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iOS 6 |OT| New Maps? googy pls
- Thread starter bananas
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Good Job Bob
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Action Sheet APIs.
Good Job Bob
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Let's set up something similar to what we did last year.
Who was the guy who set it up?
layzie1989
Member
As an i4 user i'm excited for the new maps, photo stream sharing, and Facebook integration
Franklinator
Member
Asking Siri to post a status update for you on Facebook could be a disaster if the voice recognition goes wrong, haha
Ken Masters
Banned
FINALLY turn by turn, welcome to 2009 Apple
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.
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
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Banana Kid
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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.
The rest of this seems very phone-focused, though. I don't know what I'd really use out of it.
Look for a new Maps app next year in OS X 10.9 Cougar!
BertramCooper
Banned
everything is expensive
Jayayess1190
Member
Will be using this, on a Gen 5 Touch.
Not in the Maps app, no. It was available through 3rd party apps though.
Franklinator
Member
My iPod touch is officially outdated
Too bad Apple doesn't care about them anymore.
Dang it, just realized mine is too.
nVidiot_Whore
Banned
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.
iOS 6 invented turn by turn, what are you on about.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
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.
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.
Good Job Bob
Member
So who's going to take the donations and set up the NeoGAF iOS 6 dev account?
No bus times would cripple the application.
Buckethead
Banned
Seemed underwhelming to me.
The GPS maps thing is cool, though.
The GPS maps thing is cool, though.
ios 6 is free. What are you talking about?
samus i am
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The core interface has grown stale and this update hasn't helped the situation.
Ken Masters
Banned
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.
Looks like you should.
Good Job Bob
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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.
suikodan
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StrikerObi
Member
As long as the dev account is still active, yes.
But it's so much work.
Not really, isn't it $100? Just get 10 suckers to donate $10 each, profit.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Sure, but once it's out, no one will care about the past.
badcrumble
Member
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).