you should get one. this is an update for ios6 which probably won't be out until September or October and you can choose not to upgrade if google hasn't updated its app by then.
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le nubian - Jun 13, 2012 5:15:35 am PDT #20274 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
meara - Jun 13, 2012 5:30:30 am PDT #20275 of 25501
Yeah, see I would totally use turn by turn directions all the time when traveling. But I also use walking and transit directions all the time too!
javachik - Jun 13, 2012 7:33:15 am PDT #20276 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
The walking and transit info is necessary to me, too! I am pissed that they're deleting it.
Jon B. - Jun 13, 2012 8:14:49 am PDT #20277 of 25501
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I'd be surprised if Google Maps wasn't still available in the Apps Store, just not loaded by default.
tommyrot - Jun 13, 2012 8:26:59 am PDT #20278 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. I just found out that Google was not charging Apple for the use of Google Maps, but back in March they started charging large organizations (like Apple) for its use.
I wonder if they would charge Apple if Google Maps was installed from the App Store. If so, maybe Apple would remove the app from the App Store.
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§ ita § - Jun 13, 2012 8:37:13 am PDT #20279 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Google's profit has long been a mystery to me. I mean, right now, they give me money (not in an employee way, but in an ad way). They've paid for my Android hardware time and time over. It's magic, man, and I don't want it to stop.
Gudanov - Jun 13, 2012 9:21:14 am PDT #20280 of 25501
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I don't want it to stop either since they give me money in an employee way.
Pix - Jun 13, 2012 10:22:32 am PDT #20281 of 25501
The status is NOT quo.
I'd be surprised if Google Maps wasn't still available in the Apps Store, just not loaded by default.
I really hope this is true, because I definitely use the walking feature more than anything else.
le nubian - Jun 13, 2012 11:23:32 am PDT #20282 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I understand mapquest app has walking directions?
omnis_audis - Jun 13, 2012 8:10:50 pm PDT #20283 of 25501
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I thought I heard on NPR, that the google maps app would become available in the app store when it is no longer part of the base iOS. I wanna say that was on NPR, but dunno where I heard it, or if it was the hosts suggesting it.