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This simply shows how bad apple's decision was to switch to their own solution before it was ready.
Or it shows the effectiveness of a giant anti-apple PR machine present in the world.
How many startups just said "ah fuck it!" now that Google Maps is back on iOS? Back when Apple removed Google maps I thought there would be four stages to this fiasco: 1. Apple Maps are introduced and nobody likes them. Google Maps are nixed and some bullshit reason is given for not letting them back into the ecosystem for a while. 2. A bunch of people see an opportunity to create something that Apple will buy. They…
…you think Apple are going to stop wanting to improve their maps?
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My first thought was along the same lines. What if this was a long con to get Google to release what Apple wanted for free? Any bets on if Apple Maps is gone in iOS 7 and google maps becomes the system mapping provider again?
I guess you are confused. Google was ready to provide those features in exchange for their branding and also ability to display ads. Apple did not agree to that, and now Google has that option as being 3rd party app, which iOS users now need to explicitly install. No one really won here, but if I really would have to pick up a winner, it would be Google.
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…you think Apple are going to stop wanting to improve their maps?
Podcast displays have been broken in a variety of ways since day one and that's a lot simpler to fix than the problems they have in maps.
Nokia Maps give one the ability to download maps locally to the phone. Do either Google Maps or iOS Maps have that feature?
Google Maps on Android has great offline support. Offline support isn't in this first Google Maps release for iOS but they seem to be indicating it's coming.
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Or it shows the effectiveness of a giant anti-apple PR machine present in the world.
Who is involved in these types of conspiracies anyway? Are there Android "fanboys" that short Apple stock and then go on the Internet and... do what exactly?
I'll admit it, I am one of the 4-star raters. I took it down a notch for not at least including a "zoom out" button. I can double-tap to zoom, but I sure as hell can't pinch to zoom out. I think that UI flaw is one of the most ignored in all that exist in iOS.
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Surely you agree that your example is a non-standard address. The things are more important to get right: postal addresses, searches for company names, airports, schools, searches for intersections. Of course you want to get the other things right like, parks (what's the pinpoint location of a park?) and things like pier 39. But those errors don't make Apple Maps a non-starter. I've been using it in the Bay Area with…
'Apple has in the past been known to make things with the ultimate attention to detail and things that "just work"' I don't know why people continue to believe this. Apple has released versions of the Finder with amateurish bugs that delete files[1] and versions of Mail that randomly delete messages[2]. Several versions of Mail on iPhone send hundreds of copies of a message when emailing a link from Safari[3]. The Ma…
Give me a break. Name an international company with 100% success in user happiness and usability with their product(s). Go ahead, try it.
Also, don't act like Android hasn't had faults and failings on their own. Or Windows.
Things aren't ever perfect. The only time there is a real binary system is CS. The world is gray, and Apple has been consistently better than bad. They've been good for me for the most part, with some minor annoyances sure, but to say that their software is "shiny stuff that doesn't work" just shows that you aren't really well versed in the domain that the hyperbole is supposed to explain.