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Google Said to Have Already Submitted Native iOS Maps App to Apple [Updated]
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You must be fat...
In fact, I bet you're so fat that you inspired people to create the "Yo' mama is so fat that she roams in multiple ZIP codes at once" joke...
/obviously just poking fun here, nothing against you
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Anything is better than the pile of junk that is Apple Maps.
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I hope you're not using Apple Maps to locate your house or that Fedex location. Same thing if you're thinking of "going a different route." With Apple Maps you never know where it's going to get you.
I wouldn't say that the new YouTube app is "good" (it's one of the only video app that doesn't support AirPlay) but at this point, anything would be better than Apple Maps.
It was a joke.people need to stop pissing on Apple Maps.
Also, people need to stop acting surperior to those who aren't satisfied with a greatly inferior product.
I love Apple. Have for years. Probably since before you started playing with yourself. But come on...this is an inferior product. It's ok to admit it.
Yes, kinda being a jerk there and an obvious apologist.
Why have a maps app with directions if you can't use it to navigate in a strange city in thick traffic?
Unless you are too young to drive, you might understand this point: Some map apps give alternate routes to avoid traffic and don't follow the standard route.
Lol, I'm a 34 year old man who used to read paper maps, so I know how to navigate around unfamiliar cities. I use my Android phone all the time during my US travel (fly every week for work) and occasionally other countries, but I trust it about 60% of the time. The remaining 40%, I'm using my brain to navigate + some common sense, reading signs and paying attention along the way.
Never do I blindly plug in a large international airport and somehow end up 20 miles off course. Ever.
Nice try kiddo.
And get an Android phone if you don't want to miss your flight (if you depend on it for navigation in unfamiliar cities). It will re-route you nicely around traffic and such as a bonus.
That might make Apple more likely to approve it. Apple would get its 30% cut of all the people who rush to buy it, and could use it to buy pizza for its Maps developers while they are on lockdown.
I hope Apple does approve it. I'll download it, and use it as a backup when and if Apple's Maps don't suffice. But Apple's Maps are the ones that are integrated with iOS.
what he said.
This isn't just about some howlers in a turn by turn navigation app (of which there already are several decent standalone choices on iOS), embarrassing graphical glitches etc. its about what constitutes the underlying framework for location services on the entire device.
If that's compromised and can no longer be relied on then neither can the apps who leverage their function from it.
Did it occur to you that Google may no longer be licensing their maps to Apple to include in iOS?
I don't see why Apple wouldn't approve Google's Maps app...
I mean look at all the options on the App Store. MapQuest (free), TomTom, Waze, etc... there are a whole bunch of map/GPS apps on the store.
For them to reject Google due to "competing with core iOS functionality", they would have to remove ALL of those other map apps to be fair.
And that would anger a lot of people... since those all came BEFORE Apple added navigation.
Honestly, if they don't approve Google's new app, I think there will be a huge backlash from the community and those other companies. It would be a very unwise business decision by Apple.
I mean look at all the options on the App Store. MapQuest (free), TomTom, Waze, etc... there are a whole bunch of map/GPS apps on the store.
For them to reject Google due to "competing with core iOS functionality", they would have to remove ALL of those other map apps to be fair.
And that would anger a lot of people... since those all came BEFORE Apple added navigation.
Honestly, if they don't approve Google's new app, I think there will be a huge backlash from the community and those other companies. It would be a very unwise business decision by Apple.
Works for me. Saved me a 45 minute delay due to an accident on my route to work this morning.
Sorry it doesn't work where you live or on the device you're using.
Cant apple just work WITH google and add the apple touch to google maps on iOS?
That way we get the best of both worlds?
Sticking with iOS 5 for now
We're looking for a new house at the moment, and Google Street View is a huge help. It has saved hours (days) of time we would have spent in the car exploring new areas and getting a feel for locations surrounding potential properties. My iPad 3 is my primary (non-work) computing device these days. Loosing this functionality at this critical time is not an option. So iOS 6 is unusable for me until Google can restore this functionality for Apple's customers. Apple really dropped the ball on this one.
We're looking for a new house at the moment, and Google Street View is a huge help. It has saved hours (days) of time we would have spent in the car exploring new areas and getting a feel for locations surrounding potential properties. My iPad 3 is my primary (non-work) computing device these days. Loosing this functionality at this critical time is not an option. So iOS 6 is unusable for me until Google can restore this functionality for Apple's customers. Apple really dropped the ball on this one.
google already took pics of all the streets, and they are amazing. Why should apple waste money or doing the same, or using less quality ones from tom tom (which I guess is what they are using now).
working with google would save them way more money than building their own from scratch, plus it would be a much better product. It took google what three years to get their maps this good. Do you really want to wait three years for apple maps to catch up to where google maps are today and still be behind in three years?