[bananas]

[MThanded]

So crispy.

[Good Job Bob]

Action Sheet APIs.

[Enco]

So sexy. Everything is so sexy.

Great title too :lol

[OnPoint]

lol googy pls

It's shocking it took them so long to move off of Google Maps, honestly.

[mf.luder]

Who is selling UDID spots? I want in!

[MThanded]

Wonder if apple maps will be coming to the web. It would be nice to mark places on the computer and then see them on the phone.

[Good Job Bob]

Who is selling UDID spots? I want in!

Let's set up something similar to what we did last year.

Who was the guy who set it up?

[layzie1989]

As an i4 user i'm excited for the new maps, photo stream sharing, and Facebook integration

[Franklinator]

Asking Siri to post a status update for you on Facebook could be a disaster if the voice recognition goes wrong, haha

[Ken Masters]

FINALLY turn by turn, welcome to 2009 Apple

[neojubei]

The 3D mapping is incredible.

[MThanded]

Asking Siri to post a status update for you on Facebook could be a disaster if the voice recognition goes wrong, haha

It will ask you to confirm before posting. Similar to creating a reminder.

[bananas]

Asking Siri to post a status update for you on Facebook could be a disaster if the voice recognition goes wrong, haha

If it's anything like the messages dictation, it'll confirm it before it sends.

[mf.luder]

Wonder if apple maps will be coming to the web. It would be nice to mark places on the computer and then see them on the phone.

That's exactly what I'm thinking as well. Far too much work went into that mapping stuff to only use it on iOS devices.

[Franklinator]

It will ask you to confirm before posting. Similar to creating a reminder.

If it's anything like the messages dictation, it'll confirm it before it sends.

Ah, OK. I was imagining some horrific scenarios in my head, lol.

[Banana Kid]

Siri on iPad is kinda neat. That's my only iOS device, so I'm looking forward to fucking around with it a little.

The rest of this seems very phone-focused, though. I don't know what I'd really use out of it.

[bananas]

That's exactly what I'm thinking as well. Far too much work went into that mapping stuff to only use it on iOS devices.

Look for a new Maps app next year in OS X 10.9 Cougar!

[BertramCooper]

everything is expensive

[Gouty]

Iphone's are getting turn by turn?

That was the one feature I couldn't leave Android for.

Ahhhhh shit

[massoluk]

Uh.. sorry. Did they actually use the Turn-by-Turn navigation as actual bullet point high light?
Speaking as a smug Android user, IOS never had that before, really?

[Jayayess1190]

Will be using this, on a Gen 5 Touch.

[The M.O.B]

My iPod touch is officially outdated :(

Too bad Apple doesn't care about them anymore.

[bananas]

Uh.. sorry. Did they actually use the Turn-by-Turn navigation as actual bullet point high light? Speaking as a smug Android user, IOS never had that before, really?

Not in the Maps app, no. It was available through 3rd party apps though.

[Franklinator]

My iPod touch is officially outdated :( Too bad Apple doesn't care about them anymore.

Dang it, just realized mine is too.

[Übermatik]

Where the fuck's my new iMac.

[nVidiot_Whore]

That's exactly what I'm thinking as well. Far too much work went into that mapping stuff to only use it on iOS devices.

Strange comment is strange.

Far too much work went into it for it to only be used on some of the most profitable devices in the history of devices?

Apple has managed to almost entirely ignore "the web", and become the most profitable tech company in the post-web world. I don't see them jumping onto that bandwagon w/o creating a major advertising company out of it, ala Google AdSense.

[kinggroin]

Everyone is too excited in the main thread so I never got an answer.


Does ios nav have walk, bus or train navigation?

[rkn]

Uh.. sorry. Did they actually use the Turn-by-Turn navigation as actual bullet point high light? Speaking as a smug Android user, IOS never had that before, really?

iOS 6 invented turn by turn, what are you on about.

[Stumpokapow]

Uh.. sorry. Did they actually use the Turn-by-Turn navigation as actual bullet point high light? Speaking as a smug Android user, IOS never had that before, really?

