One of the things I was MOST excited about with the Reminders app, was the ability to set geo-parameters for things like "remind me to grab milk when I leave work". I'm VERY forgetful about things like this, so this is an extremely helpful option...
HOWEVER, it seems apple has made a few aspects of it, far more confusing than it needs to be, please stop me if i'm wrong.
When I say "remind me when I leave" it allows me to set a parameter around my current location, which is great, because I don't have to give it any specific address, it just knows, then when I leave that location, my phone beeps and says "hey, don't forget this dumbass". The problem here is, I'd like to set things like "remind me to get cat food when I get to the grocery store", which is where it all falls apart. Rather than simply being able to drop a pin and say make a parameter around this spot on a map, you now have to add addresses into your contacts section of your phone, before you can allow it to remind you of something upon arrival. I don't feel like I should have to close the app, find the address of my grocery store, create a contact for it, then go BACK in to the Reminders app, and add the location through the contact. I think apple needs to remove a step here and not assume that the average person wants to have every possible place they might stop at added as a contact in their contact book. If they could simply allow a quick link between the reminders app and the maps, I could just drop a pin and say set this as the parameter around my grocery store.
I realize that in the grand scheme of this amazing software, this is a VERY minor detail, but seeing how detail oriented apple likes to be, i'm suprised it was overlooked.
HOWEVER, it seems apple has made a few aspects of it, far more confusing than it needs to be, please stop me if i'm wrong.
When I say "remind me when I leave" it allows me to set a parameter around my current location, which is great, because I don't have to give it any specific address, it just knows, then when I leave that location, my phone beeps and says "hey, don't forget this dumbass". The problem here is, I'd like to set things like "remind me to get cat food when I get to the grocery store", which is where it all falls apart. Rather than simply being able to drop a pin and say make a parameter around this spot on a map, you now have to add addresses into your contacts section of your phone, before you can allow it to remind you of something upon arrival. I don't feel like I should have to close the app, find the address of my grocery store, create a contact for it, then go BACK in to the Reminders app, and add the location through the contact. I think apple needs to remove a step here and not assume that the average person wants to have every possible place they might stop at added as a contact in their contact book. If they could simply allow a quick link between the reminders app and the maps, I could just drop a pin and say set this as the parameter around my grocery store.
I realize that in the grand scheme of this amazing software, this is a VERY minor detail, but seeing how detail oriented apple likes to be, i'm suprised it was overlooked.