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21 September 2012, 11:31 AM

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Isn't that how all online maps work. Or did the aliens give points of interest to Google?

points of interest are a bit different to whole towns / cities

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21 September 2012, 11:46 AM

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points of interest are a bit different to whole towns / cities

Change your focus, it will add years to your life.

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21 September 2012, 12:13 PM

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21 September 2012, 12:36 PM

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I can't believe you waste your time commenting on these threads, OCD maybe?

You can talk!

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21 September 2012, 12:40 PM

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Change your focus, it will add years to your life.

its no fun when you give up

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21 September 2012, 01:00 PM

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Is that real or photoshopped?

I wouldn't be surprised if it is real, I mean these iPhone owners are a bit slow.

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21 September 2012, 01:40 PM

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Is that real or photoshopped?

I wouldn't be surprised if it is real, I mean these iPhone owners are a bit slow.

Yes it's real, Apple users get free maps, Android users have a paid by adverts version.

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21 September 2012, 01:45 PM

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Yes it's real, Apple users get free maps, Android users have a paid by adverts version.

Still not working Jake.
You are like a broken record.

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21 September 2012, 01:51 PM

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roughly translated
"We released unfinished software with the hope that our fanboys would help to finish it off by letting us know where places are. We have copied the idea from Waze whereby users build up the database, this means minimal development from us and allows us to say that you are part of the apple family.

It's not the first time they've done this, Siri is still in beta and how long has that been out now.

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21 September 2012, 01:53 PM

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blackberry seem to have a outage at the mo

and it is affecting me :-( -- so all technology is a bit **** if you ask me

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21 September 2012, 02:05 PM

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Is that real or photoshopped?

I wouldn't be surprised if it is real, I mean these iPhone owners are a bit slow.

Pretty sure it's real, some people at LU do have a great sense of humour.

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21 September 2012, 03:01 PM

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http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/...os6-maps-rocks

I'm not alone.

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21 September 2012, 04:03 PM

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http://news.sky.com/story/987955/app...-map-app-fixes

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21 September 2012, 04:32 PM

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The comments on this one made me chuckle...

Apple Maps, Gloucestershire

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21 September 2012, 04:34 PM

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poor old swedes.

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21 September 2012, 04:54 PM

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Poor Germans...

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21 September 2012, 05:34 PM

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http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/...os6-maps-rocks

I'm not alone.

You can't polish a turd, even if there are two of you.

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21 September 2012, 08:28 PM

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You can't polish a turd, even if there are two of you.

You see that's where we differ. Where there's muck there's brass. This is the best opportunity small business owners have had since Google Maps, better in fact. iOS Maps optimisation is already booming.

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21 September 2012, 08:29 PM

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Poor Germans...

That's the idiot filter.

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21 September 2012, 08:30 PM

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Anyone else liking the Olympic sites, amazing mapping.

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21 September 2012, 08:38 PM

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I have to take my S3 in for a warranty repair tomorrow, I'm going to have a look at a sim free iPhone 5 as my S3 will be away for repair up to 3 weeks which I'm not too happy about.

You never know I might just be a disciple again, at least with Apple you take a faulty handset in and they either repair or replace it there and then.

Bloody Samsung.

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21 September 2012, 08:39 PM

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You see that's where we differ. Where there's muck there's brass. This is the best opportunity small business owners have had since Google Maps, better in fact. iOS Maps optimisation is already booming.

Not for me, my business address on the new maps is 4 years out of date, how do I correct it?

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21 September 2012, 08:49 PM

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Not for me, my business address on the new maps is 4 years out of date, how do I correct it?

I'm sure there are better ways, but there's a Report Problem link in the app, click bottom right as if you're changing map data.

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21 September 2012, 09:18 PM

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Anyone else liking the Olympic sites, amazing mapping.

Pan left a mile, then it's like most of the rest of the UK, I.e. crapo.

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21 September 2012, 09:25 PM

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And it wont be there in a years time, but i suppose that's not the point?

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21 September 2012, 09:32 PM

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Christ, 3 weeks????

My 5 arrived today... nice bit of kit - much lighter than the 4 but still solid and with a feeling of quality. Not for everyone, I'm sure but it'll do me fine thanks.

Also, re the maps, never used the old app much anyway as I use the TomTom app so doesn't really bother me. Besides, it's just and app and they'll fix it soon enough I'm sure... bit embarrassing for Apple though none the less.