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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    12/11/09

    In reply to TomTom Releases $50 US-Only iPhone App
    I've said this before and I'll say it again.

    I've tested out three of the most popular navigation apps. Navigon, TomTom, and whatever the stock AT&T one was. I can't remember the name, but it's terrible. Don't get it.

    But TomTom clearly knows what they are doing. It might not be as pretty or have as many bells and whistles as Navigon, but it kicks it's ass.

    Navigon just lacks in the GPS department. It has a harder time finding GPS signal, if thats even possible, but it never gets signal until I get to the end of my development, when TomTom gets reception in my driveway. And when programming a route from you're car Navigon always has a hard time getting GPS reception.

    The second major issue with Navigon is it can't really detect when you're in a driveway or parking lot, it just assumes you are already on the street you're supposed to turn onto. I can't tell you how many times I've pulled out onto the street the wrong way and had to turn around. Aggravating.

    It was hard to justify this when it was $100, but now I think you'd be crazy not to go with TomTom.
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    12/11/09

    In reply to TomTom Releases $50 US-Only iPhone App
    Yea, who needs Canada anyways?
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    12/11/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: The US Government will not be buying the stripped down version. They're gonna need those Canadian maps for the coming invasion.
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    Image of Mayor McRib Mayor McRib
    12/11/09

    In reply to TomTom Releases $50 US-Only iPhone App
    I'm hoping they cut out Alaska, both Dakotas, Oregon, Nebraska and Iowa and just sell it for 2.99?
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    Image of DWD DWD
    12/11/09

    @Mayor McRib: Yeah, because that's where all the roads are at.

    While we're at it, how about one just for the Heartland...leaving out the coasts? Should legitimately get it down to $14.95.
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    Image of Mayor McRib Mayor McRib
    12/11/09

    @DWD: I like the way you think
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    12/10/09

    In reply to Pac-Man Championship Edition on iPhone, Where Are You Zune?
    Does it need to be on Zune as well?
    Having a pac-man on a gaming system (even though the zune and iPhone aren't a gaming system) necessarily means "Win"?
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    Image of Mikestan Mikestan
    12/09/09

    In reply to Apple Approves King of Live Streaming Video Apps, Ustream
    So this is whats its like to own a 3GS
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    Image of Killjoy Killjoy
    12/09/09

    In reply to Apple Approves King of Live Streaming Video Apps, Ustream
    Okay, phone streamers. I need your expert opinions: Qik or Ustream?
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    Image of Chopes Chopes
    12/09/09

    @Killjoy: Qik
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    Killjoy promoted this comment Chopes was starred Chopes was unstarred
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    12/09/09

    @Chopes: Thanks... but *why* Qik over Ustream?
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    Image of Kiamat Kiamat
    12/09/09

    @Killjoy: Unless you're using the jailbroken version of Qik, Ustream seems like the better deal because, unlike the non-jailbroken Qik, Ustream allows you to stream LIVE and over 3G. Of course this is only if you have a 3GS. On the other hand the jailbroken version of Qik will work on an iPhone 3G. Something else to consider is whether or not you already have an account/friends on Qik or Ustream.

    I haven't messed with the jailbroken version of Ustream so I can't comment on that.
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    Killjoy promoted this comment Kiamat was starred Kiamat was unstarred
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    12/09/09

    @Kiamat: That's great info, except that I didn't ask my question correctly. I run Android on my phone so both Ustream and Qik will stream live video for me. What I'm interested in is which service has better website features, less lag and better bandwidth.
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    Image of Hearthatvoiceagain Hearthatvoiceagain
    12/09/09

    In reply to Apple Approves King of Live Streaming Video Apps, Ustream
    Buy this app. Drive AT&T into the ground.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    12/09/09

    @Hearthatvoiceagain: You=Win.
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    Image of jeffe101 jeffe101
    12/09/09

    @Hearthatvoiceagain: ummm....its free.....
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    Image of redman042 redman042
    12/10/09

    @Hearthatvoiceagain: Ironic that this comes out on the same day as AT&T talks about iPhone users hogging bandwidth with their video streaming. Apple to AT&T: "Up Yours"
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    Image of Hearthatvoiceagain Hearthatvoiceagain
    12/10/09

    @jeffe101: Ok then - Get this app. Drive AT&T into the ground.
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    12/08/09

    In reply to Ratings Scam Gets Almost 1% of App Store Pulled
    I'm convinced this sort of thing caused the Three Wolf Moon Tee debacle.
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    Image of NursingDrPepper NursingDrPepper
    12/08/09

    @Fractal the Meek: [www.pajamacity.com] Maybe the tshirt, but who's responsible for the three wolf moon adult onesie complete with footies and a butt flap??
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    12/08/09

    @NursingDrPepper: Wow. My brother gets this for Christmas.
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    Image of Navin R Johnson Navin R Johnson
    12/07/09

    In reply to Ratings Scam Gets Almost 1% of App Store Pulled
    I'm actually a robot commenter here on Giz and no one has even noticed.

    How about those clowns in congress? And what's with this weather?
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    Image of lpranal lpranal
    12/07/09

    @Navin R Johnson: So, what you're saying is c1al!s engorged giving pleasurative erecteness? And how about that local sports team!
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    12/07/09

    In reply to Ratings Scam Gets Almost 1% of App Store Pulled
    Actually you can pay companies to write positive reviews about your products on places like Amazon etc so I'm not surprised at all that this was happening on the App Store too.

