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iOS 6 Maps Feature Availability (Philippines)

Apple ditched Google Maps in the upcoming iOS 6 to be released on Sept 19 worldwide. The big A will be deploying its own mapping app simply called Maps, same name but different back-end. Maps got some good set of features from 3D flyover, turn-by-turn navigation, traffic and local search. You can use these features if you live in the US and other countries listed here. Unfortunately if you live in the Philippines we can only use some of the goodies.

Here are the only features we can use here in the Philippines

  • Standard map views and search
  • Directions
  • Satellite

I’m happy that  we can still use Directions and thats good enough for me. I’ll just use Waze with my turn-by-turn navigation needs. By the way, since Apple will have its own mapping app, we can expect Google releasing a standalone Google Maps app for iOS.

Source: Apple

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iMessages for the Mac is here

Apple just made our connected life seamless again! With the Mountain Lion OS X preview release last night, the Cupertino billion dollar company releases a Beta version of Messages on the Mac. It’s a heaven sent for Mac – iOS users like me, it syncs messages to all your devices with the same Apple ID.

Be warned though that it will replace iChat app but don’t worry it will restore your chat history and you can still use other IM services like Google Talk. Now the wait for Mountain Lion OS starts now.

 

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Do You Love Movie and TV Trailers? Try Wall of Video for iOS

Wall of Video provides an easy way playing thru a wall of movie and TV posters. It’s a clever idea because many times we remember the poster art work than the movie titles. Obviously Wall of Video library comes from Apple because when you click on the download button it directs you to the iTunes Store.

This app is available on both iPhone and iPad as a universal app.

 

UPDATE: Not all of the videos comes from Apple

 

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