Comments on: Google Maps for iPhone Now Available to Download

By: geobreed

geobreed — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 06:47:44 +0000

neither in my app store.

By: Mat

Mat — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:07:38 +0000

The maps app actually works at a reasonable frame rate on A4 devices. The google maps web app does not (Especially when trying to change the route that they give you).

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:03:02 +0000

turn by turn navigation with voice assistance

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:01:08 +0000

I think this is for US only. I can’t find it on my iphone app store.

By: Dale Hartlieb

Dale Hartlieb — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:52:30 +0000

The iPhone app on an iPad is still lame. The browser Google Maps is far better for 2d mapping on an iPad (and the IOS 5 Maps was even better). Let’s get the iPad specific version developed!

By: NoizeBoy

NoizeBoy — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:51:43 +0000

Wrong… So very, very wrong!

By: Cerebro

Cerebro — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:34:02 +0000

I feel like Christmas just came early. My iPhone is complete, once again.

Wish I had this a few days ago. I needed to go somewhere that didn’t exist on Apple Maps (first time that’s happened to me with the app…I’ve had better luck than others). Fortunately, Google knew where it was, but the web app is more difficult to use while driving.

By: Cmts

Cmts — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:29:55 +0000

The app is based on vector maps. How about giving it a try first?

By: Cmts

Cmts — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:27:27 +0000

Um, I was under the impression that both the 3GS and iPhone 4 supported turn by turn.

By: John

John — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:19:19 +0000

Not much different at all. People just need something to b!tch about…

By: Robbertvdd

Robbertvdd — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:45:37 +0000

At the end of that video it says “It’s here.” I’d have put the text “It’s here (again).” at the end of the video.

I’m wondering what this will do to Apple Maps. Everyone will use Google Maps again, so they stop using Apple Maps, so no one will report any more problems, so it takes even longer for Apple to get their own Maps app to a higher level, so everyone keeps on using Google Maps, because it’s better.

Well, not everyone. I almost never used Google Maps, because the mapping service of my country is way better than Google Maps in my country. Only problem is they only have a website which isn’t even optimized for mobile devices. Still I prefer their website, because of the quality of the maps.

By: vdiv

vdiv — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:38:15 +0000

The vector-based Apple Maps are much faster and smoother to use than Google’s bitmaps. Also Apple’s maps remain the default mapping service in iOS so other apps are stuck using it.

Last, I think I prefer the web-based Google Maps to this new “native” one as it runs on all mobile devices.

By: Xman71

Xman71 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:12:54 +0000

I have an Iphone 4 (Verizon CDMA version) and it does the turn by turn voice nav. Perhaps you meant that just the 3gs and earlier will not run it?

By: Nemrod

Nemrod — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:54:59 +0000

Seems to be great compared to Apple one.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:34:09 +0000

It’s amazing! Where I live actually exists again!