Problems with Apple Maps is a bonanza for third party map developers

2. DSmithee (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2012, 00:44 12

What's funny is, yeah, Apple's maps leave something to be desired--but they're making loads of cash from iPhone users flooding to the App Store for map alternatives.

3. cncrim posted on 08 Oct 2012, 00:46 3

Third party apps now wish google maps go down too to help their sale LOL.... just saying.

4. theyseemetrollintheyhatin posted on 08 Oct 2012, 01:05 2

it is time to move on every other post is about how bad apple maps suck.... they will not catch up till about 4 more years i do not want to to be reading about this for the next 4 years enough already.. bad maps bad camera with purple glare long skinny. enough already post about real phones that matter like the new nexus line =]

5. Whateverman posted on 08 Oct 2012, 01:20 1

For what it worth, I think Apple Maps will be a killer feature in a few years. Maybe even a few months. I love my Google Maps, but the UI is a bit stale. And Street View is great, but Flyover is breathtaking. Google had better start adding a little more "pretty" into it's UI's, apps, and features. Because when Apple gets their data up to par, it will be Google playing catch-up, again.

6. doejon posted on 08 Oct 2012, 01:39 0

lool almost everytime apple did a realy foolish stupid thing

remember that batteryissue and apple could not find the "trouble maker"
than a "normal" person showed apple that in the backround is an app that sucks the
whole battery..

and this is coming from the richest company in the world who have a lot of specialists
but they could not solve such stupid problem on their own.

what a shame apple

just goooo too hell

8. Stoli89 posted on 08 Oct 2012, 02:56 0

I understand why Apple changed strategy, even though it greatly reduced quality of default map data on its devices in the process. What I do not understand is why Apple doesn't use its enormous stockpile of cash to buy Tom Tom's TeleAtlas. Sure, it's already licensing TeleAtlas for its own application...but not the entire data pool...just the basics. If Apple wants to cut its competitors' (Google, Nokia/Navteq) leads in location based services, it could buy TomTom/TeleAtlas without too much issue from regulators. I'm sure the price has gone up handsomely since the IOS6 launch, but time is critical here. In the meantime, its coveted user-base is being vectored to alternatives like Garmin (which uses Nokia Navteq data) or basic web based navigation from Google and/or Nokia Maps.

At a minimum, it should be promoting a TomTom application to avoid putting more traffic through its competitors' pipelines. JMO.

9. enemy_dil posted on 08 Oct 2012, 03:44 0

Apple maps biggest 2012 apple tregedy lol
We talked so much on this already :P

10. phljcnth posted on 08 Oct 2012, 06:08 0

At least there's a good side of the story. lol

14. rnk.khch posted on 08 Oct 2012, 13:58 0

The other option is to get a Nokia phone with best free offline maps with navigation!

15. pikapowerize (banned) posted on 08 Oct 2012, 19:25 0

wasn't garmin uses NAVTEQ? so they should pay nokia!