Apple responds to Maps criticism...

[diegoesk]

" Maps is a cloud-based solution and the more people use it, the better it will get.

Lets not forget!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...one-tracks-users-location-in-hidden-file.html

 

[moonman239]

Don't criticize Apple for their maps, criticize TomTom, who gives Apple their maps.

 

[lazard]

Don't criticize Apple for their maps, criticize TomTom, who gives Apple their maps.

Which is funny considering TomTom's app is much more accurate than the integrated maps.

 

[greytmom]

For the life of me, I can not understand that statement.

I used it and it was wrong. How does anyone at Apple know it was wrong so they can fix it?

You tell them. On the feedback screen.

 

[Gjwilly]

To me this sounds like serious damage control from Apple.
First they issue this nothing statement to see if things calm down.
If they don't then you can bet that something else will be forthcoming.
This is antennagate all over again.

 

[rocknblogger]

I'll try not to let Mapple get me stuck in the ocean in the meantime.

"Mapple", made me chuckle

 

[Jarson]

Can you download from the app store ?

Still no iPad version. Apple should make the whole thing as painless as it is possible. Even if they wanted to cut off from Google stuff, there were millions ways of how to do it rather than simply removing and giving some **** instead.

 

[rman726]

They didn't say anything particular. Just a casual PR sheit. Screw them, looking forward for Google Maps. It turned out iOS 6 is considered as a definite downgrade. No YouTube, no Maps, WTF?

Except the new YouTube official app by Google is infinitely better than the stock iOS 5 one... Maybe we'll go a few days without Google Maps, but if the rumors about Google Maps app actually come true, we'll be better off with both options.

 

[ixodes]

Wasn't gmail in beta for like its first 5 years!?

Yes that's true. Yet to the average user they couldn't tell the difference because Gmail worked so well

 

[ViperDesign]

Indeed, not to mention Apple themselves will not exactly be willing to immediately approve a better alternative....

there are already hundreds of apps that are better. Only reason they wouldn't do it right away is because it is google.

 

[mobilehaathi]

there are already hundreds of apps that are better. Only reason they wouldn't do it right away is because it is google.

I'm sure they'd be happy to let it in it if was obviously inferior. But it currently isn't, and they were selling the new iOS maps pretty hard when talking about iOS6. And yes, it being google makes it even worse.

 

[Jarson]

Except the new YouTube official app by Google is infinitely better than the stock iOS 5 one... Maybe we'll go a few days without Google Maps, but if the rumors about Google Maps app actually come true, we'll be better off with both options.

Well yeah but it's more about what Apple is serving to their customers.