IOS6 vs IOS5 - Page 2

Trip · 10-14-2012, 09:05 PM

Maps+ is the google maps app by a third party. Looks like its got a different user interface than iOS 5, but has google maps.

Gas Man · 10-14-2012, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jtemple

I have no complaints about Apple's maps app. I think the gripes are very overblown.

I agree. I love love love the apple maps. Add in the turn by turn and it rocks!

I have yet to find anything wrong with 6. It's perfect!!

Trip · 10-14-2012, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

I agree. I love love love the apple maps. Add in the turn by turn and it rocks!

I have yet to find anything wrong with 6. It's perfect!!

Apple maps is missing a ton of stuff. But given how new it is, it's expected.

They are saying google maps may be good to go by Christmas if apple doesn't block it.

Smittie61984 · 10-15-2012, 01:18 AM

I did the update. Had some friends say that IOS6 made a huge difference in the performance of the phone. I downloaded it and it did. Internet was faster, youtube was faster, apps were faster.

Messed with the maps. So far I didn't see much of a difference. It even kept the results from a previous google map search.

I don't have the 2.3gb it requires to update my mp3 player but it works.

However I wish Apple would do one thing over whatever software update they can think of. The same way you have the volume control buttons, there should be a "next" or "back" button for when playing music. Tapping the screen while running is a PITA. It should be a on the right side or top or something like that. Especially with the Ipod since it is at heart a mp3 player.

LeeNetworX · 10-15-2012, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by VatorMan

Guess it was an illusion then.

Pro tip: In iOS, pressing home button + power button at the same time takes a screen capture.

jtemple · 10-15-2012, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Smittie61984

However I wish Apple would do one thing over whatever software update they can think of. The same way you have the volume control buttons, there should be a "next" or "back" button for when playing music. Tapping the screen while running is a PITA. It should be a on the right side or top or something like that. Especially with the Ipod since it is at heart a mp3 player.

If you have a button on your earbuds, various button mashing combinations will let you change tracks.

once: play/pause

twice: skip to the next song

twice & hold: fast forward

three times & hold: rewind

Archren · 10-15-2012, 10:42 AM

I've had the iPhone 5 for a couple weeks now, and had no issues with the Apple maps. Granted, I haven't gone anywhere rural... but then again, Google maps very frequently led me astray in rural areas anyway (saying a business or hotel was a mile away from where it actually was... even along a major highway), so I don't personally see a big difference.

Sixxxxer · 10-15-2012, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jtemple

If you have a button on your earbuds, various button mashing combinations will let you change tracks.

once: play/pause

twice: skip to the next song

twice & hold: fast forward

three times & hold: rewind

What he said...There are forward and back controls as well as pause built into the Apple Earbuds that come with the Iphone. I use them all the time when I ride...bc I can still control them with my gloves on.

azoomm · 10-15-2012, 10:33 PM

The only thing I miss in maps is traffic ahead if me to decide which route I take.

Smittie61984 · 10-15-2012, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by azoomm

The only thing I miss in maps is traffic ahead if me to decide which route I take.

Quit talking to your damn cell phone.

As for the buttons. I picked upa pair of decent headphones with built in speaker thing. It's nice but I run...jog...waddle with the phone in my hand and would love for button control. I hate reaching up to use morse code to change a song. Especially if I want to skip more than one song because a super secret government agent put a bunch of ABBA on my playlists and I need to get past it.

By the way if Apple is listening, you heard it here first. If you add that in I want royalties bitches.

10-15-2012, 01:18 AM	#14
Smittie61984 I give Squids a bad name Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fly Over State Moto: 1996 CBR600 F3 (AKA the Flying Turd) Posts: 4,742	I did the update. Had some friends say that IOS6 made a huge difference in the performance of the phone. I downloaded it and it did. Internet was faster, youtube was faster, apps were faster. Messed with the maps. So far I didn't see much of a difference. It even kept the results from a previous google map search. I don't have the 2.3gb it requires to update my mp3 player but it works. However I wish Apple would do one thing over whatever software update they can think of. The same way you have the volume control buttons, there should be a "next" or "back" button for when playing music. Tapping the screen while running is a PITA. It should be a on the right side or top or something like that. Especially with the Ipod since it is at heart a mp3 player. __________________ lifts - R.I.P.

10-15-2012, 10:42 AM	#17
Archren Sham WOW Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: ATX Moto: 2007 Ducati 1098 Posts: 2,741	I've had the iPhone 5 for a couple weeks now, and had no issues with the Apple maps. Granted, I haven't gone anywhere rural... but then again, Google maps very frequently led me astray in rural areas anyway (saying a business or hotel was a mile away from where it actually was... even along a major highway), so I don't personally see a big difference. __________________ Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss

10-15-2012, 10:33 PM	#19
azoomm moderator chick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hill Country TX Moto: Pasta Rockets Posts: 8,917	The only thing I miss in maps is traffic ahead if me to decide which route I take.