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I'm guessing the Google Maps app will be out in a month or two. Apple probably won't approve it right away, as a good quality Maps app would really make Google
by mambodog 14y ago
I'm guessing the Google Maps app will be out in a month or two. Apple probably won't approve it right away, as a good quality Maps app would really make Google look like the hero, swooping in to save us from Apple's lesser service. Once the response to iOS6 has blown over it'll turn up in the App Store, lots of people will download it, and things will be more or less back to normal (apart from the bruising to Apple's reputation).
- cma 14y agoApple already rejected Google Maps in the past in the form of Latitude.
- herval 14y agoLatitude is available for iOS, so that means we should not fear they will reject maps... Right?
- stevenp 14y agoLatitude is already available for iOS. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-latitude/id306586497?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-latitude/id306586497?m...
- jonknee 14y agoApple did eventually reverse themselves on this, but here's the original blog post from Google about it (they originally supported iOS through Mobile Safari because of Apple's rejection). http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-latitude-now-for-iphone.html http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-latitude-now... > We worked closely with Apple to bring Latitude to the iPhone in a way Apple thought would be best for iPhone users. After we developed a Latitude application for the iPhone, Apple requested we release Latitude as a web application in order to avoid confusion with Maps on the iPhone, which uses Google to serve maps tiles. It took almost two years for Apple to cave.
- tjoff 14y agoI was under the impression that any app apple bundled with iOS was supposed to have monopoly and that a similar one wouldn't be approved. Has that changed?
- jws 14y agoYes.