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Phones iPhone 4S vs Galaxy S3
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I used my navigsation today for the first time since early July. Was going to a store and just forgot which direction i needed to go off the freeway(North or South) to get there so i just put in the name of it and wow.....i didnt see this before but the maps are friggin awesome looking now. Much better than ever before.
I cant imagine iOS6 having their Maps look like this when the new iPhone comes out.
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I cant imagine iOS6 having their Maps look like this when the new iPhone comes out.
May I ask why they're so amazing? It's just the directions on top of satellite images.
Which looks amazing. Does your do that?
Maybe i never had it in satellite form before but it sure looks pretty cool and gives more detail.
If I turned on satellite in iOS 6 it would.
In iOS 5, it shows the satellite view and directions but no turn by turn (obviously).
Then you dont have it since only developers have iOS 6. Maybe the new Maps will have it, maybe not. I cant see the new maps being close to Googles maps at this stage.
In anycase, im just saying its the first time ive used that look and i like the details it gives to show things around you.
It will have it, not "maybe". I've used the latest beta. Again, the current public version of iOS has it as well, sans the turn by turn.
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This isn't the best picture because the 3D is on and it didn't finish loading, but you can clearly see turn by turn + satellite.
(not my picture)
This looks like butt compared to the 3D view above. Have any better pictures?
I would if I was still on beta 3 but I'm not. I did a quick Google Images search couldn't find any better pictures.
(The GS3 in Vegas' pictures aren't in 3D, it's just plain old satellite.)
I was just trying to prove that the 4S can show satellite and 3d imagery while doing turn by turn. It was only because the screenshot appears to be taken before the 3D imagery loaded fully because it doesn't normally look as bad as that.
Yeah but i dont really care to know that. You just always want to show us something...lol. I know yours isnt as good and wont be for a while.
Mine shows street names, highways names, the interstate , the turn by turn works great and it zooms in and out perfectly when needed.
iOS 6 maps does all of that, and it does it very well, especially zooming in and out during turn by turn. The satellite imagery on Apple Maps is more up-to-date than Google in my area. It runs very smooth, so just because Android has had turn by turn all this time, doesn't necessarily mean it has the best maps experience.
Yep, Apple maps does that too. Not sure there are any maps that don't show that stuff.
One think I did which was pretty amazing on my S3 is I installed a new TTS voice over the default Google voice for the Navigation. It sounds so real it's freakin amazing. 
Uploading a video to youtube to my fellow S3ians who want in on this! Video made w/ the iPad XD
Edit: Video uploaded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-ZigITNKEM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Uploading a video to youtube to my fellow S3ians who want in on this! Video made w/ the iPad XD
Edit: Video uploaded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-ZigITNKEM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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One think I did which was pretty amazing on my S3 is I installed a new TTS voice over the default Google voice for the Navigation. It sounds so real it's freakin amazing.
Uploading a video to youtube to my fellow S3ians who want in on this! Video made w/ the iPad XD
Edit: Video uploaded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pe4Be_oMKs
I dont have that speech option. Just Google text to speech or Samsung TTS
My bad, go here and install the free app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ivona.tts&hl=en
Then here https://play.google.com/store/apps/...25hLnR0cy52b2ljZWJldGEuZW5nLnVzYS5rZW5kcmEiXQ..
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Download SVOX. I prefer a female English accent, so I have 'Victoria's voice from England. They have just about every language supported in SVOX.
I redid the video showing where it is in the market. I forgot I can record my desktop on my S3 with voice enabled.
And it doesnt have to be. It is pretty good and gets me from A to B. I just never used it in satellite mode before and thought it looked pretty impressive. I just like to see the detail of the area.
Ive no idea what Apple is doing and it doesnt really matter to me anyways.
Keep in mind that Google navigation requires the text to speech voice to match the phone language so you need to change it in settings.
Oh yea, SVOX is also 2.99 ea.
Thats understood, but you also mentioned how you couldn't imagine Apple maps having this feature in iOS 6 which is why I pointed out it was possible. That's all.
Personally, I don't really care for any satellite imagery while using turn by turn navigation. I just don't see any benefit in a bird's eye satellite view while on the ground using turn by turn. Navigon and Mapquest are just fine and at getting me where I need to go. However I do love using Google maps for street view for a point of reference or just to explore. For that reason alone I do hope Google maps is available in the app store or Cydia when iOS6 is released.
Thanks for the "directions pictures" i rarely use gps but decided to try it in the S3 wow it really looks good.
Apple removed it from the stock OS and google will make the app for iOS.
I don't have a problem with it and the app will probably be better now.
I also think it's good because it's one less stock app that you can't get rid.