Tech /App Info : Apple Maps Lose Way With IPhone App Victim to Google Clash

The latest casualty of Apple Inc.’s war with Google Inc. in the mobile-phone market is one of the most widely used features of the iPhone: maps.

New mapping software Apple is introducing this week with the iPhone 5 was criticized by
technology gadget reviewers, who said it
doesn’t provide directions for public
transportation and sometimes gets confused
when navigating users.

“Apple believes that they can deliver a
better experience for customers than
Google,” said Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst
at Forrester Research. “But in the short
term, Google has a better mapping application,
and iPhone customers will suffer.”

Apple, which is touting the map features as a
key software change in the iPhone 5, built its
navigation application amid a growing battle
with Google, which had provided its Google
Maps program since the iPhone was introduced in 2007.

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