To follow up on the MapGate I found this article just written, seems to verify what I feel. When you are a big target many bullets come your way, normally undeserved. This is a huge company and some folks will not be happy unless they can throw some dirt. Remember the guff Apple caught by naming the iPad the iPad? Where is it now, don't hear a word but the pundits had to have their 15 seconds of glory. Believe me, even through the maps are considered good they will get much better.
John Apple Maps not so bad, 90 percent of survey respondents say Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal by Diana Samuels, Technology Reporter Date: Friday, October 12, 2012, 11:34am PDT A new survey from 451 Research/ChangeWave Research says 90 percent of respondents say they haven’t experienced any problems with Apple’s new mapping software. The software, which comes as part of Apple's iOS 6 mobile operating system, has been the butt of jokes and complaints for giving users incorrect information and glitchy graphics. Apple CEO Tim Cook even apologized for the software, suggesting users try competitors’ services while Apple works on fixing Maps. Still, the new survey says “simply put, Apple Maps is not considered a problem by the overwhelming majority of users.” Only 3 percent of respondents said it was a “very big problem,” and 6 percent said it was “somewhat of a problem.” The Bethesda, Md.-based firm said it surveyed 4,270 consumers, primarily in North America. On Oct 12, 2012, at 5:18 AM, Ed Wiser wrote: > Great report John, as with most stuff people get all up in arms about with > Apple it is a lot of smoke. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Robinson > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 8:59 PM > To: Topics Macintosh computers related to Apple and > Subject: [MacGroup] Apple Maps > > What's all the fuss? I mean I have had two weeks of great map activity on > our vacation and it worked marvelously. First, just before we left I went to > Evansville for a doctor's treatment. In past months when we would leave the > doctors office we would search out a new Restaurant to eat before we headed > home. This past month I had just updated to iOS6 so now Apple was taking us > to the same place we ate a month earlier when Google maps did the work. > > The Apple route was much faster than the way Google took us, they both got us > there but Apple choose a much better route. > > Now, on the vacation I was so impressed. We would be driving along and > wanted to know where a "Cracker Barrel" was for instance. For some reason > when I use Siri by hitting the mic. button the results were nothing like they > would be when I would move the phone to the ear and once I heard the beep ask > the same question. > > When I would hold the iPhone out and use the Mic icon the question for a > Cracker B would be answered with a Web search where I would have to manually > do the work of finding the thing, maybe its something I am missing. However > when I would move the phone to the ear and after the beep ask it for the > nearest Cracker B, I would get a response that she had found three, or six, > or whatever and she would say I have one close to you would like to "call" or > "get directions" or "move to the next". > > I would say get directions and the phone would immediately go into the map > mode and begin a turn by turn route taking us right to the front door. We > used this several times without a hitch. So what's all the beef? This works > great, maybe the maps are not yet as "pretty" or detailed but it sure wasn't > a problem for what we needed it for. Apple has so many armchair critics that > they can't much of anything correct without a huge fuss. I am sure they will > improve but for now they served us excellently. > > On another note, I use AT&T on my iPhone and iPad, my wife has Verizon on her > iPhone and iPad. On this entire trip the Verizon coverage was quite a bit > better than what I had on the AT&T, noticeably so BUT we stopped at a rest > stop somewhere in W. Virginia (in the mountains) to rest and make room > reservations for that evening. Verizon was dead in the water, , notta, zip, > but the AT&T worked great......so you never know and that's the reason I will > say with the two coverages as there are times you REALLY need the outside > world......haven't a clue what I did before Apple gave us all these gadgets > but now it's a must. > > John > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > If you are not the intended addressee indicated in this message (or > responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or > deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this > message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise > immediately if you or your employer do not consent to internet email for > messages of this kind. > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >
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