Monday, April 15, 2013

Can I just say ...

... that the iPhone GPS directions blow chunks?  They managed to triple my travel time and land me on the toll road.

Good grief, this is about enough to get me to replace the damn thing with Android.

10 comments:

  1. B April 15, 2013 at 7:32 PM

    Drink more of the (Apple) Kool-Aid.

    It'll help.

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  2. R.K. BrumbelowApril 15, 2013 at 7:37 PM

    Or just use Google Maps on iOS. It is in the App Store

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  3. NotClauswitzApril 15, 2013 at 9:06 PM

    When I eventually have to get one (a smartass phone) I'll come here to get advice on turning-off the .Gov GPS enablers and other crapola! :-)

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  4. Rev. PaulApril 15, 2013 at 10:48 PM

    The massive failure that is Apple's GPS is now well-documented. Google Maps works WAY better!

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  5. Old NFOApril 16, 2013 at 8:05 AM

    Yep, Google maps is MUCH better and it does work! Course you're screwed anyway with the toll roads up here...

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  6. Stephen GustavApril 16, 2013 at 8:58 AM

    Apple's Maps got me to the same destination with no issues...

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  7. CormacApril 16, 2013 at 10:03 AM

    Is WAZE available on the iPhone?
    I've been using it more often than Google Navigator lately.

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  8. Stephen GustavApril 16, 2013 at 11:25 AM

    Yes, it is. My mom is an addictive WAZE user now that I convinced her to get a smart phone. I don't use it on a daily basis because there's only one way to get to work, so in the end it doesn't really matter if there's traffic or not.

    Traveling, I switch between apple maps, google maps and waze. I don't know if it's just me, but it actually seems like google maps are less reliable than they were last year - I've been getting some weird routes lately.

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  9. instinctApril 16, 2013 at 12:32 PM

    I have the TomTom app for iPhone. Got it before Goggle Maps and it works perfect.

    Besides, I hate Google and avoid their garbage as much as I can.

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  10. TedApril 16, 2013 at 2:02 PM

    + 1 on Tomtom. But the prime culprit is apples GPS receiver that just doesn't cut it. My Tom Tom holder has a more accurate Antsnna /chipset that overrides the iphone component. And for even better reception I have a small component that connects via Bluetooth

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