Motorola Ad Pokes Fun at Apple's Maps Problems

[house70]

[citation][nom]DjEaZy[/nom]... Motorola Ad Pokes Fun at Apple's Maps Problems? Motorola is owned by google... http://www.tomshardware.com/news/E [...] 17876.html... of course google will not made google maps for iOS 6 soon... it will be the selling point for android devices...[/citation]
Since Apple has decided to remove GMaps from their iOS, the die has been cast...by Apple. Nobody can blame Google for Apple's decision.

 

[house70]

[citation][nom]ojas[/nom]I think google's played a trump card not releasing Google Maps for ios6. People who actually care about maps won't buy apple stuff, or at least not upgrade to ios6.[/citation]
You're correct, except for one fact: it was Apple's decision to remove GMaps from their OS. Why on Earth would Google make an app for an OS version that has removed it?

 

[luciferano]

[citation][nom]DjEaZy[/nom]... Motorola Ad Pokes Fun at Apple's Maps Problems? Motorola is owned by google... http://www.tomshardware.com/news/E [...] 17876.html... of course google will not made google maps for iOS 6 soon... it will be the selling point for android devices...[/citation]

Google already sent a map app to Apple for iOS 6 approval. If Apple chooses to not approve it, then that's their own fault, not Google's nor Motorola's (which isn't owned by Google, only Motorola Mobility is, although Google does have a say in what Motorola does). Google just didn't do anything to stop Apple from not using Google Maps.

 

[GreaseMonkey_62]

I don't think Apple's map failure comes as a shock to anyone. I was pretty certain it would run like iCrap when they announce they were moving away from Google Maps. The death toll would be if the Google Maps apps was allowed back in. But we know that will never happen.

 

[f-14]

hopefully google sues evil for patent infringement of internet based maps

 

[luciferano]

[citation][nom]f-14[/nom]hopefully google sues evil for patent infringement of internet based maps[/citation]

I could be wrong, but I don't think that Google has such a patent.

 

[pocketdrummer]

"and free turn by turn navigation"

Really? Because the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 don't get that little feature. Not because the hardware can't support it (the free MapQuest app and many others do it), but because Apple plans obsolescence artificially. I wonder if jailbreaking would unlock that feature...