I have better things to do than waste a few hours updating my phone to have little or no gain. I'll wait till it is essential.
Does anyone actually use "siri" or is it just a gimmic?
It also now has turn-by-turn navigation - alleviating the need to buy Navigon, Tom Tom or other app. With Siri it now has voice control, and 3D rendering. I hit the home button yesterday arvo and told Siri: "Take me to Cairns".
Siri: "One moment.... "
Pop - map to Cairns comes up from my present location.
Map Girl: "Take the next turn left at...."
Pretty cool in my book
That's really interesting Chris, so did Apple lie? Or do you have a special version?
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/articl..._6_next_month/
Apple has confirmed Australian users of iOS 6 will get access to the turn-by-turn navigation feature in its new Maps app from October.
The October availability comes after Australia was originally left off the list of countries that the turn-by-turn navigation feature would be available in.
Last week, Apple published an iOS 6 availability list by region, as some features of its new operating system are not available in every country.
The company has since updated this iOS 6 features list with confirmation that turn-by-turn navigation in the Maps app will be available in Australia next month. http://www.apple.com/ios/feature-ava...urn-navigation
I have better things to do than waste a few hours updating my phone to have little or no gain. I'll wait till it is essential.
Does anyone actually use "siri" or is it just a gimmic?
Never really used it before Terry - but I tried it last night while it was on the dash in my car. I hit the button and said "Take me to twenty five Darling Street Rozelle" - and it brought the map straight up and started to navigate. Even with ambient noise in the car, it just worked. Any voice recognition is always hit and miss because of variations in noise levels, accents, cadence - but it worked. In these situations, where you need hands free and really shouldn't be typing away on a navigator's screen entering directions as you drive - which many people do, then yes, I can see a use in this instance. Apart from that, not sure, but it's interesting how deeply engrained it is into the system.
Never really used it before Terry - but I tried it last night while it was on the dash in my car. I hit the button and said "Take me to twenty five Darling Street Rozelle" - and it brought the map straight up and started to navigate. Even with ambient noise in the car, it just worked. Any voice recognition is always hit and miss because of variations in noise levels, accents, cadence - but it worked. In these situations, where you need hands free and really shouldn't be typing away on a navigator's screen entering directions as you drive - which many people do, then yes, I can see a use in this instance. Apart from that, not sure, but it's interesting how deeply engrained it is into the system.
Hey Chris,
Did the update last night.
I tried to use the turn by turn navigation today, and I didn't work on my iPad 2 or iPhone 4S. Which was frustrating to say the least. Now I read that it is availiable in october on the link below, which brings the question on why yours works. Do you have a ios6 beta that has the option of turn by turn?
A friend of mine just took a snapshot of this on his phone: http://i49.tinypic.com/10ruxl5.jpg
He hates iPhones and thinks it's funny, I have to be honest, I don't get what is funny?
I tried to use the turn by turn navigation today, and I didn't work on my iPad 2 or iPhone 4S. Which was frustrating to say the least. Now I read that it is availiable in october on the link below, which brings the question on why yours works. Do you have a ios6 beta that has the option of turn by turn?
Ta
Brett
Dunno Brett. Works on both my iPhone 4 (not 4S) and iPad 3 - and you have to have asked for directions! When you look up an address or landmark and it displays the map - there is a "left turn" hook icon top left. Hit that. Select whether you want directions from another secondary address, or from your current location. Hit Start. Pretty simple?
The maps are actually very clear - and the thing I like is that you can flick/scroll the over-sized signposts at the top of the screen, and you are scrolled along the route to where they are each describing their way point. Works very well.
I couldn't get it working last night driving from Queanbeyan to Wanniassa.
I pulled over several times to look up how to videos until I found a post by an Apple spokeswoman that said that we'll get turn-by-turn voice guidance in October.
For now, you drive along, and the distance to the next turn, doesn't decrement; once you pass it, it just displays the next turn with the actual distance to it remaining static.
Can't wait for the full blown thing next month. Until then, I have Navigon.
I couldn't get it working last night driving from Queanbeyan to Wanniassa.
I pulled over several times to look up how to videos until I found a post by an Apple spokeswoman that said that we'll get turn-by-turn voice guidance in October.
For now, you drive along, and the distance to the next turn, doesn't decrement; once you pass it, it just displays the next turn with the actual distance to it remaining static.
Can't wait for the full blown thing next month. Until then, I have Navigon.
Ah - OK. I guess that I don't use my TBT navigators the same way - I run them silently. All I want to know is how for it is to to the next turn, and what road it's on. I like the way it is now, but I can see why others want full countdowns and voice prompts.
I couldn't get it working last night driving from Queanbeyan to Wanniassa.
I pulled over several times to look up how to videos until I found a post by an Apple spokeswoman that said that we'll get turn-by-turn voice guidance in October.
For now, you drive along, and the distance to the next turn, doesn't decrement; once you pass it, it just displays the next turn with the actual distance to it remaining static.
Can't wait for the full blown thing next month. Until then, I have Navigon.
I did the same as H.
Googling frantically and youtubing to work out what button I was missing to get the spoken directions... looking forward to october as this was the main upgrade I wanted out of ios6, and cellular FaceTime.
As it is I like the new apple maps more than the google ported maps. My house isn't even on the google maps and it was built around 5 years ago.
That's OK Brett. I'm in, as you know, a Landrover. You can't hear squat, so I don't use voice. October for what you were after - that's not too far off. I agree with you about the quality of the maps themselves - they're very clear and far better than Google's in that regard.
Before I think about this upgrade I have a question. When it installs the new maps thing, does it remove the google maps or is it there as a choice still?
Unfortunately you lose the Google Maps app. There is no choice. If there are certain aspects of it that the new system doesn't cater to, which are critical to your life, then maybe you should wait.
Haven't used the maps yet, don't use Siri (and likely never will), so the only thing I've seen different so far is the phone keypad and the facebook integration
I think the new Map app will take a while to get used to and will also take apple a while to catchup with google.
The removal of youtube will be great for my usage (kids wont be watching peppa pig etc all day..)
Am an Apple fan and have played with some Samsung phones and not been too impressed but for those of you who havent seen it this is a very funny ad... reminds me of the Apple poking fun at PC ads from a few years ago!!!
