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The iPhone will not accept that people live in Gibraltar, a reader has pointed out to us, highlighting that the phone will not acknowledge this as a possibility when users are entering country names in their address book. Android phones let users type in country names manually when adding addresses to contacts, while iPhones …

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      1. Blue eyed boy
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        Mushroom

        Re: Another controversial iOS6 place-naming snafu...

        There's equally **ckall on Rockall, but that doesn't stop the UK, RoI, Iceland and the Faeroe being in dispute over the place.

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      2. MrZoolook
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        Re: Another controversial iOS6 place-naming snafu...

        Google Earth lists them as 'Liancourt Rocks' with a note that both Japan and Korea claim them under different names.

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  3. Steve Renouf

    ISO country list

    Sadly, they're not the only ones that don't use a COMPLETE list of the countries included in the ISO standard country list.

    It's particularly frustrating and annoying when purchasing online and the only selectable option is UK (GB) (we are not part of the UK and are therefore not subject to VAT - we have our own GST that we have to pay thank you very much!). That is why there are separate ISO country codes for JE, GG, IM, etc..

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  4. graeme leggett Silver badge

    Gunboat diplomacy required

    For Apple to acknowledge British territories.

    Is Apple HQ anywhere near the coast?

    Our current record is 40 minutes for sorting things out amicably

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Gunboat diplomacy required

      > Our current record

      *Your* current record?

      Or "our" current record as in, I've never personally been near a gun, but I still like to brag about things I know nothing about, and the people who've actually been there much rather forget? Just saying.

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  5. david 12 Silver badge

    IOS documentation

    http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/AddressBook/Reference/ABPersonRef_iPhoneOS/500-CountryCodes/country_codes.html

    No indication of where they got that list from.

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    1. graeme leggett Silver badge
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      Re: IOS documentation

      In the style of Private Eye "number crunching"

      Number of individual country codes in iOS programming guide - 57.

      Number of countries attending London Olympics - 216

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  6. Stretch

    this bug is easy to fix: take your crapple products. smash them into a billion pieces.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      One could tell you're a child, or at least child-like, from your language alone. But your actions make it even clearer.

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    2. Anonymous Coward
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      Nahh

      An ealier post by Stretch: "Goooooooooooooooooo Samsung!"

      He's just a mindless fanboy.

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      1. FrankAlphaXII
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        Re: Nahh

        Kind of funny how both of the Apple fanboys are both anons. Unless its the same person of course.

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  7. Yet Another Anonymous coward Silver badge

    How hard is it ?

    You just need a checkbox for 'abroad'

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  8. Stevie

    Bah!

    I'd laugh uproariously except that only last week I was trying to buy from a British company who will remain nameless (but who are called C*bicle 7) and their webstore wouldn't allow me to specify my New York zip code, most likely because the regex writer had specified a UK-only pattern be acceptable input (even though the space was labelled as being used for zip codes as well as post codes). At least, that's how it tested from my side of the webpage.

    This "international shipping policy/UK-only address format" issue is depressingly common on the blightside, which is why I smile when people make the (accurate) statement that Americans have a tendency to assume "the world" means "America + Toronto".

    Perhaps the iPhone app designer tried to buy something from a UK business's webstore, came across the same issue and vowed eternal vengeance?

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    1. TeeCee Gold badge
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      Re: Bah!

      Typical, bloody typical.

      Meanwhile in every other bleedin' country on the planet we have to deal with idiots who reckon "State" is a mandatory item in an address.

      Here's a novel idea you might wish to give a trial run to in the USA: Try fixing your own problems before trying to fix the rest of the world.

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  9. SteveE
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    Don't mind us, we're just upset about the War of 1812

    I don't think 200 years is too long to hold a grudge, do you? After all, you Brits did burn down Washington D.C. Seems like a perfectly acceptable reason to feign incompetence.

    Burn down Washington D.C… in some political circles in the USA, that makes the Brits heroes.

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  10. sjsmoto

    Just move.

    No big deal.

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  11. ElNumbre
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    Other BOSTs?

    What about St Helena, Ascension Island and Diego Garcia??

    (I don't have an iDevice to test).

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  12. WestCoastGordo

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    Let's not forget that tiny little former British colony somewhere to the north of Cuperberg: Siri is curiously unable to find much of anything in Canada...

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