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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsApple Caves to Maps Outrage Adding Google Tool on IPhone
(Bloomberg) Apple Inc. (AAPL), caving to user outrage over faulty directions in its home-grown navigation tool, has let Google Inc. (GOOG)s mapping application back onto the iPad and iPhone mobile devices.
The free Google Maps app is available in more than 40 countries and 29 languages, Google said in a blog posting. Google was widely expected to introduce its own app after the version of Apples iOS mobile software released in September excluded its popular built-in tool.
Critics faulted Apples new application for unreliable landmark searches, routes that get users lost and lack of public transit directions, prompting Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to issue a rare apology to consumers. Googles map had been installed on every Apple tablet and smartphone since the iPhones debut in 2007.
Its embarrassing for Apple to reuse Googles map application as it suggests Apple failed to meet market expectations, said Hwang Min-Seong, a Hong Kong-based analyst at Samsung Securities Co. This shows how much harder Apple had to push itself to come up with great innovations, only for it to end up as a big mistake. .................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-13/google-unveils-mapping-application-for-apple-iphone-ipad-users.html
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Apple Caves to Maps Outrage Adding Google Tool on IPhone (Original Post)
marmar
Dec 2012
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Panasonic
(2,921 posts)1. Heard about an Apple Maps error that has sent users to the outback without water and proper vehicles
just the other day - and Australia *BEGGED* Apple to fix it, IIRC as it is dangerous - 115 degrees in the outback, sandy desert and lost.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)2. du rec. nt
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)3. But, but, Apple is perfect. Nothing ever goes wrong with an Apple product.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)4. Oh, things go wrong but then they fix them, usually for free!
And yes, I saw your
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)5. Whoever wrote that headline should be shot
Headlines can be hard enough to sort out, but that one is just plain awful.
Eddie Haskell
(1,628 posts)6. So I just opened Google Maps and looked for Yellowstone ...
The whole damn park is missing.