I was pleased after the keynote, however I think Apple still has a way to go. From what I've seen online turn by turn navigation is not working outside of the US on the beta, 3D mapping is very, very limited and even the quality of the maps is limited. From what I saw even a place like Detroit had maps so bad you couldn't see streets or buildings. Granted it is a beta iOS, and maps is just a start but they still have lots of work to do.
Otherwise the privacy settings look quick and simple. Assuming they work and developers don't find a way to bypass them it's an effective way to see what apps want to access and restrict them.
I'm relatively new to my 4S, but have us to find a real world use for Siri. Either I screw up talking or it just completely screws up. Would be nice to have full support though.
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From what I understand Apple has an agreement with Tom Tom to integrate their mapping into Apple's app so maps shouldn't be an issue.
I use Siri when roaming in the states and it's great, but it's totally useless in Canada. I do use dictation a lot in emails and txts and I love not having to type stuff out. Sometimes there are minor corrections to make but it beats tapping out long messages with my fingers on the screen.
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We'll see. The Facetime calls will be pretty infrequent much as the voice calls were. The Rogers package charges another $5 per 100 Mbps for overage so it's not a big deal and you may be right on carrier support but the package change on my Rogers panel says it's LTE ready and I can't see them building a wall around the App given that jailbroken devices already permit FT over cell. Most of our communication is over iMessage during the day with a big flurry of txts to co-ordinate dinner and kid's schedules.
It really is a winner given my/our particular needs.
How did you get the 100MB plan with an iPhone? I tried that for my girlfriend new iPhone and they wouldn't budge and said they only allow 500MB min on a iPhone.
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From what I understand Apple has an agreement with Tom Tom to integrate their mapping into Apple's app so maps shouldn't be an issue.
I use Siri when roaming in the states and it's great, but it's totally useless in Canada. I do use dictation a lot in emails and txts and I love not having to type stuff out. Sometimes there are minor corrections to make but it beats tapping out long messages with my fingers on the screen.
Its Tom Tom map data which is different than the images used for the mapping itself.
And I am sure from what we have seen is what they are allowing us to see.
I am sure when the iPhone 5 comes out and they have the conference that is when iOS 6 will be released and it will look and work great, I hope.
How did you get the 100MB plan with an iPhone? I tried that for my girlfriend new iPhone and they wouldn't budge and said they only allow 500MB min on a iPhone.
It could be that my account is a business account not consumer. It might also be that Rogers has no idea it's an iPhone. I dropped any of the iPhone oriented packages with no need for voice. No voice mail, etc. It might also be that I called to disconnect the service and said that we have no need for voice and that I was going to go with a pay-per-use service and the customer retentions guy I had actually listened to me. That doesn't happen very often.
Confirmed that data is from Tom Tom. It isn't "crowd sourced" like waze. Amazing how comparisons to waze have been made and now some people think Apple said that's what they're using.
By Street View, do you mean Satellite, Hybrid (and Standard) views are possible? They are.
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By street view - meaning the images the google cameras attached to the top of a roving vehicle are able to incorporate into google maps...ie the picture taken of my house last spring and all of my neighbour's homes too.
By street view - meaning the images the google cameras attached to the top of a roving vehicle are able to incorporate into google maps...ie the picture taken of my house last spring and all of my neighbour's homes too.
Which navigation app uses those pictures?
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