    I'm convinced that 25%+ of the reviews on Amazon are fake.
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    Image of beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid
    12/07/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: one note, I notice is that people use the reviews as a "comment board". Often they will rate 0/1, and ask a question, and then follow it up with another 0/1 "reviewed" question. It doesn't seem like the proper forum for that type of interaction. Apple should have a built-in feedback/question in the app store, and also let them know that the review section is only for reviews.

    It seems to have tainted many apps. I myself click through, even if an app has a bad rating, and notice, that the negatives, are often as I illustrated below, badly informed customers, that have no idea how an app works.

    Perfect example is of an app like Boxee, where people have no clue what Boxee is, they download it thinking it will allow them to do something (who knows what they think), and then they realize that they have to do A, B, and C, and then get pissed, or start asking questions, because "it doesn't work".

    IDIOTS!
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    Image of Navin R Johnson Navin R Johnson
    12/07/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: 80% of statistics are made up.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    12/07/09

    @Navin R Johnson: Yeah, that would be partly amusing if it weren't 83.73212% of statistics were pulled out of your ass.

    Considering I worked for a company that paid companies to do this for their products, I was being very serious. And secondly, I stated an opinion of mine, not some percentage fact.

    When I read reviews I make sure to hunt out the really bad ones and read what they have to say.
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    Image of boulderburner boulderburner
    12/07/09

    @beekerstudios: that sounds something like the Netflix reviewers who rate a movie 1 out of 5 stars because the disc they got was scratched. There needs to be a way to reach out through the ether and smack those types of people.
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    12/07/09

    @Navin R Johnson: Statistically... every 20 out of 10 Iranians voted for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/07/09

    In reply to Ratings Scam Gets Almost 1% of App Store Pulled
    So when is this going to apply to more apps in the store as it is apparent that there is many a paid shill rigging the ratings.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/07/09

    In reply to Ratings Scam Gets Almost 1% of App Store Pulled
    There's a jewelry company in Montreal that sells a lot of their items in Overstock.com, and one thing they like to do is have a few people log an extra hour or two to write phony positive reviews to boost the image of the things they sell. Of course, these reviews are generally written better and don't seem to have any specific pattern, so are not suspicious at first glance. I imagine a lot of people do these sorts of things and we don't know about it.
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    12/07/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: So you're saying that everything written by people with an anonymous internet account isn't true?

    Uh Oh.
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    Edited by NorwoodIsMyHero at 12/07/09 1:58 PM NorwoodIsMyHero was starred NorwoodIsMyHero was unstarred
    Image of given given
    12/07/09

    @NorwoodIsMyHero: Don't believe everything you read on the internet. That's how WWI got started.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/07/09

    @NorwoodIsMyHero: I know. Gut-wrenching, isn't it?
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    12/07/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I did initially think it was gut-wrenching, but now that an anonymous interweb person said it was gut-wrenching, was it really gut-wrenching? Do you see the problem here?
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    Image of Perk-i Perk-i
    12/07/09

    @given: Franz Ferdinand were members of the Austrian Pirate Party - close allies of the Pirate Bay Founders. Their legal execution by the judicial wing of the RIAA caused public demonstrations against works for hire. The supression of those riots by Benito Mussolini's secret police (the MPAA) led directly to the illegal rebellion now known as WWI.

    The bloodiest conflict in human history was the direct result of torrenting music.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/07/09

    @NorwoodIsMyHero: Welcome to hyperreality.
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    12/07/09

    @Perk-i: I can't believe I'm going to say this.

    Per Miss Swann: "PIRATES!!!!"
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    12/06/09

    In reply to Apple's Phil Schiller and I Have Something In Common
    Bill Gates and I have something in common, we both use the operating system, Windows 7

    Who's Phil Shiller though? I think you can't always assume everyone knows who every employee at Apple is.
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    Image of The Dude The Dude
    12/06/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: I'm not sure I'd group Phil Schiller and 'every employee' in the same category. And I think it's pretty safe to say that most Giz readers do know who the top honchos are at Apple.
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    12/06/09

    @back_at_it: I'd like to hope that not every single Giz reader is such a hardcore Apple fan where they know all these names otherwise that's pretty sad. I mean, can you name the Senior VP of marketing at Dell or Microsoft?
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    Image of The Dude The Dude
    12/06/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: In fact, I cannot name the Senior Vp of Marketing at Dell off the top of my head. But I'd argue that Apple puts more of their higher-ups in the limelight than does Microsoft or Dell. Also, I don't find it sad when someone takes an interest in something, be it Apple or otherwise.
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    12/06/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: Who's Bill Gates though? I think you can't always assume everyone knows who every employee at Microsoft is.
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    12/07/09

    @HoseHead: Bill Gates and Phil Shiller are on whole different levels
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/03/09

    In reply to Intel Developing App Store for Netbooks
    Is this whole app store thing doomed to fail?

    It seems like we're getting so many its a step back not a step forward.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/03/09

    @tande04: I'm waiting to see if the porn industry gets into it. They could launch one and call it the fapp store..
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    12/03/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: They've got one for android.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/03/09

    In reply to Intel Developing App Store for Netbooks
    Great plan. Except for the niggling little fact that Moblin kinda sucks. It's completely counterintuitive to the average person who has spent two decades on Windows and/or Mac systems.
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