Google [...] was kicked off the iPhone after it refused to give Apple access to its voice-driven turn-by-turn map navigation [...] Er ... was that how it happe

Google [...] was kicked off the iPhone after it refused to give Apple access to its voice-driven turn-by-turn map navigation [...] Er ... was that how it happened? http://allthingsd.com/20120926/apple-google-maps-talks-crashed-over-voice-guided-directions/ http://allthingsd.com/20120926/apple-google-maps-talks-crash... [Google] asked for in-app branding. Apple declined. It suggested adding Google Latitude [giving up the location data of Apple's users]. Again, Apple declined. [...] having chosen Google as its original mapping partner, the iPhone maker was now in a position where an archrival was calling the shots on functionality important to the iOS maps feature set. Everything they make says "Designed by Apple in California," not "Designed by Apple and a hundred other companies." Agree or disagree with the strategy, that is the reason they did their own maps.