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#732246 13-Dec-2012 20:04

Its showing in the NZ store now

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#732256 13-Dec-2012 20:22

Yup.

https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/google-maps/id585027354?mt=8

Just downloaded it - thanks!

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#732267 13-Dec-2012 21:02

yeh buddy! glad its finally here. just curious..can anyone access 'Public Transport'?

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#732282 13-Dec-2012 21:51

sxz: Wow - best app ever!

is this what android is like? Maybe I need to go android...

A lot of google apps on android are like it. Makes apple maps look old fashioned, although the old google maps on ios was using apples own designed interface.

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#732286 13-Dec-2012 22:00

It's pretty slick, I like the interface, and it's super fast!

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#732288 13-Dec-2012 22:08

They really upped their game with this app. Turn by turn for my now ancient iphone 4, no need for Siri. Have no excuse to upgrade to iPhone 5, I feel kinda torn by that.

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#732290 13-Dec-2012 22:09

Uh-Huh I like it. Buh-bye apple maps!, ill try you again in a years time see if anythings improved...

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#732316 13-Dec-2012 23:05

can you remove apple maps? all my app links to apple maps ... can you make it link to google maps instead?

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#732322 13-Dec-2012 23:19

joker97: can you remove apple maps? all my app links to apple maps ... can you make it link to google maps instead?

Not without jailbreaking.

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#732373 14-Dec-2012 08:44

Elpie:
joker97: can you remove apple maps? all my app links to apple maps ... can you make it link to google maps instead?

Not without jailbreaking.

And even then you're likely to break some background dependencies. Just put it in a folder with the other apps you never use - we've all got one of those :)

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#732388 14-Dec-2012 09:20

Tried it coming to work this morning. One problem with it - my charger cant keep up with the battery drain nd dropped 6% on my half hour journey. So on a long journey this might actually drain the phone completely. This is on an iPhone 5. Other than that I like it.

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#732394 14-Dec-2012 09:33

myopinion: Tried it coming to work this morning. One problem with it - my charger cant keep up with the battery drain nd dropped 6% on my half hour journey. So on a long journey this might actually drain the phone completely. This is on an iPhone 5. Other than that I like it.

Car charger? sounds like you have a lower wattage car charger than you need... I know they typically have 5 or 10 watt chargers for cars...

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#732395 14-Dec-2012 09:35

Yeah its not the best, one of those cheap USB ones I think I will pinch my wife's one :)

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#732401 14-Dec-2012 09:41

ashnizzle: yeh buddy! glad its finally here. just curious..can anyone access 'Public Transport'?

I get "not available in this region" when I try it in Auckland or Tauranga (I know that Google has the data for Tauranga).

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#732412 14-Dec-2012 10:03

I can easily do it in android, but how do you save an offline copy of the map? Is that feature even available?

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