Mobile phones & tablets thread

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Originally Posted by henners88

I just got it and having a play around with it. Nice app, easy to follow and the street view edition is good too. Obviously this is all available on Google devices but its nice to have it back on iOS. Dare I say I prefer the Apple Maps interface when the actual navigation part is enabled, but Google wins hands down for actually producing a system that gets you to your destination most of the time!

The app certainly improves my overpriced piece of crap that bit more and brings it slightly closer to the other flagship models that not only blows it away, but get you more respect amongst the internets. The only saving grace is it looks good next to my ear or nicer on the dashboard when navigating using 'Google' Maps. I can hang my head in shame at traffic lights when hotties pull up alongside and look down on me as they will know I chose my iPhone purely for looks rather than application and that I am pathetically attempting to get to the that client without the use of its default mapping. Oh well, thanks to Google for saving my backside.

Should silence a few of the critics for now. :)

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Made me chuckle. You might just 'pull' the hotties that pull up next to you, as they'll assume you are loaded....

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Originally Posted by henners88

True. It wouldn't be the first time I have had to palm the 'hotties' off me after pulling my iPhone out my pocket to answer a call whilst sipping away in Whetherspoons. Often leaving a melee of hair pulling and slaps as multiple girls argue over who saw me and my iPhone first. I am married so I don't get a chance to use the 'I've got an iPhone, fancy coming to bed with me at the end of the night' yarn. This does work btw. Of course some of my friends look smugly on as they sit by the bar watching repeats of Eastenders streamed in stunning full high definition on the fantastic screen the Samsung Galaxy S3 boasts. I just have to put up with this unwanted attention and accept its just another one of the many drawbacks the iPhone comes with. That'll teach me for being vain and moving far too many goalposts to accommodate my extravagant purchase. :)

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It's a dirty job, but someones gotta do it!!! :p

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Originally Posted by Mark

The Google Maps app is now available on iOS. This is a great day :D

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But can you set it to default yet? :p

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Originally Posted by henners88

I don't know how to turn Nokia Maps off as the default on mine, so I doubt I'll ever work that out. Whenever I've encountered a web page with a map link, it nearly always says Nokia as the provider. Strange.

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That sounds like whoever wrote the web page simply embedded a link to Nokia's maps, that can't be changed without getting them to re-write the website.

What you're missing, though, is the ability to tell iOS that Google Maps should be the default to open any address (eg from your contacts, when you search for a business or directions etc). It's one of those omissions that IMO stops iOS being a polished user experience.

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Originally Posted by henners88

I just got it and having a play around with it. Nice app, easy to follow and the street view edition is good too. Obviously this is all available on Google devices but its nice to have it back on iOS. Dare I say I prefer the Apple Maps interface when the actual navigation part is enabled, but Google wins hands down for actually producing a system that gets you to your destination most of the time!

The app certainly improves my overpriced piece of crap that bit more and brings it slightly closer to the other flagship models that not only blows it away, but get you more respect amongst the internets. The only saving grace is it looks good next to my ear or nicer on the dashboard when navigating using 'Google' Maps. I can hang my head in shame at traffic lights when hotties pull up alongside and look down on me as they will know I chose my iPhone purely for looks rather than application and that I am pathetically attempting to get to the that client without the use of its default mapping. Oh well, thanks to Google for saving my backside.

Should silence a few of the critics for now. :)

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OK!! I will first clearify that hthis is in relation to the Apple maps.Well, over here they are shyte!!. Directions to Mildura in Victoria lead drivers to a desert instead, and there was no phone reception nor was there any water. Motorists stuck there had to walk out in above 40 degreeC heat.
I had the misfortune to buy a Navman when I went North in May, and this device relied on google maps.First night at Gundagai, I was lead to an empty place on a back road and informed blithely that I had arrived at my destination. Second night, my destination was Wooten in NSW,and I was led to a tiny house 30 km south and informed, blithely again,that I had arrived at my destination. Fortunately, I was able to call my host on my mobile and was given instructions how to get to his place. 4 months later, on my return to Wooten on my return to Melbourne, my host told me that Google still had not corrected their directions nor maps. Basically, I spent around $160 for the Navman, and got nothing out of it.

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Originally Posted by Dave B

But can you set it to default yet? :p

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No, that's the drawback, but then Apple paid Google a lot of money to allow that to be the case, I believe Google wants money from any app developers who want to use their maps. So I suspect most Apps will be stuck with awful mapping for the forseeable future.

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Originally Posted by ioan

The iPhone 5 is an overpriced piece of crap! There you have it. :p

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I'll reserve my judgment until I extensively use the overpriced piece of crap! :p

Same here, there are two streets with my street name within the Chester-le-Street administrative area. I'm sure some of my missed deliveries have ended up there.

Good news for Apple phone owners: they can download the google maps here, which are now the fastest selling app ( so I hear on TV) in Oz. :)

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Originally Posted by henners88

I just got it and having a play around with it. Nice app, easy to follow and the street view edition is good too. Obviously this is all available on Google devices but its nice to have it back on iOS. Dare I say I prefer the Apple Maps interface when the actual navigation part is enabled, but Google wins hands down for actually producing a system that gets you to your destination most of the time!

The app certainly improves my overpriced piece of crap that bit more and brings it slightly closer to the other flagship models that not only blows it away, but get you more respect amongst the internets. The only saving grace is it looks good next to my ear or nicer on the dashboard when navigating using 'Google' Maps. I can hang my head in shame at traffic lights when hotties pull up alongside and look down on me as they will know I chose my iPhone purely for looks rather than application and that I am pathetically attempting to get to the that client without the use of its default mapping. Oh well, thanks to Google for saving my backside.

Should silence a few of the critics for now. :)

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HAHAHA!! :up:

That's beautiful, man. Just beautiful.