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Google is surely working on a native iOS maps app, but (when) will Apple approve it?

by mgw 14y ago

rmc 14y ago
Apple aren't completly stupid. I doubt they'd delibrately hobble the iPhone by leaving this as the best maps you can get.
- hahainternet 14y ago
  They have.
mbesto 14y ago
No joke, I would switch to Android in a hear beat if they don't. I am 100% reliant on my map app and therefore am willing to pay for anything with the best experience.
- adgar 14y ago
  Android's google maps have been better by features than iOS's google maps for a couple years now, since Google could update the Android app. Vector graphics since 2010, local integration (reviews, including zagat now), more advanced directions options, and so on.
- diptanu 14y ago
  Same here. Used iPhone since the day it was released. But I can't survive without a functional map, buying an Nexus One tonight. Good Bye iPhone :(
  - fpgeek 14y ago
    Might I suggest getting a Galaxy Nexus instead of a Nexus One? The Nexus One is pretty dated at this point...
- Angostura 14y ago
  You could just pay the for the Tom Tom app for iOS.
  - Karunamon 14y ago
    Less responsive updates (I've gotten things personally corrected on Google maps in 3 days or less, while as of 2012, one of the streets in my hometown on TT is STILL wrong despite this being reported multiple times more than five freaking years ago), very high resource usage (phone seems to slow way down if TT is open or backgrounded), it also uses a ton of your storage memory for map data, and doesn't have the same amount of addon data (street view, reviews, that kind of thing) as Google. And you have to shell out $50 for it, last I checked. Google's offering is better in every way.
hopeless 14y ago
When will Google submit it? I suspect Google will let Apple (and us users) stew in this for a while. Just long enough so everyone feels the pain but not long enough for them to forget Google Maps Personally, StreetView down every little single-lane road in Ireland is a big deal for me (landscape photography) whereas 3D flyovers are like the Coverflow of mapping (looks pretty but ultimately not very useful)

Google is surely working on a native iOS maps app, but (when) will Apple approve it?

by mgw 14y ago

Google is surely working on a native iOS maps app, but (when) will Apple approve it?

rmc 14y ago

Apple aren't completly stupid. I doubt they'd delibrately hobble the iPhone by leaving this as the best maps you can get.

hahainternet 14y ago
They have.

mbesto 14y ago

No joke, I would switch to Android in a hear beat if they don't. I am 100% reliant on my map app and therefore am willing to pay for anything with the best experience.

adgar 14y ago
Android's google maps have been better by features than iOS's google maps for a couple years now, since Google could update the Android app. Vector graphics since 2010, local integration (reviews, including zagat now), more advanced directions options, and so on.
diptanu 14y ago
Same here. Used iPhone since the day it was released. But I can't survive without a functional map, buying an Nexus One tonight. Good Bye iPhone :(
- fpgeek 14y ago
  Might I suggest getting a Galaxy Nexus instead of a Nexus One? The Nexus One is pretty dated at this point...
Angostura 14y ago
You could just pay the for the Tom Tom app for iOS.
- Karunamon 14y ago
  Less responsive updates (I've gotten things personally corrected on Google maps in 3 days or less, while as of 2012, one of the streets in my hometown on TT is STILL wrong despite this being reported multiple times more than five freaking years ago), very high resource usage (phone seems to slow way down if TT is open or backgrounded), it also uses a ton of your storage memory for map data, and doesn't have the same amount of addon data (street view, reviews, that kind of thing) as Google. And you have to shell out $50 for it, last I checked. Google's offering is better in every way.

hopeless 14y ago

When will Google submit it? I suspect Google will let Apple (and us users) stew in this for a while. Just long enough so everyone feels the pain but not long enough for them to forget Google Maps Personally, StreetView down every little single-lane road in Ireland is a big deal for me (landscape photography) whereas 3D flyovers are like the Coverflow of mapping (looks pretty but ultimately not very useful)