Christopher
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Enjoy the last hours of ios 5!
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iOS 6 |OT| New Maps? googy pls
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Face it Tiger..
Banned
I will stay in the shadows of the very iOS 5, and continue to walk around in the very clothes my iOS device calls a jailbreak.
muhaha
Jayayess1190
Member
I haven't had iOS5 since iOS6 beta started some months ago or whenever it started again.
I'll be a happy camper! It's just that the youtube app being released early made me expect the maps one before iOS 6 hits officially. If we don't get it by tomorrow I hope it's out at least until the end of this week.
criesofthepast
Member
I wish we could hide apps from the home screen. Why won't you let me hide stocks and newstand apple? 
Oh, and contacts app too. I can access those through my phone app as I normally do.
Oh, and contacts app too. I can access those through my phone app as I normally do.
Gary Whitta
Member
What do we think, 10am tomorrow?
I'm curious about the South American region of the new Maps app and how often they're planning to improve on it, at least in the more populated areas. If it's considered lackluster in North America I can only imagine how's the situation down here.
(I know, I can download it right now, install and play with it but I'm not really in a rush.)
(I know, I can download it right now, install and play with it but I'm not really in a rush.)
badcrumble
Member
Yeah, transit mapping drama is going to be a clusterfuck tomorrow. Justifiably so; iOS 6 is great in all other ways, but taking crucial functionality out of your OS is a huge no-no.
Any word on when Google Maps is coming? I assumed they'd throw it up by Friday.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Nooooo! A few minutes after I have to leave for work. So will have to download it when my shift is over.
Link
The Autumn Wind
Probably better off that way. I can only imagine how slow the update is going to be when it first hits and everybody downloads it at once.
a secret-boss
Banned
sucks the Map doesn't have commuter stuff. I hope Google release an app
MapGate is going to be a pretty big deal IMO. Hopefully I'm wrong but I have a feeling A LOT of people are going to be angry.
Traffic information has been getting better as the week as been going on (I'm assuming more and more people are installing GM?) but there are also tons of restaurants near me that are in the wrong locations not to mention the lack of transit data.
This launch reminds me of the 3G (3gs?) launch when Apple decided to release a new phone, a new iOS, mobileme, iTunes and I want to say even a new version of OS X all on the same day.
I know a lot of people (myself included) have been harsh on this launch but A LOT of stuff under the hood everywhere is changing. Removal of the youtube app, worse maps app, app store is completely redone (as of 7:30 PST on the eve of the launch - still isn't working how it shoul), itunes music store is totally redone. Neither one are better IMO than the old ones. Passbook has the potential to be either awesome or the new Newsstand app. I could really see it going either way at the moment.
While not directly related to Apple - the new Twitter app got updated today, which a lot of people have said is for the worse. Could leave a bad impression for one of the bigger selling points of iOS6 - Twitter/Facebook integration.
Tomorrow a lot of people are going to update their phones to iOS6 and I'm not sure everyone will welcome the sheer number of changes that are going on.
Traffic information has been getting better as the week as been going on (I'm assuming more and more people are installing GM?) but there are also tons of restaurants near me that are in the wrong locations not to mention the lack of transit data.
This launch reminds me of the 3G (3gs?) launch when Apple decided to release a new phone, a new iOS, mobileme, iTunes and I want to say even a new version of OS X all on the same day.
I know a lot of people (myself included) have been harsh on this launch but A LOT of stuff under the hood everywhere is changing. Removal of the youtube app, worse maps app, app store is completely redone (as of 7:30 PST on the eve of the launch - still isn't working how it shoul), itunes music store is totally redone. Neither one are better IMO than the old ones. Passbook has the potential to be either awesome or the new Newsstand app. I could really see it going either way at the moment.
While not directly related to Apple - the new Twitter app got updated today, which a lot of people have said is for the worse. Could leave a bad impression for one of the bigger selling points of iOS6 - Twitter/Facebook integration.
Tomorrow a lot of people are going to update their phones to iOS6 and I'm not sure everyone will welcome the sheer number of changes that are going on.
Jayayess1190
Member
So, any guesses on how long Google Maps will be the top downloaded free app for? A year?
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Overreaction much? It's day one.
Man, I seriously hope Passbook becomes something big. Specially here in Japan where we already have some phone wallet services.. it would be awesome to be able to pay all my shopping just by placing my phone on top of the scanner...
But alas, I have yet to hear anything about this here in Japan
But alas, I have yet to hear anything about this here in Japan
Face it Tiger..
Banned
LyleLanley
Banned
I wouldn't be surprised if Apple held back any Google Maps app for a while just so people give the iOS 6 maps a chance.
Mister Negative
Member
Anyone know when the download goes live?
After 1PM ET/10AM PT.
The_Inquisitor
Member
Well will be updating my iPhone 4 iOS6 beta to GM tomorrow. Then in 3 days get iOS6 on new iPhone.
I want my phone NAO!
I want my phone NAO!
I'm not trying to be a jerk, but any time I use any mapping or gps while in my car, my phone is charging. I consider my car a secondary charging station.
