the transition from place to place across the map happens very smoothly, and this is specially noticeable when using the standard viewing mode as you navigate all over the map to see places and get directions.
Definitely there is a lot to work on here, and again, this is from my experience after using the app for quite some time.
Yes, that must be very painful. However, as I mentioned above in this post, there is definitely a lot of work to do, and the experience from everybodyat this stage when the app and functionality have just been publicly releasedshould vary substantially. Keep in mind that this new service isn't some conventional engineering as a whole it is in fact one of the most complex services to build from the ground-up, and this is coming from a developer.
Over the coming weeks and months, we should all see the first improvements to the service itself as more people use it and the Maps engineering team at Apple gains some more knowledge on how to make the user experience as flawless and accurate as possible.
Stating that Apple doesn't care about its customers because of this move is very wrong, respectfully. As I mentioned in the post you quoted, history has shown just how much value Apple puts behind the experience that its costumers have using its products and services. But now that they have made such a big move aiming to deliver an even better service over time, a lot of people feel like Apple has just let them down due to the flaws in this new service itself. In fact, the new mapping solution, as is, is definitely better than the old Google-powered app in some aspects, while at the same time is in need of some really big improvements across the board.
"All of which may just make this app the most beautiful, powerful mapping service ever."
Are you clinging to the "may just make" or are you gunning for a job in Apple Marketing?
Jumping from Google to in-house is a decision based on economics and who owns the customers - they made this move because Google is a competitor and there's a lot of money to be made in presence and location. Notice all the marketing revolving around most features in IOS6, walk by a Starbucks, get a pop-up... You can bet Your a** Apple sees this as a business opportunity and getting rid of Google is step one in grabbing for a share.
Your are a fool if You think Apple didn't know this Maps-turd was going to be a "thing", but they did it anyway and that's where Your "Apple does care" arguments doesn't cut it (ask any FCX user how it feels when Apple "cares"). In short - Apple is a company just like any other (mostly).
Apart from turn-by-turn - what is better?
I've noticed so many flaws it seems like trying to plug a hole in a particularly massive colander.
Also it would make no difference, there is a real problem in the fact that what is on the map is not the same as the information used to navigate, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary is on the map correctly (if horribly under-detailed) but it comes up completely wrong when searched for.
"Hide Traffic", Hah! What Traffic?
Anybody not getting traffic information at all?
The Denver metro area definitely has traffic sensors etc that displayed well on Google Maps.
Anybody not getting traffic information at all?
The Denver metro area definitely has traffic sensors etc that displayed well on Google Maps.
I didn't think google used sensors nowadays. Thought it was actual cellphone signals that transmitted traffic speeds.
Traffic data on Maps is crowdsourced - probably don't have enough consistent data yet to determine if its actual congestion worth displaying or not
You really need to stop judging. I made my decision based on the fact I'm a developer and need to test on the latest iOS version. So stop telling me whether I was informed or not, I've been following this thread since the beginning.
There is no excuse for this, "consumer research" is not even close to excusing Apple's failure in delivering an equivalent experience than what was in iOS 5. Adding in "turn-by-turn" should not break existing functionality.
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A forum post ? Really ?
If Google did ask for patent cross-licensing to give them the features, then Apple should have just cross-licensed the patents instead of serving us this sub-par entry.
That or use another mapping provider that was competent and had an adequate solution in place already (Google ain't the only game in town).
