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iPhone 5 – Sprint killer? | Ron Feldman's Blog — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 03:16:07 +0000

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Comment on The most important app on your iPhone is about to change by Recent Apple Announcements – Summary and Reaction | Ron Feldman's Blog

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:03:43 +0000

[...] – As I wrote about before, this was widely anticipated. The new Maps app looks significatnly different. Here’s the [...]

Comment on NFC: the next big thing in mobile? by Recent Apple Announcements – Summary and Reaction | Ron Feldman's Blog

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:03:39 +0000

[...] I think that the Passbook app (described below) for the iPhone could be a pre-cursor to the release of an NFC chip for the new iPhone. To me, this would be a huge deal. I wrote more about NFC here. [...]

Comment on The most important app on your iPhone is about to change by Matthew Pulliam

Matthew Pulliam — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:43:07 +0000

Looks like you were right about TbT in iOS 6… Good call!

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Google preempts Apple with Maps upgrade announcement | Ron Feldman's Blog — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:51:41 +0000

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Comment on The most important app on your iPhone is about to change by ronfeldman

ronfeldman — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:04:27 +0000

Thanks Matt! Will check out UpNext. Still would prefer that the native app functioned that way.

Re: TbT – I agree that could be an issue but couldn’t they only switch to Standard Location services when you asked for directions or even when you specified TbT? There was an article in the Wall St. Journal yesterday (http://on.wsj.com/LtVssH )that said that Google wouldn’t agree to let Apple use TbT and that was one of the reasons Apple decided to go it alone, so makes me think that Apple will include it in iOS 6.

Comment on The most important app on your iPhone is about to change by Matthew Pulliam

Matthew Pulliam — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:57:33 +0000

Ron, try UpNext cities for that — you’re already in NYC, which has one of the most detailed of the downloadable maps.

Re: TbT, that requires moving from the Significant Change Location services in iOS to the battery-sucking Standard Location services. If AAPL baked it into the standard Maps app, they might have difficulty advertising competitive battery life without a bunch of *caveats and **fine print in every spot.

Comment on The most important app on your iPhone is about to change by ronfeldman

ronfeldman — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:37:27 +0000

Thanks Bill, great advice. Does it work well for metro areas also? For walking/transit/driving directions?

Comment on The most important app on your iPhone is about to change by Bill

Bill — Thu, 31 May 2012 23:33:47 +0000

Ron, I use MotionX-GPS as my map app for when I’m travelling, hiking, or otherwise outside of cellular data range. It allows you to download maps and calculate GPS directions without being connected to data. Came in very useful on a couple of European trips and even Bay Area hikes.