Gizmodo claims to know why Google Maps were dropped: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4577866 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4577866 According to their

Gizmodo claims to know why Google Maps were dropped: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4577866 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4577866 According to their sources, Google was keeping Apple from adding turn-by-turn directions without complying to some conditions that were too onerous for Apple.