This is just another proving of products from FAMOUS COMPANY will hit the top of the App store with no reason.
Maybe it is the time for iOS Map Developers to quit the business.
So, what will be the next?
Google Maps becomes the App Store’s most popular free app in 7 hours
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Re: Google Maps becomes the App Store’s most popular free app in 7 hours
#42App ranking is also a function of momentum.. while it's great Google Maps has risen so quickly, let's not make this more than what it is.
"let's not make this more than what it is"
Which is?
I mean as much as you can discount this you must also for the same reasons promote it. Without knowing the algorithm used and downloads all we really have to go off of is release time and rating count and average rating. Both of which seem pretty good to me.
Re: Google Maps becomes the App Store’s most popular free app in 7 hours
#43Actually I think Apple won here. Google was refusing to release a turn by turn direction update to their apps. By developing an Apple Map App with turn by turn, they kind of forced GooG to provide it on iOS platform. Also, it is very difficult for google to ignore ios users.
How is that a win? Apple got egg on their face from all the bad press. They had to shell out a ton of money for 2 map companies they bought, money for all the map data they are buying, plus all the engineering resources to create the product. Google Maps lets google have full branding on the iphone and can gather all the data they want from users. And they can have all the branding on the Maps that they want. If I re…
How much money Apple or Google spent is not really an issue Both are loaded, especially Apple. And unless the egg in the face translated to lost sales, it will go away.
Never underestimate the power of "default" and Apple can tighten the screws on Google Maps to make iOS maps look even better. Bottom line is that Apple is working on their own maps and that's a major loss for Google.
Re: Google Maps becomes the App Store’s most popular free app in 7 hours
#44App ranking is also a function of momentum.. while it's great Google Maps has risen so quickly, let's not make this more than what it is.
Were Bing Maps and Nokia maps #1 soon after they launched in the Apple app store, too? (or ever?)
Re: Google Maps becomes the App Store’s most popular free app in 7 hours
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
How is that a win? Apple got egg on their face from all the bad press. They had to shell out a ton of money for 2 map companies they bought, money for all the map data they are buying, plus all the engineering resources to create the product. Google Maps lets google have full branding on the iphone and can gather all the data they want from users. And they can have all the branding on the Maps that they want. If I re…
Not to mention they had to fire one of their VP's over it.
That is an Apple win actually.
Re: Google Maps becomes the App Store’s most popular free app in 7 hours
#46Frankly, Tim Cook should shut down the entire Apple Maps division. Who in their right mind is going to use Apple Maps at this point? Try searching "Pier 39 San Francisco". The query can't be any more specific, and it's the most iconic location for tourists, and Apple Maps will bring you to a pretty shady area of town, only a mile or two away from Hunter's Point, one of the more violent areas of SF.
"What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders," Michael Dell on Apple, 1997.
If everybody just "shut it down" every time things went pear-shaped, we wouldn't get very far as a species.
Re: Google Maps becomes the App Store’s most popular free app in 7 hours
#47Actually I think Apple won here. Google was refusing to release a turn by turn direction update to their apps. By developing an Apple Map App with turn by turn, they kind of forced GooG to provide it on iOS platform. Also, it is very difficult for google to ignore ios users.
> Google was refusing to release a turn by turn direction update to their apps.
Your choice of wording here is rather misleading. Apple wrote the old Maps app. Google refused to allow Apple to add turn-by-turn to the old maps app. We will never know the true reasons, but it was likely due to Apple refusing to relinquish control of what was displayed to the user.
Re: Google Maps becomes the App Store’s most popular free app in 7 hours
#48Frankly, Tim Cook should shut down the entire Apple Maps division. Who in their right mind is going to use Apple Maps at this point? Try searching "Pier 39 San Francisco". The query can't be any more specific, and it's the most iconic location for tourists, and Apple Maps will bring you to a pretty shady area of town, only a mile or two away from Hunter's Point, one of the more violent areas of SF.
No wonder he is the CEO and you aren't. Think LOOOOONG term, in a few years Apple will catch Google for the most part (hello AAPL bank accounts and increase of usage!) and Apple will not depend on a major competitor for a crucial aspect of the mobile world. Google is the loser, despite Apple having a few growing pains.
Well, no worries then. A few thousand people who don't get to hospitals or who end up in dangerous situations is not LOOOOOONG term thinking and can safely be ignored.
Re: Google Maps becomes the App Store’s most popular free app in 7 hours
#49Frankly, Tim Cook should shut down the entire Apple Maps division. Who in their right mind is going to use Apple Maps at this point? Try searching "Pier 39 San Francisco". The query can't be any more specific, and it's the most iconic location for tourists, and Apple Maps will bring you to a pretty shady area of town, only a mile or two away from Hunter's Point, one of the more violent areas of SF.
No wonder he is the CEO and you aren't. Think LOOOOONG term, in a few years Apple will catch Google for the most part (hello AAPL bank accounts and increase of usage!) and Apple will not depend on a major competitor for a crucial aspect of the mobile world. Google is the loser, despite Apple having a few growing pains.
If everyone starts using Google Maps, then they'll never collect the user feedback needed to perfect the data.
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#50Edit: somehow I screwed up my response, should be a response to @kjackson2012.
Apple's main issues are with their location information from TomTom. If apple is able to partner with a company with better data, these types of problems should not be nearly as bad.
Here's where Apple's maps product is better... The maps are vector based so there is not such a huge dependence on a data connection. I live near the pine barrens in NJ and google maps is mostly worthless when I venture into that abyss. Apple maps has worked flawlessly for me there. Locations where data connections are poor, apple maps will probably be a better solution. Plus, Apple maps look nicer, but that is hardly a critical feature.
To say apple should just give up is silly. I've used google navigation since the first day the alpha was leaked. It has only been in the last year that nav has gotten so good (used to have maddening ui problems with the zoom going crazy). Apple's initial maps release is much better and more refined than what google initially release. Fortunately for apple, I think they'll get their data issues mostly fix in 2013 and have a very nice alternative to google maps.