Tagged ‘iOS 6’

Sick of iOS 6′s Apple Maps suggesting that your street is in the middle of an airport, or that you are, in fact, currently underwater? You’ll be wanting Google to hurry up with its Maps app for iOS, then. Pictures of the upcoming app have just leaked out, and word is that it’s going to be an Apple-worrying masterpiece. Read more

If, like me, you handed over a bit too much money to Apple for an iPhone 5 in a fit of ‘ooh, new and shiny thing’ stupification, you may have noticed a little bug with the keyboard. And, like me, you may have been worrying that it means your phone will have to be replaced. Well, worry not. Read more

Well it looks like there is an upside to Apple Maps in iOS 6 after all. The app uses 80 percent less data than Google Maps, according to the experts from Onavo.

Which should save you a bob or two when out and about.

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Enraged by the awfulness of Apple Maps? Well here’s one simple trick that’ll make it slightly less terrible.

It won’t put Heathrow Airport back from its current position by Hyde Park. Nor will it move Luton from by the sea. But it will make everything a lot more legible.

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Wow. Just wow. In an unprecedented move from Apple, Tim Cook has written an open letter apologising for the royal balls up that has been Apple Maps. You really want to read this. Read more

Still finding faults with Apple Maps in iOS 6? It’s certainly got a way to go to match up to the mapping software it replaced. Still, if you are desperate to bring Google Maps back you can always go to the mobile site. And guess what? It’s about to get a lot more useful. Read more

We’re not about bandwagon jumping. We’ve all seen the complaints about Apple’s new Maps application, but, you know what? It’s not as terrible as all that. Still, people don’t really like change. Good news, then: if you long to have Google Maps back on iOS, you might not have to wait for the official release. Read more

iPhone 5 now on sale in the UK

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It’s here. The iPhone 5 has launched in the UK just nine days after its unveiling, in what Apple claims is its fastest ever turnaround. Are you going to be one of the scores of fans who turns up on day one? Read more

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