Mapping was one significant advantage Android had over iOS. In fact, probably the most significant advantage that didn't boil down to a preference one way or the other--ie widgets.

With iOS6, Apple is both fixing that gulf (by implementing the features Android has had for a while), making it easier for them to iterate on mapping later (by moving to their own technologies rather than being limited by Google), and introduced a few unique tweaks that might make Apple's implementation the best.

So, looking at this objectively, you don't understand why that would be a bullet point?

Does ios nav have walk, bus or train navigation?

The previous application did, and it'd be a pretty huge step back if this one didn't.

[MThanded]

Strange comment is strange. Far too much work went into it for it to only be used on some of the most profitable devices in the history of devices? Apple has managed to almost entirely ignore "the web", and become the most profitable tech company in the post-web world. I don't see them jumping onto that bandwagon w/o creating a major advertising company out of it, ala Google AdSense.

Either they need a desktop app or something. Sometimes you want to have stuff queued up on the desktop for in the car or later in the day.

Yes the reach is far with the phone alone. For functionality reasons it would be nice to have the mapping support elsewhere. Id rather use apple maps everywhere than use google maps on my desktop and apple maps on my phone.

[btkadams]

really considering buying the dev license to try this out on my ipad (and maybe iphone, but it's my only phone so i'd be scared of it bugging out too much).

[Good Job Bob]

So who's going to take the donations and set up the NeoGAF iOS 6 dev account?

[Enco]

The previous application did, and it'd be a pretty huge step back if this one didn't.

No bus times would cripple the application.

[Buckethead]

Seemed underwhelming to me.

The GPS maps thing is cool, though.

[MThanded]

everything is expensive

ios 6 is free. What are you talking about?

[Somnid]

Full screen safari is the only worthwhile one in the bunch. Give everyone else some Siri love, Apple!

[samus i am]

The core interface has grown stale and this update hasn't helped the situation.

[Ken Masters]

Honestly, besides turn by turn, which we should have had 2-3 years ago, this is a pretty lame update. The iPhone 5 better be an amazing upgrade.

[Weenerz]

So who's going to take the donations and set up the NeoGAF iOS 6 dev account?

Looks like you should.

[Good Job Bob]

Looks like you should.

But it's so much work.

:(

[Divvy]

I like the Chinese support improvements. My parents are going to benefit from that quite a bit.

[Patriots7]

Mapping was one significant advantage Android had over iOS. In fact, probably the most significant advantage that didn't boil down to a preference one way or the other--ie widgets. With iOS6, Apple is both fixing that gulf (by implementing the features Android has had for a while), making it easier for them to iterate on mapping later (by moving to their own technologies rather than being limited by Google), and introduced a few unique tweaks that might make Apple's implementation the best. So, looking at this objectively, you don't understand why that would be a bullet point? The previous application did, and it'd be a pretty huge step back if this one didn't.

On the other hand, one would assume that they would announce features that their competition lacked, showed features that were only available on the iPhone, or pretty much show how this is a monumental step forward apart from the fact that Apple gets more ad revenue/private data by implementing their own maps application.

They have skirted even answering whether or not it maintains the features the previous application had.

[SephCast]

If I had a dev account from GAF for iOS5, will the same device work for iOS6 betas?

[Toki767]

3D mapping looks great. Is it confirmed to not have street view though? I feel like that's infinitely more useful.

[suikodan]

But it's so much work. :(

You have my support, go go go! ;)

[StrikerObi]

If I had a dev account from GAF for iOS5, will the same device work for iOS6 betas?

As long as the dev account is still active, yes.

[Weenerz]

But it's so much work. :(

Not really, isn't it $100? Just get 10 suckers to donate $10 each, profit.

[Zefah]

FINALLY turn by turn, welcome to 2009 Apple

Sure, but once it's out, no one will care about the past.

[badcrumble]

Good Job Bob, don't forget to make it possible for people to sign up more than one device (cuz I'm gonna get both my iPhone 4S and my iPad 3 on this shit).