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Samsung are right now assigning their most *fanatical* engineers to implement this first.
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Quote: Originally Posted by thataveragejoe Wouldn't that be iPhone 4GSS My bet is the new iPhone. The 'iPhone' moniker is getting so tired and stale. Apple should call their new phones something else. Maybe xPhone…
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Wow. The inside of the iPhone 4S looks so much more cleanly designed and elegant compared to the new part. It's shiny, simple, and beautifully laid out - compared to the "iPhone 5" part which is haphazard and cheap looking. It reminds me of the so…
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Quote: Originally Posted by blackbook Looks just as thick as the old iPhone in this pic sadly. In that pic it does, but fully assembled it should be significantly thinner. In the 4/4S, the glass sits on top of the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by journeyman79 Actually, the L shaped Magsafe adapters are 2nd Gen. The first generation of MagSafe were also T Shaped, making MagSafe2 the third generation MagSafe. No, not really. The original T-sh…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Alexander Amato Um. You are almost two years incorrect. Maybe on iOS, but on Android Google has had vector maps for quite awhile. Oh, really?! WOW! Thanks for the update!
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Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry I agree that Street View is very useful, and will be missed. It must have been a huge undertaking to cover that much ground with camera vehicles, and I don't know whether it could happen again a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil And there'll be a third-party (worse) Google Maps app. Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy Of course it will be handicapped since it will have to use Apple mapping A…
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Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry You obviously didn't read any of the other comments. I think I detect a hint of sarcasm in purpledorm's post
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Quote: Originally Posted by chazwatson Speaking towards what the new Maps app supports, you seem to expect a Beta release, of what's essentially a 1.0 product, to have every bell and whistle imaginable. No, I don't exp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gazoobee It's also my impression from my little unofficial survey that if you use a car, none of this is really important to you and since most people in North America use cars, a lot of them won't see the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Apple has notably pitted its frenemies against each other, such as in partnering with Google to develop and popularize the WebKit browser at the expense of Microsoft's dominant share with Intern…
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Apple Maps is also outdated in curious ways. eg: The town of Wanaka, New Zealand, was renamed over 70 years ago. Yet in Apple Maps it is shown with its old name? Aldwych Tube station in London closed in the mid 1990s, yet is still s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by capoeira4u Looks great. The big question is, will the map of every country be available upon release or am I going to have to wait a year or more before the service becomes available in my country...like m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Do you think Apple will create their own maps website? I can't think of a good reason for them not to. I think the main reason we won't see this soon is engineering resources. Apple wil…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy Google's maps on Android are not bit-mapped (raster). The desktop maps version may still be, I'm not sure, but Google swapped over to vector-based maps for Android back in 2010. Vector mo…
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There's no doubt that 3D, Vector-based maps are the future. However - cool new 3D and navigation features aside - in terms of basic 2D maps, Apple's current implementation in iOS 6 is pretty poor compared to the Google Maps it is replacing. …
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This is good news! Sharp's IGZO displays should be about 30-40% more energy efficient than existing iPhone retina displays. IGZO TFTs are more transparent, so the backlight doesn't need to be as bright for the same effective brightness. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Care to rephrase that? Here's an experiment you can try. Fun with magnets. Go get the strongest magnet you can find - maybe one of those real earth magnets. If you have a good one…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX That's a good answer. Is that how the MagSafe works or does it use two magnets to make the connection more secure? How does it affect costs to have one connector that is very strong so it can …