No one said that. No need to "talk sense" into people. People aren't arguing Google Maps is perfect, they're arguing Apple Maps is a downgrade from Google Maps.
I have issues with Google Maps, minors ones. I've had some major ones over the years, but they are fixed.
Moving to Apple maps is like going back to square one and having to live through all those major issues again.
Apple has hardly moved back to square one. One of the biggest things going for them now is they have turn by turn included. I'm sorry, but so what if you're missing some POI. If you are going from one point to another and need to use a map to get there, turn by turn will get you there and to do so use an address for most accurate results. Geesh.
Now in terms of having your favorite pub nearby or finding the local hot spot if the names aren't in there, deal with it. This is v1.0 of maps. There are tons of other apps that do more than even the previous version did and yes, Apple will get there.
Sorry, but iOS maps is not something you could "research". It's not like Apple is being exactly "fair" in their sales pitch either :
http://www.apple.com/ca/ios/maps/
No where in there did I see Apple say it's everything that it once was plus more. They indicate it's all new from ground up and pretty fairly show the level of details to expect. Looks pretty fair to me. Again, many here Assumed that it would be exactly like before but I'm not sure what outside previous experience made them believe it was google maps plus some Apple Stuff.
In terms of researching it, yes you could. I've read all about it here and on the web for months. One of the first things I thought about was if it was going to be up to one of my favorite apps abilities. I never believed and rightfully so thought it would be. To do so would be to based on no true facts.
Again, looks pretty fair to me. Mine is stable and outside a 30 minute window of a wifi issue, all is working just beautifully.
Sorry, no one could "research" their way out of this. And frankly, this does not excuse Apple's failed release to other users of their software. Remember, Apple have now abandonned iOS 5 for iOS 6. If you want to keep getting security updates, you need to upgrade. If you do, your maps are downgraded
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Again, yes you could have done research. Since 2010 articles about their maps attempt have popped up all over including the purchase of two smaller companies for api and POI interface to the TomTom agreement to use them as the baseline data partner. Not to mention MacRumors being the easiest site to follow with an iOS 6 forum up for months now where readers could follow developers all day long. It's no secret there were concerns about it being different.
In terms of iOS, they are not forcing you to upgrade. My son's 3Gs is still on v4.x and doing just fine. Especially no one forced an upgrade on day / week one.
That's a no-win scenario in my book. You really need to stop playing Apple defense here. First, it's not your job, second, it's not winning you any credibility points.
I don't need to stop doing anything regardless of my occupation. I also don't need credibiliity points. I'm asking fairly credible questions and bringning up some very fair points in terms of how others made their decision to purchase or upgrade. Buyers do play a role in accepting what they puchase and upgrade to. Especially early on. I don't believe Apple decieved anyone.
I wonder why you feel the need to defend Apple so vigorously. Let users talk about their issues without constantly trying to shove them back in their faces, you're not helping calm the situation down any. You're making it worse by pissing off a crowd that's already quite pissed off enough.
I'm not defending Apple. I'm asking very pointed questions and bringing out the point about the role of users and what data they used to make their decisions to upgrade. Most "assumed" a lot. Most based their decisions on emotion and are showing it right back. I'm not worried about pissing anyone off. If anyone is getting all emotional about this they are nuerotic as it's not a situation of feelings or emotion. They made a decision to upgrade to iOS6 for a number of reasons incluing maps. THey in turn need to be accountable for making that choice based on what was presented to them that IMO was pretty clearly not this is the old google maps plus some great new things. It was presented as all new from ground up with turn by turn and provided some pretty fair screen shots. Apple never promised it was the old google based maps on steroids. Why users felt it was going to be I don't know. Seems to me it wasn't based on any facts other than a completely different past app that they knew and were told is going away.
