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Google Doubts Apple Will Approve Its New Maps Application
redletterdave writes "Even though Apple's App Store has also been friendly enough to offer alternative mapping applications to ameliorate customers upset with Apple's new default Maps app, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company may not be so friendly as to approve a Maps app submission from Google, which used to be responsible for the Maps experience in iOS until the iPhone 5. On Monday, sources at Google familiar with its mapping plans said the chances of Apple approving a dedicated Google Maps app on iOS 6 are 'not optimistic.' Specifically, they pointed to the lack of any mapping app in the 'Find maps for your iPhone' section of the App Store — accessible only via iPhones or iPads — that use the Google Maps APIs to call wirelessly for location, routing or point-of-interest (POI) data."
welcome to Nazi computing where we control your software and can lock out any one we don't like.
So, to get this straight, Apple demanded a feature from Google that they spent a lot of time and money developing, and didn't like Google's offer for it, and in reponse, they decided they weren't going to let Google's Maps application on the phone?
I've got a better response: return your iPads and iPhones, because this upgrade is a make it or break it for a lot of people.
In my case, I'm in Tokyo and I no longer have an integrated experience with subway times - let alone subways at all!
You think Apple Maps is crap in San Francisco? You haven't seen anything yet.