What's so funny about all of this is that the functionaliity at issue is so basic. It's 1990's. Remember getting door to door directions from Mapquest and pri

What's so funny about all of this is that the functionaliity at issue is so basic. It's 1990's. Remember getting door to door directions from Mapquest and print them out? Now add text-to-speech. Now add lots and lots of hype, branding, smaller form factor, etc., etc. This is door-to-door directions and text-to-speech. Perhaps greatly improved since the 90's, but certainly not new or cutting edge. This is the type of stuff Apple, the world's wealthiest company, cannot get right. Because it's not their focus. They do not focus on something as simple as directions. That is just raw facts, nothing creative. No magic. Apple focusses on other things. Design. But if I just want to go from A to B and need directions, fast, I really don't give a shit about design. Apple cultists might. I don't. Well, if you are an Apple cutltist, you won't be getting simple accurate directions the way the guy using Google, or Mapquest, or ..., is able to get them.