Thanks for the answer. I only ask since that was Google maps I believe, and this new nav is all Apple's. Its not a complete deal breaker as I only.visit NY twice a year, but damn does it help when I'm there.
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iOS 6 |OT| New Maps? googy pls
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Thanks for the answer. I only ask since that was Google maps I believe, and this new nav is all Apple's. Its not a complete deal breaker as I only.visit NY twice a year, but damn does it help when I'm there.
Hmm...who was the dude who had that original account haha.
Ken Masters
Banned
Obviously, but it's still inexcusable I had to wait till fall 2012 for turn by turn on my phone
The Elite
BOSS
But it's so much work.
Doing this would make up for all the mean things you said about Joss.
If it was such a deal breaker you probably should have jumped ship a while back.
I thought google explicitly said that apple could not use their maps to do turn by turn. My memory may be off but I thought there was some limitation.
Wait for the dev beta to release. I'm sure someone will upload them.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I would say that I hope Passbook gets updated with fuller capabilities. It's embarrassing that phones didn't replace wallets in 1999. My wallet actually just wore out, and I have three basic choices:
- Buy a shitty mall-world $20 wallet, which will be shitty
- Buy a proper, designer wallet like this one for $50+, but still have the nagging feeling that I'd rather not have a wallet at all.
- Hope that iPhone 5 or upcoming Android phones really get on the ball with revolutionizing this industry so I can just use my damn phone.
I don't want to carry membership cards. I don't want to carry receipts. I don't want to carry bank cards or credit cards. I don't want to carry ID. None of these things are imbued with any inherent functionality that can't be duplicated by a phone. Edit: Naturally, the other major use of a wallet, to show obnoxious family photos no one else wants to see, is already possible with my phone.
- Buy a shitty mall-world $20 wallet, which will be shitty
- Buy a proper, designer wallet like this one for $50+, but still have the nagging feeling that I'd rather not have a wallet at all.
- Hope that iPhone 5 or upcoming Android phones really get on the ball with revolutionizing this industry so I can just use my damn phone.
I don't want to carry membership cards. I don't want to carry receipts. I don't want to carry bank cards or credit cards. I don't want to carry ID. None of these things are imbued with any inherent functionality that can't be duplicated by a phone. Edit: Naturally, the other major use of a wallet, to show obnoxious family photos no one else wants to see, is already possible with my phone.
My3G is the only reason I have my 4S jailbroken. And the only two applications I use this for are Facetime, and the App Store (downloading files over 20MB). Really, all they need to let me do is queue files from the App store. I have no problem downloading them later, I just want to be able to buy them whenever I want.
You have a dev account? How much you charging for us to become burdens?
I'm willing to bet Passbook gets a whole lot more useful with the new iPhone which'll probably have NFC.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Didn't the limit get raised to 50MB around iOS 5.0?
Passbook is going to be integrated with nfc i presume.
You could use the "Tell a Friend" button to email yourself a reminder to download the app.
lunchtoast
Member
I'm jealous of that passbook.
nVidiot_Whore
Banned
I'm not saying it wouldn't be useful; just saying it's an odd statement to claim the work isn't worth it "only for iOS devices."
It's probably quite purposefully not on the web from Apple's general marketing perspective.
Ken Masters
Banned
I've been using the shit mapquest app in the mean time
Even if it does work, I'm not sure it'd be a great idea to leave the wallet at home. Half the time when I use paypass it doesn't want to work for random reasons. The last thing I would want is to do my grocery shopping and then realize I have no way to pay for it.
i was thinking maybe on the icloud.com portal.
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CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Turn-by-turn iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and new iPad only. No iPhone 4. I smell meltdowns.
I happen to be part of the 4s and new ipad master race.
This is exactly how I feel. The success of this also largely hinges on places buying into scanning phones etc.
LukasTaves
Member
criesofthepast
Member
I'd be pissed but I have an iPhone 4S so I'm just gonna sit back and watch the reactions...
Blah. Good thing I'm planning to upgrade from my 4 this year. I have the new iPad but it's WiFi only. A mistake I won't be making next year!
Marty Chinn
Member
Add on fixing the shitty YouTube quality limitation over 3G too, and ya, those three reasons are why I have My3G.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
It's not just about Paypass/NFC, though--I've had the same experience with NFC readers not working immediately (I fall back to swiping after a few tries). There's Bump. There's Paypal on my phone. There's also no reason why the retailer can't enter your card number manually (the same way some do if the card won't swipe properly). I can't tell you what the backup routine is, but someone should be able to figure it out. I don't carry cash anymore and haven't for probably 6 or 7 years now. Now it's time for me to not carry plastic anymore.
It's 2012--of all the billions of dollars in the credit industry, and all the billions of dollars in the payment processing industry, and all the billions of dollars in the mobile industry, and the hundreds of millions of smartphones out there, how the hell hasn't this been solved?
Ken Masters
Banned
That sucks, luckily I'm upgrading
Good Job Bob
Member
Definitely an impressive update to iOS, the passbook stuff is really interesting, can't wait to see what the API looks like for that.
Only thing that irks me is the walled garden approach they are taking to Siri, only integrating their preferred sites, would have really liked to see an API that links keywords and phrases to 3rd party apps. Maybe that'll happen eventually.
Only thing that irks me is the walled garden approach they are taking to Siri, only integrating their preferred sites, would have really liked to see an API that links keywords and phrases to 3rd party apps. Maybe that'll happen eventually.
Wait, what? What's different about Apple's turn-by-turn that makes it unfeasible on 4?
I think it is, man. I think it is.
I've waited so long..
Isn't the action sheet just a replacement for the list of actions we have now. Someone inform a brother. Am I missing something. They never said there was more interoperability.
I have and use Google wallet for convenience (easy to simply swipe my phone). However, I still take my wallet with me. Why? Because of the two, one of those is always guaranteed to work.
I've had moments where wallet won't respond or my phone acts up due to poor reception. Until that's at least 99% reliable, my wallet comes with me.
Wouldn't that increase user error and waiting time?
Potentially significantly, even. Imagine a big line of people and everyone paying with a credit card.
An iPad with cellular data seems pointless when also owning an iPhone. Just use the hotspot feature. *.*
Face it Tiger..
Banned
That's bad ass title, bananas.
iOS6 looks very impressive, can't wait to get it on my iDevices.
iOS6 looks very impressive, can't wait to get it on my iDevices.
I agree. I would love a way to not have to carry a wallet around. Having to keep one in my back pocket never ceases to annoy. A future where I can do all my transactions and ID stuff throught a phone, or perhaps a general use card would be great, but it'd have to work 100% of the time for me to ditch my wallet. I think it's going to be another five to ten years before we get to that point, especially in Canada.
Good Job Bob
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This is a list of developer APIs:
Action Sheet is in there so I assume developers will be able to plug their apps into the action sheet; say for example Instapaper could plug in and you could save articles without ever installing that silly bookmarklet.
The hotspot thing is really expensive on AT&T last time I checked. When I had my iPad 2 I was fine with it being just WiFi. But now more often I find myself in situations where the 4G version would be really nice to have.