| ▲ | thrownawaysz 5 hours ago |
| The fact that there is no 1st party Apple made hiking and topography map on the Apple Watch is such a failure, not even on the most expensive “made for explorers” Watch Ultra. And things like gpx import is just a mere dream It’s a lifestyle device after all but still |
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| ▲ | kumarvvr 13 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| > there is no 1st party Apple made hiking and topography map on the Apple Watch is such a failure I remember a time when Apple was chided for integrating functionalities of popular apps into its OS. Apple created an incredibly awesome device, and its up to the market to make full use of its potential. Why would it be a failure for Apple to not make such an app? |
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| ▲ | interstice 8 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Because they don't allow deeper integrations maybe? I still don't have a watch face layout I like. | | |
| ▲ | interstice 2 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Oh and while I'm here the single layer non editable menu / weird grid is also the worst. I grew up texting under the desk on a nine key and only checking after I'd selected the contact to send to. Give me that level of muscle memory again someone, anyone, please. |
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| ▲ | jsbisviewtiful 42 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Apple is so intent on making the Apple Watch a catch-all that it doesn’t necessarily do any specific activity amazingly. After three Apple Watches over many years I finally sold my 10 last year and won’t be buying another. I bought a Coros and am pretty pleased with it, would consider a Garmin in the future. Coros and Garmin devices are built with activity in mind and not unneeded apps, like Uber. Garmin and Coros both have maps too. |
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| ▲ | Centigonal 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I trust people like David Smith and companies like onX more than Apple when it comes to creating and supporting a top tier outdoor mapping app. |
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| ▲ | coldtea 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Is it? They have a platform you can run other apps on, and this one in TFA and others provides this functionality. |
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| ▲ | cromka 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Honestly, the less Apple made apps, the better for the ecosystem and the quality of the apps in general. Apple's recent "sherlocked" apps are not good quality at all, but they make it substantially more difficult for 3rd parties to compete with the now default offerings. |
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| ▲ | Sir_Twist 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Not a developer, but I feel like Apple improving the defaults has been good for the ecosystem. The Reminders app is an example of this, because as it has gotten better over the years, the baseline for a good iOS to-do app has been raised, without reducing the market. | | |
| ▲ | Schiendelman 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | I agree 100%. I ended up building myself a utility to wrangle my reminders (like keep them from getting missed/lost) instead of using a third-party app. | | |
| ▲ | coldtea 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Can you describe that utility? | | |
| ▲ | Schiendelman a minute ago | parent | next [-] | | Yeah! I mean I published it on the app store, too. It does three core things:
1) Makes sure every reminder gets a date and time if it doesn't have one
2) Snowplows them ahead of you, so if you go on vacation they're still in the near future
3) Moves reminders out of the way if you accept or create a calendar event conflicting with it It also preserves ordering when moving things (hence my snowplow approach). Soon it'll summarize what you did that day so you can feel good about what you get done - that's coming shortly, I'm testing the feature for another few days. There are a bunch of settings to tweak this - picking what reminder lists to include, setting a time window for when it'll reschedule things, etc. This should link to it: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reminder-wrangler/id6759400510 | |
| ▲ | xp84 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Nice try, Claude Code | | |
| ▲ | coldtea 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Is that meant to be a joke? I've been on HN for over a decade. Closer to ELIZA's era than that of LLMs. I'm curious because I'm also interested in hacking the Reminders app via its API, to add some features in a side app |
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| ▲ | SllX 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Generally speaking, Apple should be improving and adding to the base operating system all the time, including new apps. It is better for their users including new users if the phone itself is capable of more out of the box. Where they fall short though, the App Store is right there. There’s almost always a better alternative for those who value having something better. | |
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| ▲ | joe_mamba 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Didn't it take them 10+ years to make a calculator app for the iPad? |
