LOL!
It’s not that hard to explain. Once your life is integrated into and time spent learning an OS you’re reluctant to leave. I believe this is more so with Apple products, but I don’t have first hand experience and base that off of what my family and friends tell me.
As a Nokia user I’ve changed my OS every time I change phones… :nuts:
I mean more that people get in actual arguments about their cell phone.
Typical, “check out how big this number is” statement. He’s basically saying that Apple maps is a crappy product that 100 million people are using.
I treat cell phone arguments like I treat what OS is better or what programming language is better arguments. People who are smart can decide properly and use a device/OS/language that better fits them and their needs. People who can’t are too dumb to have an argument.
I don’t give a crap. I was just pointing out his statement was retarded.
“Google will lose substantial revenue from the omission of the maps app in iOS”
“nuh-uh, there are lots of android devices outside the US”
wtf?
logic, use it.
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:shrug:
Once you actually use it, its a lot less exciting story than the internet wants to make you believe.
The only feature that seem a bit broken to me is the 3D with satellite, which is mostly just really slow, but pretty neat when it works.
As far as what I use maps for (old or new) its finding places and getting there. I haven’t had a single problem, and the integration with yelp is actually nice when traveling and trying to find somewhere to go to eat. The addition of turn by turn is a great plus when I’m not in my own car.
Is it the best maps program in the world? No. But to me, it seems a lot better than the old maps.
People that get bent about black & white sat. images in the middle of siberia, or random 3D explosions seem to be the people with their jimmies rustled.
And I don’t own a mac, I’ve owned android and nokia/wm based phones. I also don’t give a crap what everyone else owns. Seems to me like the guys that are getting themselves in a wad are the guys that don’t like iOS and are hanging out in an iOS thread :shrug: I should also add that my phone didn’t show up with any anodizing issues, and in 2+ years, I never broke my iPhone4 front or back. :shrug: User error + hive mind.
Although I chuckled when I read the 500M search #, probably 450M search from bloggers trying to find goofs in the middle of nowhere.
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Every OS and every device has pros and cons.
Android just has more.
LOL thats exactly what I think of in all these threads
honestly, I was looking up something in NYC for my friend and playing with the 3D Apple Maps. It is fucking amazing with the views, the navigation with two fingers and the rotations. As walter said, I haven’t had a problem with directions anywhere but again, I live in Buffalo, not the middle of a glacier in Siberia.
So according to your reasoning, anyone that doesn’t specialize in IT is dumb? Curious
I don’t think that is what he is saying at all.
He is saying that users should choose what works best for them and their interests. If custom kernels are imporant, NFC, or any other android only fucntionality is best for you, get a droid. If you require iCloud integration or otherwise rely on some functionalities that the iPhone succeeds with, then you should get an iPhone.
No matter what platform you are purchasing/choosing for getting work done, you should always purchase/choose what works best for what you want to do. Never choose a platform for anything based solely on biased information. If Windows fits the bill, don’t try to shoehorn it onto a linux machine just because you hated windows ME.
Depending your line of work, your phone is the device you use the most in the day typically. You should pick one that does what you need to do. A simple to learn interface with a clear screen and lots of security out there, a iPhone is right up your alley for most of the public who want a phone with apps that just works. If you are a hacker type that really wants to test new ROMs and kernels and radios on their phone and be on the bleeding edge, a Android phone is perfect for you. Look at all the commercials for Samsung and stuff trying to show how cool the S3 is. They show people using the NFC stuff to send a playlist. Most people don’t give a shit about that. The people who are the ones that are hacking the ROMs are the ones but for the general consumer, its a moot point.
Thats funny im sitting here with a bunch of hackers talking about this.
Everyone pretty much agrees they want a phone that just fucking works, is secure, JUST WORKs, stable, and you don’t have to do some haxor rom/root shit to make it operate properly as a phone…All of those reasons makes the iPhone their preference.
And everything pre jellybean sucks
I was just stoking the fire guys…
I change my vote - the traffic sucks right now. Then again, I used something other than google for traffic previously, but what they have now is crappo. Just seems to show the worst, no gradients of high/med/low, just red, or not red.
OMG I wanna come chat with h@ck3rs
Never tried it. My friend got me into the Waze app when I drive longer trips and the only thing I really use for traffic right now for live updated info.
Welp, I am frustrated. I’ve got an old iPod Touch 2G. I am trying to use it as a remote for an Apple TV. The remote app only supports >= ios 4.3. My iPod is 4.2.1. What a bag of dicks. It’s jailbroken. Do I have any options? I’ve already tried editting the verion number in the plist file. It attempts to install then bombs out.
On a happier note, I am in love with my jailbroken Apple TV 2. aTV Flash 2.0 is massively awesome. XBMC is as well, but it’s a bit more of an “advanced” UI. I’m super familiar with XBMC from the past though, so I do like it.
Toss poverty iPod in the garbage?
lol yeah…I am cheap lol
well now that it’s restored and jailbroken I’ll probably just put some music on it and use it at the gym or something.
If you just need one for a remote watch woot
Then toss that one jail broke on eBay
yeah we’ll see. I have the little silver remote, but after seeing a friend’s setup with remote app on iPad, I really wanted to use an iOS device.
Maybe I’ll get an iPad mini when they come out.