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Google Announces New 3D Features for Google Earth, Is "Committed to Offering" Google Maps on 'All Platforms'
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Siri, one of the least reliable and least useful Apple products of the decade, is going to single handedly defeat one of the world's most reliable and well-known search engines? Lol
lol, exactly.
yeah i heard this was in development for about... 1-2 minutes, (NOT)
how on earth can you call this last minute?
Well everyone knew Apple bought C3, who had been developing this for a while, so Google have had since Apple bought C3 to start developing their own version, which is why they only showed a small demo, gave no actual release date. Apple will announce theirs on monday, with a release in the next few months, if it's in iOS 6 like everything points to.
If Google had announced a release date and it was in the next 3 months, then i'd have given Google the benefit of the doubt. reeks of desperation to try and spoil apple's announcement......
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Lol, Google's not going anywhere. Just like Apple isn't gonna suddenly enter the aviation business and put Boeing out. Apple isn't the world-dominating company some people think they are
Then why are they one of the most valued companies, right behind Exxon?
I like walking into places with my iPhone prominently displayed in hand. It attracts people to me, shows them I have taste in the tools I choose to use, and defines me as the person I want to be. That's right folks, I am defined by the things I buy, because if it weren't for Apple's sleek designs, I wouldn't have any personality otherwise.
Sorry, but I think this has to be the most obnoxious thing I've ever read anywhere on the internet. I mean it's...it's...it's a $500 PHONE! Nothing less, nothing more. Hell, you could buy one after two months worth of trips selling plasma. It is a statement for NOTHING!
After following the live blog through I think there's certainly an argument to be made that Google are, at the very least, worried. There seemed to be no real flow, no drive, no point to the presentation and few major featured other than a 3D map that isn't available yet and, worse, with no real date as to WHEN it may be up and running (and they also glossed over the fact that another new feature, offline maps for Android, has been available for a while as part of Google Labs).
Now please don't get me wrong, this isn't in any way a gloat at Google or an 'Apple is teh be5t!' post. But it's clear that Google are going to be looking nervously towards Moscone West next Monday and, as they're the current maps provider for iOS, it seems safe to assume Apple will indeed be unveiling their own solution. And if for no other reason than offering serious competition the tech industry should be grateful. Certainly it won't hurt to have a company with the reach in mobile that Apple does pushing Google to deliver a better product.
As for the 3D stuff, I maintain that this is going to be a huge selling point for those that struggle with 2D maps, especially when used on-foot. Of course that assumes they can get the camera view down low enough to give a reasonable approximation of what you should be seeing but the c3 videos that are available suggest they could get pretty close. More interesting will be how this stuff links to the rest of the device and how mapping is integrated into other services.
Someone mentioned the business case and that's a very good point. Google, after all, needs to make money from its mapping product, either via search or (as we've recently seen) charging third parties to access it. That policy has driven away some VERY big names recently so they're going to have to have an astonishing product to make it work. Apple, on the other hand, doesn't really care about any of that. It makes its profit on the device itself, maps is just another feature to help ship tens of millions of iOS devices so they can more easily justify a large investment.
Whatever happens I'm really looking forward to seeing what Apple has in store on Monday.
Now please don't get me wrong, this isn't in any way a gloat at Google or an 'Apple is teh be5t!' post. But it's clear that Google are going to be looking nervously towards Moscone West next Monday and, as they're the current maps provider for iOS, it seems safe to assume Apple will indeed be unveiling their own solution. And if for no other reason than offering serious competition the tech industry should be grateful. Certainly it won't hurt to have a company with the reach in mobile that Apple does pushing Google to deliver a better product.
As for the 3D stuff, I maintain that this is going to be a huge selling point for those that struggle with 2D maps, especially when used on-foot. Of course that assumes they can get the camera view down low enough to give a reasonable approximation of what you should be seeing but the c3 videos that are available suggest they could get pretty close. More interesting will be how this stuff links to the rest of the device and how mapping is integrated into other services.
Someone mentioned the business case and that's a very good point. Google, after all, needs to make money from its mapping product, either via search or (as we've recently seen) charging third parties to access it. That policy has driven away some VERY big names recently so they're going to have to have an astonishing product to make it work. Apple, on the other hand, doesn't really care about any of that. It makes its profit on the device itself, maps is just another feature to help ship tens of millions of iOS devices so they can more easily justify a large investment.
Whatever happens I'm really looking forward to seeing what Apple has in store on Monday.
One of Google's many problems is that they have no taste. The way Microsoft doesn't.
And boy does it show.
When you look at this stuff, you just get that feeling of, "We DO live in The Future!"
Dang you're a dork.
I love it.There are other mail apps, browser apps, reminder apps, messaging apps, out there. Why wouldn't they allow maps apps?
I think there is nothing to be worried about Apple bringing their own maps. Healthy competition. And you can only expect improvements to their maps since this would be their entry.
Except when they aren't, in which case Apple marketing will be able to sell it anyway.
Siri, one of the least reliable and least useful Apple products of the decade, is going to single handedly defeat one of the world's most reliable and well-known search engines? Lol
Not now or any time in the near future, but yes. Google search will be replaced if they don't innovate. In its current state Google requires us to pare down our input into keywords. Siri will allow us to use our actual train of thought.
Now Google could come out with some new search innovations between now and then, but Siri is the general direction that computing will be heading.
Go back to 1998 and Yahoo probably thought the same about Google.
Are you saying that Apple will ditch Tomtom, Navigon, etc?
Ah, no, you're only acting like you act always
AAPL market cap passed XOM quite a while ago.
AAPL market cap right now: 534.35B
XOM market cap right now: 374.93B
Oh, and GOOG market cap right now: 189.27B
Pretty darn good for an adspam company.
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Yes, I'm saying it could happen.
Yes, acting like always.
But hey, it's a free country. Fandroids and Google apologists are welcome to post on MacRumors.
More traffic means higher ad revenue for MacRumors. And Fandroids and Google apologists
(of all people) should understand the importance of ad revenue.
96% of Google's revenue comes from ads.
They don't have Steve Job's marketing knack, I'll admit. But it's hard to compete against Steve Jobs. He is, after all, the greatest product Steve Jobs has ever produced.
Apple could also include a tazer in their next iOS devices that shocks you every time you make something up with no evidence.
By your logic Apple forces everyone to use CoreData instead of their own databases in apps.
Seriously, as long as Google doesn't use private Apple APIs their fine. I mean, Google Maps via Safari works. Are they going to shut that down too? Did they prevent people from using AdSense when they announced iAds?
Just stop with the FUD. Really.
You mean, fandroids like you, no?
Because it is impossible that a normal person can act like you act, only someone that wants to insult Apple and people that like Apple products can say the silly things you say
I don't think they wouldn't allow maps. But... There is a big difference to being a separate app on the device vs. being the go to default/integrated app that is used by various applications on the device.