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[zoffo]

I love Apple's Maps app, it blows away a paid app I've been using for years, especially with the integration of Siri. I recently went on a long trip with a friend he was using his Garmin GPS and it got confused several times, while Maps worked flawlessly. I've been using Maps quite a bit in the last few weeks and never had a problem.

[Prine]

Apple paying you?

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I love Apple's Maps app, it blows away a paid app I've been using for years, especially with the integration of Siri. I recently went on a long trip with a friendy he was using his Garmin GPS and it got confused several times, while Maps worked flawlessly. I've been using Maps quite a bit in the last few weeks and never had a problem.

[cashxx]

Apple Maps works fine here as well. My Android phone would reboot after an hour and had me in the middle of nowhere a couple of times.

[johnnytucats]

Doesn't link to iPhone contacts. Transit not working in DC.

[jehrler_MW]

While Maps has performed pretty darn well for me, I have been trying out all the alternatives and was excited to try Here.

First search this morning using Here was for an in town avis rent-a-car location was a total failure. Never could find the one I was going to despite four separate searches that brought up other locations in the area.

Went back to Maps and, bam, it was right on the first screen of avis locations.

[zoffo]

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Apple paying you?

LOL After reading my post I knew someone would say that.

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Doesn't link to iPhone contacts.

FWIW it links to my contacts. iPhone 5, iOS 6.0.1

[Martian]

zoffo, on 20 November 2012 - 09:42 AM, said:

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Apple paying you?

LOL After reading my post I knew someone would say that.

Thank you for yet AGAIN defending Apple by re-re-re-establishing that both Apple and Google maps each have errors and that those errors are often not in the same places.

Now please address:

• Apple does not have street view. The only posible defense is a tediously lame “well you really don’t need it”.
• Apple’s traffic “info” is worse than pathetic. Try running the two apps side by side in realtime and the traffic differences just leap off the screen. (If you don’t have iOS 5 or Android handy for comparison, you can use the exceedingly kludgy Google maps via Safari and access the traffic "layer").
• Compare completeness of the non-public road info in places like large college campuses, parks and malls.
• Compare names of buildings, stores, landmarks, etc that greatly help you navigate and may just be an actual destination.
• Do you really think Cook apologized for no good reason and only because a bogus public misconception bullied the excessively reticent Apple into apologizing?

[zoffo]

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zoffo said
Apple paying you? LOL After reading my post I knew someone would say that. Thank you for yet AGAIN defending Apple

Waaaa...I'm not defending anyone. Just expressing MY PERSONAL expeience with Maps. YMMV

[josu]

In my experience, Apple Maps are not that good right now, even if here in The northern Spain area were I leave are much up to date than Google's. But recently I have revisited uppstate New York maps in the Apple app and the improvement is huge, at the launch, the north east part over The Catskills was simple a blured area untill few weeks ago, but now are very detailed. Is OK to complain, but before still saying the app is crap, revisit from time to time. It has improved, huge.

[kboone34]

My 2 cents. I have NEVRE used any map app or GPS device that didn't have some kind if issue. So from day one I have been using Apple Maps. Have I had any issues, few but yes. However on a scale of 1-10 I give it an 8.0 not bad for a first try. It has on several occasions worked where my Garmin was way off.

And I am not being paid by Apple for the sponge heads that will claim I am. After using just about everything I could get my hands on paid and free, I choose Apple maps. Not perfect but pretty damn close and getting better.

Also notice how long it's taking Google to port the app to IOS. The extra time is because they see how badly Apple was hit with complaints. And the app that they have on the Android is flawed in many ways. They just don't complain as much because the bar is much lower. They know who bad it will be for them if they don't get it right after proposing this is how it's done. Still waiting GOOGLE! How did Nokia beat you to it ??????

[sforichard]

apple maps is already the most advanced easy to use and beautiful nav app out there, just wait until they finish "fixing" it .... I'm certain it will be greatly enhanced with blowout features and system integration

[nomster]

I just tried this out in the UK and there was no need for me to sign in to a Nokia account or use a Facebook login.

Seems very slow to me and the recommendation of places near me show that that feature is near useless (in south London anyway) leaving out some nearby great places and recommending ones miles away that I already know aren't so great.

But directions etc seem OK - so it's not a problem to have yet another option.

If I had to sign into anything, I'd have deleted the app already.
Will keep it for now as back-up.

[dndgirl734r]

Interestingly, I didn't need to sign in, either. At this point I just downloaded the app, located myself and set up a route to Moscone Center. It took only a nanosecond. I'll try to give the app a real workout later, but so far so good.