Two Days Into iOS 6 and I Already Miss Google Maps
iOS 6 ditched Google Maps two days before iPhone 5 launch day, and my first real trip with Apple's new Maps app ended with a pin dropped in a random cornfield.
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iOS 6 Ate My Commute
Updated to iOS 6 last night and spent this morning walking to the bus stop because Apple Maps has no transit directions. A rundown of what's good and what's rough on day one.
My Cable Drawer Just Became a Museum
Apple's new Lightning connector is a real improvement, but it just turned a decade of my 30-pin accessories into $29-a-pop clutter.
My Speaker Dock Just Became a Paperweight
The iPhone 5 preorder frenzy is old news by now, but nobody's talking about the pile of 30-pin accessories Apple just quietly turned into junk.
My Dock Collection Just Became Worthless
iPhone 5 preorders just opened, but the part actually bugging me today is the new Lightning connector turning a drawer full of perfectly good 30-pin accessories into junk.
My Drawer Full of Dead iPod Cables
Apple's new Lightning connector kills off nine years of 30-pin accessories overnight, and my drawer full of old docks and cables is not thrilled about it.
Refresh, Refresh, Refresh: The iPhone 5 and My New $29 Dongle
Two hours of refreshing liveblogs for the iPhone 5 announcement, plus the real complaint of the day: a $29 adapter for killing the old dock connector.
Zuck Finally Said Out Loud What the Facebook App Already Told Us
Zuckerberg called betting on HTML5 over native "the biggest mistake" Facebook made, on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt today, and anyone using the rewritten iOS app already felt it.
Nokia's Amazing Camera Demo Was Kind Of A Lie
Nokia's slick Lumia 920 image-stabilization ad turned out to be faked with a real camera rig, not phone footage, and the fallout says more about trust than the hardware itself.
The Reflection That Gave Away Nokia's Fake Demo
Nokia's slick Lumia 920 camera demo turned out to be shot with a completely different camera rig, and the reflection that gave it away is funnier than the phone itself.
The Shadow Trick on Apple's New Invite
Apple sent out invites this week for a September 12th event, and the internet immediately lost its mind over a picture of some shadows. Some notes on that, and on the 9:41 clock tradition nobody outside Apple blogs cares about.
The Note II is Real and I Told You So
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note II in Berlin this week, and as an original Note owner who got mocked for it in February, I've got some things to say about giant phones.