Google Maps now available for iPhone with everything and an SDK

19. XiphiasGladius posted on 13 Dec 2012, 01:18 6 0

Such an amazing grace. ^________^

40. Mxyzptlk posted on 13 Dec 2012, 07:03 1 0

Apple Maps worked just enough. Here you all thought Apple wouldn't accept it.

42. lyndon420 posted on 13 Dec 2012, 08:14 0 0

Say that to the Australian locals.

5. MichaelHeller posted on 12 Dec 2012, 23:23 7 0

That same voice is part of the Google Now stuff in the iOS Google Search app too, right?

7. zibbyzib2000 posted on 12 Dec 2012, 23:34 2 0

Yep. That's correct.

47. LionStone posted on 14 Dec 2012, 15:48 0 0

Yep! That's Majel, and she sounds waay better than siri.

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13. CellieCell posted on 13 Dec 2012, 00:16 1 2

wow, I'm really surprised Google allowed voice navigation on iOS. Google had a major advantage with they're devices but now with voice navigation on iOS. I don't know.

I guess the reason why I'm so upset is because I don't want people to say. I have that on iOS too. because apple is known for paid premium services.

28. tedkord posted on 13 Dec 2012, 02:42 0 1

Google never blocked voice turn by turn on iOS. Apple did, by not allowing access to the Siri APIs. Probably they wanted iOS utters to pay for an expensive gps app so they could get their 30% cut.

38. MichaelHeller posted on 13 Dec 2012, 06:31 1 0

Actually, Google did block Apple from using turn by turn and vector graphics

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25. Peter98 posted on 13 Dec 2012, 02:00 0 0

Much details too. And hope they will release iPad version very soon too.

14. MichaelHeller posted on 13 Dec 2012, 00:19 9 1

Does God work at Google these days?

15. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 13 Dec 2012, 00:34 3 0

haha if he wasn't working "with" them or even "on" them, wouldn't have the nexus 4 (yes i know some of us still don't have it lol) .......and also apple wouldn't have this!

:)

21. JeffdaBeat posted on 13 Dec 2012, 01:25 1 2

I lowercased god for the reason that god doesn't exist :-)

17. wendygarett (limited) 2 days ago posted on 13 Dec 2012, 00:49 2 1

Yeah I really need to say thank you so much to Google fir doing this :)

20. Droid_X_Doug posted on 13 Dec 2012, 01:24 2 0

One thing that is different between gMaps and Navigation app on JB - no integration with contacts in gMaps.... It is really handy to be able to access contacts to find the address for Navigation to search for.

44. zibbyzib2000 posted on 13 Dec 2012, 17:43 0 0

I agree. Apple is changing little by little. The update to the Bump app now allows music, documents in iBooks, and video transfers. Before it only allowed you to send contacts and pictures.

45. stealthd posted on 13 Dec 2012, 20:40 0 0

If Google was "betting on it being denied", they would not have wasted time and money paying employees to make it.

22. minteke posted on 13 Dec 2012, 01:32 4 0

So what the problem, just change your country!

36. thelegend6657 posted on 13 Dec 2012, 05:01 0 0

If I can I would do it long ago . I hate Malaysia

27. wando77 posted on 13 Dec 2012, 02:31 0 0

I guess the whole world must have made it all up

31. rcrider4 posted on 13 Dec 2012, 02:46 0 0

Oh and I forgot that fact that it doesn't integrate with your contacts, so getting directions to a friend's house takes much longer than necessary.

33. Droid_X_Doug posted on 13 Dec 2012, 03:29 1 2

OTOH if you need directions to a contact's address, iMaps could steer you wrong. Ask some users in Australia. On a serious note, a friend was in my car and we were going to a FedEx office in Menlo Park, CA to pick up a package. Friend had iMaps on their iP5 and I had Navigation on my GS III. iMaps was off by 1,000 feet while Navigation was spot on. Seriously.

35. rcrider4 posted on 13 Dec 2012, 03:39 0 0

I know that Apple's Maps has some problems in a lot of areas, but my area seems to be blessed with wonderful accuracy. I use its navigation quite often, as do quite a few people I know, and neither they nor I have been sent the wrong way yet. I even went looking in the app for local places that it got the wrong location of, and I couldn't find any. So it all depends on location I guess.

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