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Google Backpedals On Turn-By-Turn GPS For iPhone

Posted by timothy on from the unforeseen-circumstances dept.

Smurf writes "Last October Google's Vic Gundotra announced that Google would bring turn-by-turn GPS navigation to the iPhone: 'However, Google is working with Apple on bringing it to the iPhone, and it's not ruling out licensing the software to makers of portable navigation devices used in cars throughout the world, said Gundotra, vice president of engineering at Google for mobile and developers.' Nevertheless, after such plans were confirmed during a press conference in London yesterday, today the 'Don't be Evil' company backpedaled on them: '"We did not say we would bring it to iPhone, we said to date we've had it on Android and that in the future it may come to other platforms, but did not confirm this will be coming to iPhone at all," a Google spokesperson told PCWorld.'"

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  1. Re:RTFA ? by Smurf · · Score: 0, Troll

    There is no text anywhere quiting Google spokespeople saying Google would bring this to the iPhone ???

    RTFS again.

    There are three FAs in it. The first FA is even quoted in TFS:

    'However, Google is working with Apple on bringing it to the iPhone, and it's not ruling out licensing the software to makers of portable navigation devices used in cars throughout the world, said Gundotra, vice president of engineering at Google for mobile and developers.'

    So, Google's vice-president for engineering said Google is working on bringing it to the iPhone. Now Google says "We did not say we would bring it to iPhone".

    Google has no obligation to bring any product to market, but at least they should say "we finally decided not no bring it to the iPhone". Saying "we did not say we would" is just sleazy.