Friday, 21 December 2012
Google Maps for iOS has been downloaded
over 10 million times in less than 48 hours after becoming available on
Apple’s iTunes app store.
On his Google Plus page, Google’s Jeff Huber says:
“More than 10 million downloads in less than 48 hours after release! We're excited for the positive reception of Google Maps
for iPhone around the world. Congratulations to the Maps Team on the
recognition for the passion and hard work they poured into it, for this
release and over the last 7+ years.
If you're an iPhone user and haven't downloaded the Maps app yet, get it on the App Store or visit: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id585027354?mt=8.
If you already have it -- thank you,
and please tell a friend. Any feedback you have is welcomed, here in G+
or in the app (just shake it).”
Google Maps become the most popular app
on the App Store in just 7 hours of becoming available.
Apple had decided to remove the Google Maps app, along with YouTube,
potentially over the spat between the two companies. Apple Maps
promised users turn-by-turn navigation with voice, something that
Google’s app was lacking. However, when Apple Maps made it to the users,
it was, to put it nicely, a fiasco. Incorrect directions, horribly
disfigured 3D views of buildings and roads, not to mention, Apple Maps'
complete inability to map anything in India.
