Apple terminated its contract with Google early, believing Google Maps to be falling behind.
By now, you've probably heard over and over again about how much Apple's iOS 6 Maps application failed. Apparently Apple was just as surprised as we were. According to a source that spoke with the folks over at The Verge, Apple and Google still had another year left on their licensing contract. Meaning, Apple could have kept Google Maps for its iOS 6 and iPhone 5 launch, it just decided not to.
In what would certainly become a decision they later regretted, Apple decided to create its own app. According to the source, Apple felt Google's maps application was falling behind, particularly noting the absence of turn-by-turn navigation. Seeing as how Android is Apple's biggest competition, it makes sense for the company to launch its own maps application, as long as it can compete.
Unfortunately for Apple, the iOS 6 maps isn't quite ready to compete with Google Maps. But hey, if they can poach a few of those Google Maps developers, maybe the app will have a chance after all!
To answer your question, it's been going on since the advent of smartphones that fail to do what they claim to do. you see, the way you put it, this is JUST a phone, hence expectations are too high. But it's not; it's touted as THE smartphone to have by it's manufacturer and it's fan base, something that just works.
Well, it doesn't work. That's why people get pissed.
If Apple buried it's pride, it could have kept Google Maps for the remaining year thus to provide Apple the necessary time to polish off the app instead of submitting a half baked app!
Since companies started marketing smart phones as GPS/navigation devices? These companies are making GPS functions a main selling point of these devices, and so it makes perfect sense that people would complain when those features don't work as advertised.
I use my phone as my GPS as do tons of other people. If your phone suddenly has horrible GPS, then you lose a huge functionality.
It does on Android, but didn't on iOS. Apparently one of the big sticking points for Apple was that Google was unwilling to add turn-by-turn nav. to the iOS app.
Oh yeah? And which of those 3 are used by Bing? Is it Nokia or TomTom?
Surprise: NEITHER of the mentioned companies is producing map data.
They all buy it from other suppliers.
Here is more on it: http://www.maproomblog.com/2005/10/google_and_its_mapping_data_providers.php
To answer your question, it's been going on since the advent of smartphones that fail to do what they claim to do. you see, the way you put it, this is JUST a phone, hence expectations are too high. But it's not; it's touted as THE smartphone to have by it's manufacturer and it's fan base, something that just works.
Well, it doesn't work. That's why people get pissed.
Since companies started marketing smart phones as GPS/navigation devices? These companies are making GPS functions a main selling point of these devices, and so it makes perfect sense that people would complain when those features don't work as advertised.