Google and Apple are no longer sharing their toys.
I doubt that they'll go back.
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Apple Issues Statement Over Day 1 'Maps' Glitches, Maps Team Reportedly Under Lockdown to Fix Issues
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I doubt that they'll go back.
Thoroughly tested? You mean becoming intimately familiar with every city on the planet and searching to make sure there is 100% coverage? This is their testing, and it's the only way to do it with mapping. Just report the problem through the mechanisms provided.
It wouldn't have been any different with Steve around. Besides, what is the point of that comment? Are you expecting them to bring him back? It's not like they kicked him out.
is apple going to hire a team go drive around and collect images and data, like google did?
they kind of have to....right?
they kind of have to....right?
I sure hope that during this lockdown they are given access to water fountains and meal vouchers.
I'm afraid not, they are not in France
I've been on the iOS 6 beta for the past few months, navigation is fine. It is the search that is not great. That and maps of non-US locations.
And there is a largest problems.
Lots of opinions...less actual effort using the product.
No.
A better analogy is if you were sitting down in a restaurant enjoying a perfectly cooked filet mignon that the chef (Google) had taken a lot of effort to perfect.
Half way through the steak some idiot (Apple) takes the plate from me and replaces it with a half baked weiner, and gives some story about it being better than steak anyway.
Of course there are bugs. Apple hasn't visited every neighborhood in the world yet, which took Google over 10 years.
But if Steve were alive today, that development team would have been water-boarded. Apple should have waited another year.
But if Steve were alive today, that development team would have been water-boarded. Apple should have waited another year.
Out of their League
Apple is in way over their head and can't fix this in a week or two.
It was complete arrogance to think that they could do in a year what Google took 5 years to do.
Yelling at the employees won't help.
Firing the managers who set unrealistic goals will.
Apple is in way over their head and can't fix this in a week or two.
It was complete arrogance to think that they could do in a year what Google took 5 years to do.
Yelling at the employees won't help.
Firing the managers who set unrealistic goals will.
Is it wise to lock down the people that created this mess? Perhaps locking down the people who approved it.
Keeping iOS 5 on my 4S till this is fixed.
Keeping iOS 5 on my 4S till this is fixed.
It not like we all don't navigate the world at street level like 99% of the time.
It's a gimmick. They knew Maps was bad, they wanted to help convince people it wasn't. It's also a crappy alternative to Street View which they knew they'd sorely be missing. Finally, it's cool tech--not super useful today--but cool.
Interestingly, the Apple maps have a lot of detail for North Korea, but Google maps has almost none
Do you really think it was the dev team's call on whether it was ready for prime time or not? Developers can't stop the clock.
Well I hope the Maps team has access to a couple million $ and the power to buy out various mapping companies and their databases because otherwise this is not an issue that can be fixed in any reasonable time frame, and by that I mean.. within the next year or two :/
Maybe time to use that $100bn for something?
Maybe time to use that $100bn for something?