Guest FourAces Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 So IOS users have you updated to the latest and best ever? I like the huge improvements in Siri and some of the little additions, like separate email signatures. Not sure what I think about the Maps as I am so use to Googles mobile Maps. The Facebook integrated app is a step back to me. I do not want my Facebook friends to be added to my contacts but that is the only option if you use the app. I've only updated my phone not my iPad yet. What are your thoughts? Quote
Members JKane Posted September 21, 2012 Members Posted September 21, 2012 The thing that's really getting me with the maps thing is that iPhone is the only platform that doesn't offer you the choice of which maps/directions you'd like to use. They actively prevent Google or others from offering alternatives--FREE ALTERNATIVES. Pretty much sums up my problems with Apple right there! Quote
AdamSmith Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 Have they even blocked access to Google Maps through the Web browser?!? How about MapQuest? Quote
Members JKane Posted September 21, 2012 Members Posted September 21, 2012 Have they even blocked access to Google Maps through the Web browser?!? How about MapQuest? No, but that's second-rate compared to a native app that could be set to respond to address clicks or give verbal turn-by-turn guidance. Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 The Facebook integrated app is a step back to me. I do not want my Facebook friends to be added to my contacts but that is the only option if you use the app. What are your thoughts? Actually that is not true. All you have to do is go to settings and turn off contacts and calendar and they won't be integrated. I did that immediately. They should have told you that when you first linked the two on your iphone. Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 They actively prevent Google or others from offering alternatives--FREE ALTERNATIVES. Pretty much sums up my problems with Apple right there! Actually this is not true either. Google has yet to release an iOS6 version of MAPS yet but they will. Then Apple will have to approve which they said they would already. The rumor is that Google is intentionally waiting a while before releasing it so that people will "want" for it since the Apple app is so new and not yet optimal. Quote
Guest gcursor Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 I was promised that SIRI would come to the iPad 2 after the upgrade (in certain applications) but I can NOT find her! I am very upset at this because THIS was pretty much why I upgraded (yes..my life is that boring!) I had baked a cake for SIRI and we were going to go out for a night on the town when she arrived. I wanted to let everybody know that I was PROUD of having a new best friend (well..my only best friend). So I sit and wait by the iPad hoping for a SKYPE call or a FACEBOOK poke from SIRI telling me that she's okay and she's on her way to meet me. Please SIRI, call me ! Quote
Guest Mcamp Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 I was promised that SIRI would come to the iPad 2 after the upgrade (in certain applications) but I can NOT find her! I am very upset at this because THIS was pretty much why I upgraded sorry gcursor but Siri has left your cake out in the rain because she is never coming to your ipad2. Only ipad third generation and beyond. (queue Donna Summer) The mapping complaints people are having with the iphone5 are with the Apple built app not the actual technology or data. TomTom data mapping systems is the core technology within Apple IMAPS and is being licensed to Apple for this app. Apple has somehow built an app around this technology that is strangling its performance for some users. I'm sure they'll figure it out before too long. Quote
Guest Hoover42 Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 I was promised that SIRI would come to the iPad 2 after the upgrade (in certain applications) but I can NOT find her! I am very upset at this because THIS was pretty much why I upgraded (yes..my life is that boring!) I had baked a cake for SIRI and we were going to go out for a night on the town when she arrived. I wanted to let everybody know that I was PROUD of having a new best friend (well..my only best friend). So I sit and wait by the iPad hoping for a SKYPE call or a FACEBOOK poke from SIRI telling me that she's okay and she's on her way to meet me. Please SIRI, call me ! Some tech writers suggest the reason Siri isn't made officially available is that Apple naturally wants to push folks to buy the latest hardware. However, if you're determined and adventurous it is possible to hack your iPad 2 and run Siri; just search Google for more info. Quote
Members JKane Posted September 22, 2012 Members Posted September 22, 2012 Actually this is not true either. Google has yet to release an iOS6 version of MAPS yet but they will. Then Apple will have to approve which they said they would already. The rumor is that Google is intentionally waiting a while before releasing it so that people will "want" for it since the Apple app is so new and not yet optimal. I was under the impression it had been declined for the App Store in the past. It's not just Google, Bing also has pretty good maps/turn by turn directions, last I used it... I *really* prefer not needing anybody's permission to run something on *my* phone... Quote
Guest FourAces Posted September 23, 2012 Posted September 23, 2012 Apple sometimes might not seem the most innovative and sometimes seems a bit walled in... but unlike many OS out there Apple almost always tests things to death before releasing them and thats why they just work ... well thought out UI, simple to use and items do what they are suppose to do. However, I do have a problem at times when they block legitimate apps that have been well tested and work great like Google Maps. So well tested they were part of the OS till the current version. Quote
Guest FourAces Posted September 23, 2012 Posted September 23, 2012 I found this Tumblr blog dedicated to errors in Apple Maps. Most are overseas some are pretty funny like the search for a Apple Store which can be seen in the background of a pop up that says No Results Found http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/ Quote
Guest FourAces Posted September 23, 2012 Posted September 23, 2012 Actually that is not true. All you have to do is go to settings and turn off contacts and calendar and they won't be integrated. I did that immediately. They should have told you that when you first linked the two on your iphone. EXPAT this is not gonna work as if I turn off contacts and calendar my actual contacts will not sync to the cloud There is no option when using the iOS6 Facebook app to manually skip importing contacts and events from Facebook. Quote
Guest gcursor Posted September 23, 2012 Posted September 23, 2012 Hmm..okay but I could swear that I read multiple articles saying that SIRI would be coming to certain apps on the iPad 2. I know it wasn't coming to the iPad first generation at all. But I was kind of counting on seeing it in a few apps on the iPad 2. gcursor sorry gcursor but Siri has left your cake out in the rain because she is never coming to your ipad2. Only ipad third generation and beyond. (queue Donna Summer) The mapping complaints people are having with the iphone5 are with the Apple built app not the actual technology or data. TomTom data mapping systems is the core technology within Apple IMAPS and is being licensed to Apple for this app. Apple has somehow built an app around this technology that is strangling its performance for some users. I'm sure they'll figure it out before too long. Quote
Guest FourAces Posted September 23, 2012 Posted September 23, 2012 Here is a chart of which devices will be receiving specific iOS6 updates. Quote
Members lookin Posted September 23, 2012 Members Posted September 23, 2012 Actually, SIRI turns me off, so I just returned the favor. I realize I'm the only person in this whole wide world who still gets creeped out by everything I say and do ending up on Apple's servers till the end of time, but there you have it. Funny thing is, among my friends, and most acquaintances, I'm probably the most forthcoming person you'll ever meet. Ask me anything and, unless you're the love child of J. Edgar Hoover and Yenta Telebenta, I'll share all you ask and more. But that's only if I know with whom I'm confiding. Until I learn a lot more about what's likely to become of my personal information in these days of unfettered and persistent data storage, I prefer to be a bit less forthcoming. Quote
Members MsGuy Posted September 24, 2012 Members Posted September 24, 2012 Why fight it, lookin? The Singularity approaches; you will be assimilated. Resistence is futile! ==== LOL, I just realized that I've been reduced to posting on a tech thread! I must be out of my mind bored tonight. Quote
Guest hitoallusa Posted September 24, 2012 Posted September 24, 2012 I don't use SIRI... And not planning to... Quote
Guest hitoallusa Posted September 25, 2012 Posted September 25, 2012 LOL... That is so cool... How did they do that? Anyways, some actors in the clip were very cute... Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted October 6, 2012 Posted October 6, 2012 And even The New Yorker got in the act. . . Quote
