iPhone > Android, LOTS of problems and bugs

[badbrad17]

Who cares? Mapquest is free on iOS and has turn by turn navigation with voice. They use TomTom maps now, IIRC... No one with a clue will care about the stock maps app that much except people who just want to bash the phone. Most of the people who need good maps already use an alternative since the iOS 5.x maps app was lacking in so many ways.

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Really? This is your comeback? Who cares? I would beg to differ that if you used an Android device you would see a huge difference with how a mapping system can be part of your phone and not just a app you turn on. Especially when browsing a website for its address or when using voice commands. Google maps is superior to map quest and Tomtom. If Apple cared about your user experience they would be working harder to use Google in their devices.

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[iN8ter]

Sometimes good enough is just that. MapQuest is good enough. The rest of iOS is so good that using MapQuest is a worthy compromise. Personally I don't use maps on my phone hardly so this wouldnt be a personal factor to me.

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[badbrad17]

Sometimes good enough is just that. MapQuest is good enough. The rest of iOS is so good that using MapQuest is a worthy compromise. Personally I don't use maps on my phone hardly so this wouldnt be a personal factor to me.

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I appreciate that you don't use maps. That would be a good thing because if you are using Mapquest you will be getting the same crappy directions because they are now also using Tom Tom.
http://blog.mapquest.com/2012/07/12/mapquest-selects-tomtom-maps-to-power-its-mobile-application/


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[jlibis]

Problems:

- Can't play many mp3 files I've uploaded to my web host. Works fine on my iPhone. The same file plays off the SD card fine.

- Progressive downloads - forces me to download the entire file before watching/listening to it.

- Wi-fi keeps dropping out (my iPhone has no problems on the same network, no heavy load on the network)

- The built in audio player is horrible. I have many audio books that are organnized by file name-not artist metadata so I can't tell which audio book is which. iTunes/iPhone doesn't have this problem with the same files. Is there something like the iPod app on the iPhone for android that is simple and smooth to use for audio books/podcasts and music?

- The stock camera app wouldn't let me take a picture when my battery was around 10-20% or so, I wasn't even trying to use the flash! WTF!?

- One last minor gripe: Why do I have to hit "ok" after entering my passcode? That's so annoying I just want to enter ie: 1-2-3-4 and have it unlock instead of having to hit ok after that.

Can any of this be fixed or do I have to de-bug everything myself to use an Android phone?


Android version: 2.3.5
Model: GS-9100

I'm sorry but you realize you are at an android forum right??...lol

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[jlibis]

I think it is hilarious when you see iPhone users trying to copy and paste an address from safari into their maps application. Talk about an intuitive interface.

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[iN8ter]

I appreciate that you don't use maps. That would be a good thing because if you are using Mapquest you will be getting the same crappy directions because they are now also using Tom Tom.
http://blog.mapquest.com/2012/07/12/mapquest-selects-tomtom-maps-to-power-its-mobile-application/


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I used it on Android other day and it was as good as Google maps. Have you ever tried it or are you just speculating?

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[badbrad17]

I used it on Android other day and it was as good as Google maps. Have you ever tried it or are you just speculating?

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It works perfectly except when it doesn't. There are entire websites dedicated to the mistakes in the tomtom system. It doesn't mean that it won't work a lot of the time, but it isn't as good as Google. I have a tomtom gps and it makes lots of mistakes and it is slow. The information that is being used by ios and mapquest is the same flawed data. At least for the time being.

I'm just trying to call a spade a spade. Why drop something that works perfectly for something that has been proven to not be as good? A gps is great until it doesn't get you where you need to go. That may never happen to you or to someone who doesn't use the program very often but for people who rely on a reliable mapping system this can be very frustrating.

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