It appears you have not yet registered with our community. To register please click here...

 
Go Back [M] > Madshrimps > WebNews
Schmidt offers support for iPhone 5's map disaster Schmidt offers support for iPhone 5's map disaster
FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read


Schmidt offers support for iPhone 5's map disaster
Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 26th September 2012, 07:42   #1
[M] Reviewer
 
Stefan Mileschin's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Romania
Posts: 148,068
Stefan Mileschin Freshly Registered
Default Schmidt offers support for iPhone 5's map disaster

Google's top boss Eric Schmidt has dangled a golden carrot in front of Cupertino that could save its hide from its iPhone 5 mapping public relations disaster, the biggest embarrassment for Apple since it launched a phone that wasn't.

Back when the iPhone 4 launched, Apple had a slick salesman - Steve Jobs - who managed to convinced a good portion of the world that the phone's problems, that it would drop calls, were actually the user's fault. They were holding their phones the wrong way. All phones do this. Just to be on the safe side, Apple issued free rubber bands that would fix a problem the company denied the devices had. It is hard to imagine Tim Cook pulling off such a brazen maneuver.

Cook will have to do something. Never mind the expensive oblong's resolution problems or the fact its bizarre dimensions mean it can double as a cosh: minus the gushing of the nationals - erudite in their insistence that this latest phone is a faultless piece of gadgetry, that Apple is the 'coolest' brand. The mapping software in the iPhone 5 has been widely slammed, not just from reviewers but from just about everyone: the general consensus is Apple booted out a service its users were familiar with since 2007 for a cut-rate sat-nav that, in one instance, built a non-existent strip club in a residential back garden, (courtesy Reddit) or presumed to settle a long-lasting territorial dispute between China and Japan.

In the wake of this marketing nightmare, Google chairman Eric Schmidt has said the ball is now in Apple's court. He did not confirm or deny if Google had submitted a map application to Apple for approval on the app store, but he did say that it is "their choice", Bloomberg Businessweek reports. The problem is, this is Apple we are talking about. Apple's propaganda machine insists it can do no wrong, and to admit liability would be uncharacteristically open.

It seems that Apple is still being run under the late Jobs' diktat of "thermonuclear war" against Android.

Yes, there are still the die-hards who erect shantytowns outside Apple's churches to prepare for launch day, and the dedicated fans are still open to being whipped into a frenzy by blue-shirted geniuses. But people - normal people - are increasingly waking up to the walled garden that is being an Apple customer, and the company's own inadequacies shine brightest when it tries to run the show solo, as with maps. Locking out Google Maps may prove a fence too far.

*Update Schmidt has since denied that Google has anything in the works for iOS 6.

http://news.techeye.net/mobile/schmi...s-map-disaster
Stefan Mileschin is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
WSJ: 2012 iPhone to support global 4G LTE Stefan Mileschin WebNews 0 10th September 2012 08:55
IFA: "Converter offers no solution for iPhone 5's new dock connector" Stefan Mileschin WebNews 0 3rd September 2012 13:53
Google Offers swings by the iPhone, saves dough for Apples Stefan Mileschin WebNews 0 20th June 2012 08:18
Cricket now offers the iPhone with $55 'unlimited' everything plan Stefan Mileschin WebNews 0 1st June 2012 08:10
Siri may pose 'competitive threat' to Google, Eric Schmidt tells Senate subcommittee Stefan Mileschin WebNews 0 8th November 2011 07:55
Eric Schmidt teases Google slate jmke WebNews 0 13th April 2010 23:05
ATI Offers Graphics Cards with Quad Display Support jmke WebNews 0 27th October 2004 17:40

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:23.


Powered by vBulletin® - Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO