London Underground solves iOS 6 Maps woes with old-fashioned techniques
0. phoneArena posted on 21 Sep 2012, 08:07
The Apple Maps introduced with iOS 6 have been the subject of criticism and ridicule due to their numerous imperfections. The lack of reliable information about public transportation is one of them. That could be a problem for users who live in a crowded city like London and rely heavily on the tube (read: the subway) in order to get around. The London Underground, however, has a solution to the problem...
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19. SlimSoulja86 posted on 21 Sep 2012, 09:35 13 0
LOL
I can see the next Samsung Ad
The man stops at the edge of a cliff as his turn by turn navigation Siri tells him to proceed in 50m to turn left. In the car it is him, his wife and a teenage girl. Then the passing buy car stops to inspect. Then realise that the onwer of the other car looks lost.
Man1 : Hi sir, are you okay?
man2 : Not really, I think I'm lost
man 1: lost? "looking perplexed", okay, where were you going?
man2 : ahmmm, to...
man1 ; "interrupting man 2", cool, I'll type in your address on my galaxy S3 on google maps and i'll direct you to your destination"
man1 : "takes off his phone" so what is your destination?
man2 : "telling man1 the destination"
man2 : "whispering" where did you buy that phone"
man1 : "not sure what man2 said" what?
man2 : " looks at his wife who is busy typing something on her iPhone 5, then looks at his daughter flicking on an iPad" I want to buy that phone "whispering so the wife will not hear him asking about the galaxy s3"
24. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 21 Sep 2012, 14:13 3 0
O MY GOD!!! HAHAAHAHAH..........TROLLED!
solution? go to a library and borrow a map!! LMAOOO
22. Ohrules posted on 21 Sep 2012, 12:10 1 1
and so is google:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150924075674058
4. Crossblade posted on 21 Sep 2012, 08:18 5 0
Somebody has trolled the Underground, funny though :)
5. Ragnarockd posted on 21 Sep 2012, 08:24 2 0
Talk about old-fashioned techniques an marauder's map could come in handy.
6. protozeloz posted on 21 Sep 2012, 08:27 1 0
well the fail starts with their icon, it tells you how wrong things are in there
7. B3BLW29 posted on 21 Sep 2012, 08:29 0 0
I think the circle stand for Tube (they call their subway tube for some reason) + underground, so makes sense for them.
20. protozeloz posted on 21 Sep 2012, 09:47 3 0
21. protozeloz posted on 21 Sep 2012, 09:56 1 0
also so you know apple maps shows 280 because its close to cupertino if you look with the closest structure next to cupertino you will find a bridge you cant turn left from the bridge
maps
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.332529,-122.055813&num=1&t=h&z=16
8. rusticguy posted on 21 Sep 2012, 08:31 1 0
Apple should give a scanned copies of these paper maps on their iDevices ... better than their rotten cr@p which they are calling Apple Maps.
9. darktranquillity posted on 21 Sep 2012, 08:32 2 0
Wow it looks like the innovative apple taking back ifans into stone age.
17. SlimSoulja86 posted on 21 Sep 2012, 09:19 1 0
LOL, i'm a fan of Apple(Also a proud owner of Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1 which I'm lovin it, looking forward to getting me some Note II), but would love to see Samsung making fun of Apple Maps. with something like ifan being lost in the city and the other one by the edge of a cliff with a car, looking all perplexed, then a Samsung Galaxy S3 user comes along and show them directions. That will be epic.
15. Savage posted on 21 Sep 2012, 08:57 7 0
Haha, Classic Brits. One the few sensible countries which don't fall for false advertising and patent hypocrisy. Remember, they even threw out Apple's case against Galaxy Tab, asking Apple to apologize and now this. USA can learn a thing or two.
18. Aeires (unregistered) posted on 21 Sep 2012, 09:30 0 0
Taking half baked to entirely new levels!
25. jibraihimi posted on 21 Sep 2012, 14:23 1 0
Hahahahahahaha....... It was really very funny............. :)
But I think new Maps from Apple will be very useful for all the Husband, and workers; Because now they can blame the maps on ios 6, for being late to home or work........... :)
28. pikapowerize (banned) posted on 22 Sep 2012, 01:01 0 0
actually they can still use nokia maps with turn-by-turn navigation via m.maps.nokia.com nokia knows that they are really superior in mapping solution..
but hope that apple will solve this stupid problem soon and i mean now!!!
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