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I've read that, like antennagate, the maps problem is, while real, rather overblown.
Seems like critics love to make hay with new Apple hardware and software releases. Yes, I've seen the blog of errors...I also read lots comments of people who used it without any problems. Last edited by ScotiaBurrell; 09-22-2012 at 06:18 PM. |
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This from The Independent 22/09/'12 ..................
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...internalSearch |
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Anyone who says it's overblown is an Apple apologist. If you never use the app then you could probably get away with thinking that but if you live a big city or do a lot of travelling and use it every day then it's horrible.
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All I have read is that people have been using the beta product for some time with no problem. I would guess they live in big cities.
I don't know. I don't have any experience with the product. |
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second comment onward - again, just what i read:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6324/t...rmance-preview |
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I just spent a typical Sunday - visiting relatives, lunching with children, trying out a new restaurant. As a test, I tried to have the new app direct us to each of our destinations. It failed in each case. It is not overblown, it is screwed. Totally screwed. I imagine that Apple will rush a fix, and I also imagine that like many of Apples's fixes, the first couple won't quite solve the problem. They need a way to roll back to the OS5 app, you know, the one from Google, the one that works. |
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It looks like iPhone 5 has another bug, or rather feature. It seems that all it takes is to plug in an AT&T SIM into a Verizon iPhone 5 and you are up an running on the AT&T network. Apparently Apple forgot to SIM lock the Verizon iPhone 5.
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The only thing that could be much better would be if the phone battery got so hot that the users had to wear an OVEN GLOVE to hold the Apple 5. See another "Steve Jobs" fix. Just hold it right. (Maybe inf front of the destination.) "Oh, there it is. Apple's mapping was right." "Yes Apple now provides multi-carrier solutions at the same time." This is going to be a good Sunday. I need an Apple fan to talk to. |
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You will probably have to use Waze or one of the other GPS mapping apps on the market until it gets to where you want it to be. Or until Google decides to release its own app into the market. If Apple allows Waze, there's no reason to not allow Google Maps. Google just needs to build and release it. |
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Well actually, no, it is not good business for Verizon, but obviously good business for Apple, in the short term possibly. If it was "done on purpose" then Apple is crippling their customer's business advantage "on purpose". A SIM locked phone encourages a customer to continue their Verizon contract when it expires, but a phone without a SIM lock encourages a customer to shop service providers. So, good for the customer, and bad for Verizon.
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