Secondly, you lose Google's excellent public transport search, which uses train and bus data to provide directions around the nation to those without cars. Apple Maps has a public transport icon, but when you press it you just get a list of transport apps in the App Store that you could download, which you can later choose to jump into when you're plotting routes. Frustratingly, the app makes you input the route you're looking for before showing you this next-to-useless list. The fact there's even an icon for public transport suggests to me that Apple will be introducing the feature at some point, but for now it's a serious omission. Even when Apple pulls its finger out, how useful iOS 6's public transport information proves to be will depend on whose data it buys, so there are no guarantees.

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Ask Maggie is a weekly advice column that answers readers' wireless and broadband questions. If you've got a question, please send me an e-mail at maggie dot reardon at cbs dot com. And please put "Ask Maggie" in the subject header. Dear Maggie,Thanks for answering questions about the iPad 2 last week. I held off on the first generation iPad, and although the iPad 2 doesn't have all the improvements I had hoped for, I'm going to take the plunge. Rather than getting a 3G version and separate data plan, I'm considering getting the Wi-Fi only version (saving $130), and using my phone as a hot spot for the iPad when I need 3G access. It seems like the data will be cheaper, at least on Verizon, since the hot spot access will be $20 for 2GB, while the tablet 3G access is $20 for 1GB. What pros and cons do you see with this option?.

Software updates don't always improve your kit, however, as Apple fans discovered this week with the disastrous new Apple Maps app in iOS 6 for the iPhone 5, iPad and iPod, And the fractured nature of updates could be argued to be Android's own worst enemy, Check out this week's CNET UK podcast to hear us discuss whether updates are more trouble than they're worth, Which is better: selfie giraffe in new york iphone case the HTC One X or Samsung Galaxy S3? Is Jelly Bean worth the fuss? Tell me your thoughts in the comments or on our Facebook page..

CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. Tiger Woods may not be hitting the real links anytime soon, but an iPad version of EA's golf franchise would be able to show off the green in far greater detail. Virtual air hockey gets more interesting when you move to bigger touch screens. While the iPad isn't table-size, we could see two people playing each other using a single iPad. Ping Pong and tennis could also get a boost when moving to the iPad. Lots of folks are talking about how real-time strategy games would be well suited for porting to the iPad, making army mobilization as easy as pushing your finger. Big RTS franchises like Age of Empires and Civilization would be a great fit on a larger screen.