@Jason C from @Launch on #Apple #Maps
@jason: I used the Apple maps app this weekend to go back and forth to Napa on somewhat confusing back roads (at times) and found it *delightful*! Turn-by-turn navigation on a stunningly large screen made it feel like a dedicated GPS unit. There were just as many errors in Google Maps when it launched I’m certain, it’s just that people were so amazed by the DHTML nature of GM back then that they were more forgiving. Everyone please shut up about Apple maps. It’s a great 1.0, and sure it will take time to get Japan and Russia and some backroads lined up, but it’s a stunningly beautiful product in its first effort. Really people - 5:41PM
Well said Jason! I have used it in Toronto area (no back roads!) and it was fine. That said, I would have opted for Apple to tell Google IF they wanted to have an iOS6 version available, then go right ahead. Where they really messed up was by removing Google Maps outright vs. default. If that happened, I am certain the media shit storm over this would have been non-existent. Probably proves the tech media has nothing to write about really OR everyone is writing about Apple maps for Google juice goodness!
- Source: Apple Aggressively Recruiting Ex-Google Maps Staff To Build Out iOS Maps (techcrunch.com)
- Wozniak: new Maps ‘disappointing’ but problems overblown (macnn.com)
- Schmidt: new Google Maps app for iOS not yet submitted (electronista.com)
- Apple Actively Recruiting Ex-Google Maps Employees (macrumors.com)
- In defense of Apple’s Maps (thetechblock.com)
- One not-so-secret reason Apple built its own Maps for iOS 6 (Talkcast) (tuaw.com)
- Google Maps Has 7,100 Employees Working on it (webpronews.com)
- It Looks Like Google Wants To Put More Ads On Maps (webpronews.com)
- Apple Reportedly Had Over a Year Left on Maps Contract with Google (macrumors.com)
