Apple is facing a bit of heat for its Maps app?in iOS 6 and the iPhone 5, but don't expect Google to come to the rescue soon. Google's Eric Schmidt said the search company hasn't submitted an alternative mapping app for the iPhone yet.?
Google isn't taking that option off the table but it hasn't done anything yet, according to Reuters.?
"I'm not doing any predictions," Schmidt said about a Google Maps app for the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 devices. "We want them to be our partner. We welcome that. I'm not going to specualte at all what they're going to do. They can answer that question as they see fit."
Apple and Google had been partners on the iPhone's Maps and YouTube app for the first five iPhones but the contract was apparently up before the release of the iPhone 5. Apple moved away from Google's mapping data in favor of its own custom app, which uses data from the likes of TomTom.?
The early reviews of the Apple Maps in iOS 6 and on the iPhone 5?haven't been pretty. The service has been filled with errors, incomplete data and it doesn't offer as great of an experience as we're used to from iOS and the iPhone. As more and more people use the app, though, it should improve.?
Until we see a Google Maps app for the iPhone, there is a workaround to get those on your iOS 6 device. Simply follow these instructions?to get the Google Maps Web version on your iPhone 5.
[Via Reuters]
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Source: http://www.knowyourcell.com/news/1604492/no_google_maps_for_iphone_5_yet.html
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