Q: Apple maps very disappointing

This new maps are so terrible! I want a downgrade to IOS5.1.1 and my google maps back!

Nice picture!

Uruguay is not yet covered. It is no secret that all iOS 6 functions are not necessarily available in every country:

http://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/

Ty for the  info tonefox

tonefox wrote:

 

Uruguay is not yet covered. It is no secret that all iOS 6 functions are not necessarily available in every country:

 

http://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/

Well Apple is clearly lying as it is saying that it is covering and working in the USA.

Fully agree with the fact that Apple made a huge misstake by introducing their own maps now we no longer have:

Public transport

Searching for companies or points of interest

Traffic info

Street view

etc etc

How can anyone at Apple have thought this would be a good plan? What would Steve Jobs have to say about this!

Well done Tim, give yourself a pat on the back, not long at the helm and have a look at the mess, you can paint it anyway you like with your PR spin, it's a mess, from  the US to Ireland, Europe to Austrailia, the whole planet, you have managed to destroy what has taken a two decades to build, TRUST!

And still no comment? It's the last time I will invest thousands of my hard earned cash in this company.

I have been taken for a "fool".  Pity.

Yeah, but they make the coolest adapters! Even if the map isn't perfect :) and to try and shift the users frustration with the new maps...the headphone jack in on the bottom! Now how cool is that? Waiting on my 32GB S3 in the mail. A least nobody will take apps away or dictate what apps I need.

The contract between Apple and Googke ended this year and Google was going to charge absurdly high for the  map loads. Google would also refuse to license Turn by Turn to anybody. They were also going to implement advertisements into the results.

Ping says hi.

You aren't going to like Android. Nobody who is complaining about maps will.

Maps does have traffic info. Steve Jobs wouldn't care, just look at Ping and MobileMe, among other things. I will assure you that he was very involved with iOS 6 and Maps.

You're buying the infinitely more complex (to the average iPhone user) S3 because of Maps and the head phone jack being moved? Have a great time dealing with inconsistent icon size, app design (sad that there is such little holo adoption), and the fantastic Google Play Store. If I were you I'd wait for the HTC 8X or Nokia Lumia 920. But if you're seriously getting the S3, unlock it and flash CyanogenMod 10 on there, and you won't regret doing so. Don't forget to get SwiftKey.

I'm a Mac user so flashing is out of the question.

Get the 90 day free trial of Windows 8.

It's disappointing how the traffic is only shown when there is stop-and-go traffic, it's hard to tell otherwise.