apple’s loss = google’s gain
Google maps are now back with a bang on IOS after several attempts by apple to implement it’s own maps without a glitch. Apple failed miserably after its maps didn’t perform as well as expected which was like a half-baked cake.
Many of you would have already heard about this but not the whole story behind the scene. We will cover the whole story here.
It is believed that apple wanted google to extend support for few features like voice navigation and 3D maps for ios devices but google wanted to confine it to android. So , apple removed google maps silently while pushing the latest IOS 6 update to most of its devices. However, the actual reason for this is still unknown.
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10 possible reasons which would have forced apple to replace google maps :
Many navigators & wanderers were shocked for a while with this sudden change but later realized that ios maps were there to rescue them. Unfortunately, they failed miserably. In fact , ios maps have led to lots of complications.
As we all know that Apple always wanted to stand out in the crowd and here it is… This time it tried to give a 3D experience in its maps for buildings and navigation but it ended up much worse than expected. Eventually many users ended up being mis-guided in the wrong directions with unnecessary info. But still, it was a good attempt by apple in such a short span of time.
Recently there has been a serious case in australia while navigating where users ended up in an isolate part of a national park, some 70 KMs away from their actual destination which was wrongly mapped. Police were concerned as there is no water supply within the Park and temperatures sore to as high as 46 degrees . The police have now warned users about the use of these ios maps. Many such similar complications have come up in various places.
After all the unexpected adventures apple users have experienced, apple should have surely been awarded or atleast been nominated for the best event organizer of hunger games.
Apple fired Scott Forstall, its longtime chief of mobile software for its troubled maps app. Atleast it realizes that God made time, but man made haste. Some things cannot be built overnight to excel.
Finally a good move by apple by allowing google maps back again.
And google maps makes it’s grand entry to IOS 6 on wednesday (12 / 12 / 12) !
New features added to google maps: 
1. Turn by Turn Navigation
2. voice navigation
3. 3D outlines for buildings
4. gesture input
5. etc, etc, etc…
6 things google maps wins over apple ios maps
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409944,00.asp
Sources have confirmed that there were 10 million downloads of google maps in the first 48 hours available.
If u own an ios 6 device , then its time to dump your old buggy ios maps and switch to google maps soon.
Try your hands on them and do come back with your experiences to share them with us.
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