Saturday, September 22, 2012

Apple maps vs google maps

  • Local search Field Test: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps

    Yesterday we performed a Field Test of the turn-by-turn directions on both the iOS 6 Apple Maps app on the iPad and Google Maps on a Samsung Galaxy Tab. Both fared pretty well with getting us to our destinations, but Google Maps came out on top.

    reviews.cnet.com

  • In Apple-Google maps war, consumers lose

    Cutthroat competition is supposed to be good for consumers, but the battle between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. over maps shows that's not always the case. On the iPhone 5, which went on sale Friday, the popular Google Maps app was replaced with Apple's ...

    articles.marketwatch.com

  • Apple's Lost Mapportunity: How Did A Tech Star Lose Its Way?

    Its highly anticipated new Apple Maps offering is neither. Apple's latest mobile operating system, iOS 6, has replaced Google Maps with Apple Maps, which many users gripe is an inferior product that misplaces airports, omits entire towns, loses ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • App of the Week: Scout by Telenav

    With the buzz surrounding Google Maps and Apple Maps for iOS 6.0 this week, it's hard to believe there's even more noise out there regarding navigation apps, but there is!

    abcnews.go.com

  • Turn-by-turn field test: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps

    The theory was that we already know Google can find general locations like Golden Gate Park or Fisherman's Wharf, but we really wanted to know how Apple Maps would perform. Our target? Crissy Field, which sits right on the bay with a perfect view of ...

    reviews.cnet.com

  • TomTom Distances Itself From Apple Maps Criticism

    Amid the controversy surrounding Apple dumping Google Maps in favor of its own map system, WSJ's Ian Sherr spells out Apple's efforts to match the detail of Google Maps and how iPhone users can still utilize Google Maps on their smartphone. Photo ...

    online.wsj.com

  • Why Apple made the right decision with iOS 6 Maps

    This shouldn't come as a surprise: Google Maps is more than seven years old, and Google employs more than 7,000 people on it, including the thousands of drivers who make Street View possible.

    news.cnet.com

  • Poking Fun at Apple's New Maps

    When Apple introduced iOS 6, its latest mobile operating system, on Wednesday, it made one of the biggest changes to the software in years: It replaced Google's maps with its own. And now that plenty of iPhone customers have had a chance to use the new ...

    bits.blogs.nytimes.com

  • Apple maps disaster may solve China-Japan islands row

    The new smartphone, which has dumped Google Maps in favour of its own version, has been ridiculed for misplacing major landmarks, shifting towns and even creating a new airport. But amid a row over an outcrop of islands claimed by both Tokyo and ...

    phys.org

  • Apple's Maps app blunder ranks with 'Antennagate' in missteps, say experts

    Apple has kicked out of iOS 6 both Google Maps and YouTube, another Google property that has been integrated with the iPhone's software since the smartphone's 2007 debut.

    www.computerworld.com

  • In Apple-Google Maps War, Consumers Lose

    Retail and tech experts say Apple's move is aimed at displacing Google, which has long dominated the maps-app market, which accounts for an estimated $625 million in annual sales, according to Opus Research. While such rivalries often lead to better ...

    www.nasdaq.com

  • Nokia crows about its maps amid Apple fiasco

    Nokia combines data from its map app with City Lens to create an augmented reality street view; Samsung uses Google Street View; and Apple has no support of a street view in its map app. Venue Maps. Nokia supports them for 38 countries; Samsung, four; ...

    www.techhive.com

  • Apple On iOS 6 Maps Flubs: This Is Hard, Okay?

    As BuzzFeed points out, Apple looks like it's urgently trying to staff up: there are some dozen positions open for Maps software engineers. Google, which held a press conference earlier this year to demonstrate the resources and time that had gone to ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Apple's new maps app is a rare flub

    Apple released an update to its iPhone and iPad operating system on Wednesday that replaces Google Maps with Apple's own application. Early upgraders are reporting that the new maps are less detailed, look weird and misplace landmarks. It's shaping up ...

    www.nydailynews.com

  • Five Alternatives to Apple's iOS 6 Maps

    Apple's new map app is also missing Google's Street View and public transportation maps, which those of us in tech-dom knew going in, but which won't soften the blow for what I'm guessing amounts to a majority of buyers, who no doubt ordered or bought ...

    techland.time.com

  • Apple's Maps app: You can't get there from here

    And that's just the beginning of the Twin Cities-area bloopers in the new Maps app, rolled out Wednesday to replace the Google Maps app that had been standard on iPhones and iPads until now. While Apple's Maps has been praised for some of its design, ...

    www.startribune.com

  • 6 Ways Google Maps Beats Apple iOS 6 Maps

    It's less likely, though still possible, that Google's licensing terms became too onerous, or that Apple wanted to activate voice navigation for free and Google refused, since the built-in, voice-enabled Google Maps Navigation app has been one of ...

    www.pcmag.com

  • Apple Maps in iOS 6: What you need to know (FAQ)

    In case you don't already know, iOS 6 makes a big change in your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch's mapping features.

    news.cnet.com

  • Nokia: Hey, Apple, our mapping is better than yours

    Although some gloating might have been warranted, Nokia just couldn't help itself from taking a few swipes at Apple and Google. "Unlike our competitors, which are financing their location assets with advertising or licensing mapping content from third ...

    news.cnet.com

  • Apple Maps is An Epic Fail

    It's just that the problems are so numerous, Maps may never have a chance to prove itself before Google comes back strong.

    www.msnbc.msn.com

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