Just curious if iPhone is getting these updates like Android is? This is Google Maps latest update V 5.0. I really dont know if or how far iPhone is behind getting this.
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The way Steve Jobs bashes Google and Android every chance he gets, I highly doubt it. Why would the leading competitor give it's rival the latest and better version of their maps application?
iOS is basically a three year old platform with minor tweaks and improvements. Google maps and youtube haven't really been updated since they debuted on iPhone.
Just curious if iPhone is getting these updates like Android is? This is Google Maps latest update V 5.0. I really dont know if or how far iPhone is behind getting this.
The problem is that iOS needs to get with the program and break away their core applications to allow for individual updates instead of waiting for an entire OS update to get anything accomplished. Nice going Apple!
Apple going be making there own maps Last year they boughttwo mapping companies Placebase and Poly9. bye bye Google maps
I wonder how much they are going to charge for it? Remember Android navigation/maps is free and it outperforms any paid GPS/Navigation programs like Tom Tom,Navigon and Garmin, Good luck!
More and more I look at this thread... the Op is trying to really bash iPhone OS and he is trying to say Android OS is better than iOs because Android OS has been receiving youtube and google map updates...
Google and Apple competes each other, furiously. There is no way apple will allow google map to expand on iOS. Apple doesn't want to depend on google at all. They will most likely come out with their own navigation system.
Google and Apple competes each other, furiously. There is no way apple will allow google map to expand on iOS. Apple doesn't want to depend on google at all. They will most likely come out with their own navigation system.
I wonder how much they are going to charge for it? Remember Android navigation/maps is free and it outperforms any paid GPS/Navigation programs like Tom Tom,Navigon and Garmin, Good luck!
Well, the current Apple-made map program is free, so I'd expect they'll update it and leave it free.
Apple wants their phone to be better than the competitors. If they take the free map app out, that won't look very good in magazine reviews, would it?
If they do it better be free. You can't compete by charging for something that your competitor gives away for free.
better fonts.
That does look pretty sick. That would be nice if the iPhone got something like this. Google maps on the iPhone still does whatever I need it too. This would just be a little addition.
Thats just your insecurity thought process.I dont have an iP4. I went with the Vibrant instead since i still have TMobile and didnt want to stay on EDGE all the time so im just curious if you guys are getting the updates. That is all. No more, no less.
LOL, picky, picky arent we? I probably dislike the case you have on your phone.
I wonder how much they are going to charge for it? Remember Android navigation/maps is free and it outperforms any paid GPS/Navigation programs like Tom Tom,Navigon and Garmin, Good luck!
So Apple going to charge people for maps when they been giving them away for free...
Like these companies will provide free, live traffic information.
Who knows what Apple going to do with those companies. What if Apple makes the best maps ever. What if they do something know one else has done with maps.
The current and outdated iOS Google Maps is free because it has bare bone navigation and it was initially launched as part of iPhone back in 2007. If Apple decides to play catch up with their own navigation program (iNav) be rest assured it's not going to be free. It will probably have a yearly fee like Mobileme or be just as expensive as current third party navigation programs for iOS. Apple is in the business of making money first. They never offer sales or rebates.
As wealthy as Steve Jobs is, he isn't a philanthropist and cut Apples philanthropy program a while ago due to cost cuts and never reinstated it.
"we at Apple we love our money" Steve Jobs
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