Comments on: Apple’s new iOS Maps: the risk factors http://gigaom.com/2012/06/19/apples-new-ios-maps-the-risk-factors/ Sat, 25 May 2013 04:40:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John Doe http://gigaom.com/2012/06/19/apples-new-ios-maps-the-risk-factors/#comment-856121 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:33:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=533938#comment-856121 Google effectively denied iOS the latest features, hoarding them for Android users (more open/connected, huh?) so they got their just deserves. Besides, the new app looks visually brilliant and Siri integration is exciting

]]> By: Doug http://gigaom.com/2012/06/19/apples-new-ios-maps-the-risk-factors/#comment-855052 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:33:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=533938#comment-855052 That was always my understanding as well that Google just supplied the data and the actual App was an Apple creation. I think Apple’s new map solution should open up opportunities to innovate on top of this data and allow app developers to come up with solutions that will improve the map experience. It may take a year to get there, but you can bet it will get there quick.

]]> By: Christopher Mirabile http://gigaom.com/2012/06/19/apples-new-ios-maps-the-risk-factors/#comment-854686 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 04:49:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=533938#comment-854686 This article is silly link-bait. Each is a manageable risk, well with in the “cost of doing business” noise level. GigaOm can do better than this drivel.

]]> By: Brian Hylton http://gigaom.com/2012/06/19/apples-new-ios-maps-the-risk-factors/#comment-854499 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:55:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=533938#comment-854499 iOS 6 Maps pointed me the wrong way down one-way streets twice yesterday (in Dallas). just saying.

]]> By: Danox http://gigaom.com/2012/06/19/apples-new-ios-maps-the-risk-factors/#comment-854474 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:28:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=533938#comment-854474 Google panties must really be in a bunch with Microsoft coming out with
two tablets and guess what search and maps by Google won’t be on
anything Microsoft does either, when you set yourself up as a direct
competitor and get treated as such that is way it is, Google is going to
get a reality check in the next two years. Apple and Microsoft have a lot
more money than Google.

]]> By: Kary http://gigaom.com/2012/06/19/apples-new-ios-maps-the-risk-factors/#comment-854405 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:34:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=533938#comment-854405 Turn by turn directions are not data. That’s like saying WordPerfect vs. Word is just data.

Google Navigation is the killer app for Android because Google implemented the program so well. Rather obviously they weren’t going to develop Google Navigation for Apple, and rather obviously Apple was going to want to have their own product. That Apple would do that now should hardly be a surprise for Google.

]]> By: scottph http://gigaom.com/2012/06/19/apples-new-ios-maps-the-risk-factors/#comment-854329 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:51:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=533938#comment-854329 Totally agreed.
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]]> By: Tom Irino http://gigaom.com/2012/06/19/apples-new-ios-maps-the-risk-factors/#comment-854301 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:48:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=533938#comment-854301 search is next. go apple!

]]> By: Mike http://gigaom.com/2012/06/19/apples-new-ios-maps-the-risk-factors/#comment-854251 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:46:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=533938#comment-854251 Not in iOS 6. It is not installed at all, default or otherwise, in iOS 6.

]]> By: Eddie http://gigaom.com/2012/06/19/apples-new-ios-maps-the-risk-factors/#comment-854242 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:16:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=533938#comment-854242 Ah, come on Erica, don’t mean to complain as I like most of what GigaOm writes, but this is kind of a weak article about risk analysis of maps. Good points though that its not something which happens overnight. You might have added to the article by noting where Google started years ago with the acquisition of Keyhole and so on.

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