Took a little day trip from home in North Central Iowa and went to my favorite places on Earth to go for apples & cheese in SW Wisconsin...
Took my Garmin, iPad running Navigon, and my iPhone running iOS6 maps and iOS6 Maps app performed every bit as good as my Nuvi & Navigon on the iPad, even in the boonies of Amish country outside of Cashton, WI where your just as likely to see a horse-drawn carriage as you are another car on the road. The only advantages Nuvi & Navigon have going for them: the Nuvi has is the ability to preplan a route and load it onto the device... and the Nuvi & Navigon have junction view & lane assist respectively that will give realistic images of exits and lanes you need to be in on interstates for the exits I dealt with on the trip.
I firmly believe that while iOS6 Maps app may have some issues, they are being greatly exaggerated by people who just hate Apple and anything it does, by Android fanbois, and the segment of the population that simply likes to kvetch because they can - and bloggers that fit in the mentioned "demographics" that are trolling for hits on their blog.
My opinion - take it, or leave it.
Adding for those that might want to know where I went:
Apples: Sunrise Orchard, Gays Mills, Wi. GPS coordinates: N43.31763 W90.83117 -- Their Cider doughnuts are to die for.
Cheese: Old Country Cheese, rural Cashton, Wi. coordinates: N43.71028 W90.72148 -- There is nothing in the world quite like freshly cut cheese curds that are still warm from the vat...
Both have web sites, and will ship...
Took my Garmin, iPad running Navigon, and my iPhone running iOS6 maps and iOS6 Maps app performed every bit as good as my Nuvi & Navigon on the iPad, even in the boonies of Amish country outside of Cashton, WI where your just as likely to see a horse-drawn carriage as you are another car on the road. The only advantages Nuvi & Navigon have going for them: the Nuvi has is the ability to preplan a route and load it onto the device... and the Nuvi & Navigon have junction view & lane assist respectively that will give realistic images of exits and lanes you need to be in on interstates for the exits I dealt with on the trip.
I firmly believe that while iOS6 Maps app may have some issues, they are being greatly exaggerated by people who just hate Apple and anything it does, by Android fanbois, and the segment of the population that simply likes to kvetch because they can - and bloggers that fit in the mentioned "demographics" that are trolling for hits on their blog.
My opinion - take it, or leave it.
Adding for those that might want to know where I went:
Apples: Sunrise Orchard, Gays Mills, Wi. GPS coordinates: N43.31763 W90.83117 -- Their Cider doughnuts are to die for.
Cheese: Old Country Cheese, rural Cashton, Wi. coordinates: N43.71028 W90.72148 -- There is nothing in the world quite like freshly cut cheese curds that are still warm from the vat...
Both have web sites, and will ship...
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