We’ve all seen that stereotypical movie scene where two long-lost lovers reunite–most likely by running toward each other in a verdant field filled with wildflowers beneath an improbably beautiful blue sky. That’s how I felt this morning sitting on my couch downloading the new, free Google Maps iOS app onto my iPhone, minus the kisses and tumbling through grass.
It’s been a long few months navigating the streets of the Bay Area without Google Maps. When Apple replaced Google’s app with its own Maps application in September as part of an iOS update, I was intrigued, and then annoyed. Things were mis-marked on Apple’s maps, and it was just not as good-looking or easy to use as Google Maps, which had been the default on the iPhone since it was first released in 2007. I tried to chalk it up to my general resistance to forced change, but it really came down to the simple fact that Apple Maps was released before it was ready. Apple’s subsequent apology and the departure of iOS senior vice president Scott Forstall made this clearer.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Why You Are the Real Winner in the Mobile Maps Wars | MIT Technology Review