I don't see how you're being a jerk, Alex. lol
I lack a charger, but I wanted to see how much battery it would eat up on my drive earlier.
Yeah, I've used a turn by turn app on my iPhone for a while now, and it always destroys the battery. Im fairly certain that's true of every smartphone.
If you're on a road trip using turn by turn, bring a charger.
Mister Negative
Member
Alright, neat. I'll take care of it after class.
On a completely unrelated note, I just downloaded chrome for my iPhone and I like it way more than safari.
The_Inquisitor
Member
Question is whether it's due to Siri processor use in conjunction to GPS antenna consumption, or some other reason.
Oh, duh. Yeah, that reminds me of my HTC Evo. GPS/Turn by Turn with 3G data just destroyed the battery. Actually made the phone into a nice heat source.
The_Inquisitor
Member
My 4 gets hot when I use my car charger. Also charges faster, Likely due to the higher current drawn by the iPhone. Likely, similar thing is occurring with iPhones now. More power = more current = more heat
No, that battery use is normal for turn by turn.
Boards of Canada
Member
Having trouble with iMessages. Okay, so I use Messages on my iPhone, iPad and Mac. When I send from my Mac or my iPad to my brother, he gets the messages as a separate message group on his iPhone.
Why wouldn't they be combined as one? He claims he has my email address in my contact...
Why wouldn't they be combined as one? He claims he has my email address in my contact...
The_Inquisitor
Member
Really? Guess I never noticed.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
It goes by the first message in the whole series, so you must have sent a message from your phone number on your phone first. You have to send a new message from your phone from your email.
I wouldn't worry about it, though. 10.8.2 and iOS 6 are merging phone numbers and emails so all devices can use them as merged IDs.
Because thats how Mountain Lion works right now. Thats how it was on the iPad also until iOS 6. It will be fixed with 10.8.2 I believe.
I haven't checked how much exactly from the last time I did turn-by-turn, but it barely made a dent on my data. I drove around with it for about 15 minutes on separate occasions in the same day, but around the same area.
Next time, I'll reset my Cellular Usage in Settings, and do turn-by-turn to see how much data exactly it eats up.
Shadow2222
Member
Anyone with Ford Sync managing to get the text message feature working (which required Bluetooth MAP profile)?
No luck with my iPhone 4.
No luck with my iPhone 4.
I used it before, it's probably best on lockscreen mode--the screen is off, only pops on to remind you of upcoming turns, etc.
It seems to cache a lot. When I tested on the 4S, turning off cellular data, it could still have map data for a mile or two, and kept the directions on pace. It would even re-route me if I specifically made multiple wrong turns. You can eventually get it to try to ask the server again, and/or lose map data, if you keep going too long without data.
The fact that maps are vector probably save a lot of data from the previous tile-based image maps.
I hope they switch over iPhoto iOS from the ugly POS they use now. iPhoto OS X is a maybe once they port the code over to Mac, and there have been hints that they are doing so. iCloud.com, on the other hand, probably not any time soon. Maybe they're working on getting their maps viewable in browsers, but I wouldn't be surprised if they don't really care about that.
I really do hope they offer a direct method for users to contribute changes to their maps though, like Google has with Map Maker. It'd be a big step in trying to catch up with Google. There are so many inaccuracies and mistakes in it that I'm itching to fix that it's not happy. I've submitted a lot via "Report a problem," but none of them have been addressed.
At this point, I can't wait for Google to release their own Maps app because their's is hands down the most comprehensive and reliable.
I have a feeling it could be some ways off. Maybe Google wants users to throw a big fuss about functionality that's now missing in the new Maps app before proudly announcing that they've got the solution, LOL.
That seems entirely anecdotal. I haven't seen any evidence at all that iOS 6 users contribute to traffic information and it doesn't seem to have improved at all in Sydney since it was introduced. All I know is that traffic information is (partially) sourced from Waze and it's about as sparse as Waze is.
In preperation for iOS6 I just wanted to check my options. I've only ever had a 4S which started out on iOS5 so I've never upgraded personally but when I tried to upgrade a friend's phone from 4 to 5 it said that I would have to sync the phone or lose everything on it. Is this still the case from iOS5 to 6?
The only PC I connect my phone to is my work laptop. This means that I can't have all my music/apps on there and I don't sync with the laptop - I manage my files manually. Is there any way I can update to iOS6 without losing everything on the phone? Having to start again on my music and videos would be a real pain
Would I also lose all the saves for the games that don't save on the cloud? Is there any way around this to prevent stuff being lost? I can't be the only person in the position that doesn't sync their phone to a device - surely there must be some workaround?
The only PC I connect my phone to is my work laptop. This means that I can't have all my music/apps on there and I don't sync with the laptop - I manage my files manually. Is there any way I can update to iOS6 without losing everything on the phone? Having to start again on my music and videos would be a real pain
Would I also lose all the saves for the games that don't save on the cloud? Is there any way around this to prevent stuff being lost? I can't be the only person in the position that doesn't sync their phone to a device - surely there must be some workaround?