Apple Acknowledges iOS 6 Maps Failure, Hiring New Devs
Apple hopes to fill numerous positions for iOS software engineers to help improve maps application.
Last week, just a few days prior to the official iPhone 5 release date, Apple released its iOS 6 into the wild, bringing with it a highly criticized maps application. When the company initially announced it would drop Google Maps and YouTube from iOS 6, users were concerned Apple's replacement maps application wouldn't compare to Google's refined app. Unfortunately for them, their worst fears came true.
While the app does work, it is plagued with poor directions, erroneous map data, strange visual glitches and a lack of a Street View-like feature. It didn't take long before parody twitter accounts and dedicated tumblr blogs were made to poke fun at Apple's lackluster app. In response to the criticism, Apple told AllthingsD "We appreciate all of the customer feedback and are working hard to make the customer experience even better."
Apparently, the company wasn't lying and has been actively trying to recruit new developers for its maps application. According to multiple new job listings on Apple's corporate page, the company is seeking several software engineers to help improve the overall maps experience. Though we'd agree building a maps application from the ground up is no easy task, it is still surprising to see Apple's maps application launch with so many obvious flaws.
Apple sacrificed the user-experience for corporate revenge and an insatiable appetite for control. Crap company and now a crappy phone to go with.
Nah, Apple will start changing the face of the Earth to make it look like their maps...
i tested it from home to work n it works fine here in australia though i'd rather use my tomtom app
2rd
but thumbs up for living in aus
And Google Nav FTW
You're funny!
Apple sacrificed the user-experience for corporate revenge and an insatiable appetite for control. Crap company and now a crappy phone to go with.
Or, in the words of the late S. Jobs: You're using it wrong!!
Apple Newton MessagePad
Apple TV under construction since 2007
Apple USB Mouse
Macintosh clones
Copland OS
Macintosh Performa series
Macintosh Portable
Pippin
Power Mac G4 Cube
PowerBook Duo series
eWorld
Ping
And now for #13... Apple Maps :-)
I can't argue that. We all make mistakes...let's hope Apple learns from this one.
But when you charge 1,5x times the price of similar competitor phone for your product, you have to deliver the best experience. Choosing an inferior solution at the expense of your fellow customers just to (try) to throw a competitor out of the race is totaly unacceptable!
As if it was any good right now...
Nah, Apple will start changing the face of the Earth to make it look like their maps...
But it's still perplexing why apple would intentionally release a product with such obvious flaws. I know the "if Steve Jobs were alive" comments are getting very very old, but it has some validity vs. how the company got as far as it has--after reading the SJ biography, you get some bit of insight into what was not okay, and a "mostly-working" product was never acceptable, and one with obvious flaws was usually canned.