IOS 6 on the iPhone
is definitely a worthwhile upgrade because of all the new features. But
they did remove the Google maps app from this version of IOS and inserted
Apple's own Maps app instead which is incredibly frustrating.
It does
add turn by turn directions which is great but the maps are difficult to
read and the data is often incorrect. They're working on the application
and overtime I'm sure it will get better but for now there are other maps applications
you can use that are quite good.
Nokia recently
released an application of its own and it does mapping a lot of people really
like. You can search in the App Store for maps applications and look for
various alternatives.
You can also just set a bookmark to Google maps and save
it on your desktop so that you can just open up a web browser and get to the
maps that way. It doesn't have the same full functionality as a maps
application would but it does get you back to Google maps.
Revision (Feb 5 2013): Google did finally release an iOS 6 version of Google Maps. It runs on iOS6, but isn't well integrated--there's no way to have links automatically open in Google Maps, for instance. On the other hand, the interface and behavior (as well as the maps database itself) is so much more mature and useful than Apple's Maps app, it's totally worth downloading and using Google's Maps app. I heartily recommend this new app, even though it's not as well integrated as Google Maps was in iOS 5.
Revision (Feb 5 2013): Google did finally release an iOS 6 version of Google Maps. It runs on iOS6, but isn't well integrated--there's no way to have links automatically open in Google Maps, for instance. On the other hand, the interface and behavior (as well as the maps database itself) is so much more mature and useful than Apple's Maps app, it's totally worth downloading and using Google's Maps app. I heartily recommend this new app, even though it's not as well integrated as Google Maps was in iOS 5.
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