> what happened in contract negotiations with Google to force it out. This is almost certainly Apple being pissed off about Android and continuing to untie the

> what happened in contract negotiations with Google to force it out. This is almost certainly Apple being pissed off about Android and continuing to untie themselves from Google. It just isn't working out as well as they had planned. Google give Maps for free to other providers as well, as long as you bundle search/gmail with it. Apple decided to pick out and replace the only part that Google don't make money on in iOS, the part that had the most technical risk and the part that Android completely kick their ass on. Google right now are asking why they should bother going to the trouble of producing a no-revenue Maps app for iOS when so many users suddenly discovered a greater appreciation for Android today. Apple completely screwed up here. In more ways than one - and it was all because of a grudge.