Comments on: Finally, Google Maps for iPhone again

By: benher

benher — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:36:00 +0000

Thank fucking Jebus. I can finally get iOS6 and panorama photos now.

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:40:00 +0000

The weird thing is how many people are spinning this as some big victory for Google, despite Apple getting what it wanted all along: turn-by-turn directions.

By: lecti

lecti — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:37:00 +0000

Speed and convenience – 1) Vector graphics provide more efficient data transfer than tiles 2) native applications tend to be more responsive and flexible than web apps.

Unless…you are kidding, of course.

By: lecti

lecti — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:29:00 +0000

Apple hardware with Google service: this is the way it should have been instead of all this android nonsense.

By the way, Google Maps application by Google was never available before on iOS – the original Maps app was an Apple application which used Google Maps *data*. I can’t believe how many news reports make this error.

By: Kenneth Spencer Brown

Kenneth Spencer Brown — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:06:00 +0000

The regular website doesn’t have turn-by-turn navigation, for one. (Or am I missing your inside joke?)

By: voiceinthedistance

voiceinthedistance — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:05:00 +0000

I downloaded the app last night, and did a quick test with the turn by turn directions (without leaving my living room) to compare Google’s version with the Apple one. I think, much as I dislike and fear The Google, that it is indeed better in the way it handles directions.

The odd thing, though, is that an hour after I fell asleep, a woman’s voice on my phone told me to turn right in 1000 feet. I swear, it wasn’t a dream. That’s one pushy app.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:53:00 +0000

I don’t get why people want apps for this stuff. Why not just use the regular website?

By: Timmo Warner

Timmo Warner — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:49:00 +0000

But… but… iPad.

It’s just not the same blowing up an iPhone app.

By: nixiebunny

nixiebunny — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:42:00 +0000

So I can now upgrade my phone to the latest iOS?

By: vonbobo

vonbobo — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:32:00 +0000

There is only one thing left to do: Apple must sue Google Maps into the ground.