Google Maps for iPhone - Hardly Revolutionary….
I will admit the implementation that Apple and Google came up with for the iPhone and Google Maps is quite impressive, but my wife’s Blackberry has had Google Maps access for just about a year now (the scroll wheel actually works pretty well if you ask me). Heck no need to wait until June to try it out either on your own mobile phone.
I love the Apple Kool-aid as much as the next guy, but many bloggers seem to have a very short memory here or at least just weren’t paying attention before Apple came along.
Update: Looks like Sean is underwhelmed also. My thoughts exactly, Cingular? What a joke.
I agree, looks pretty and has marketing power.
My old Motorola V500 has had Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, Ask maps and Virtual Earth Maps for 18 months.
using http://www.mgmaps.com/
Whats the battery life on that iPhone?
The Nokia N95 looks a strong contender with GPS (so tells you, you not lost) built in and downloads additional maps to your phone for free before you go off into the mountains.
mapperz
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mapperz: Whats the battery life on that iPhone?
It’s advertize as 5 hours of talk-time. And 16 of music only.
I have an old iPod mini advertized as 16 hours, and honestly, it is full 16 hours battery life listening to music! Same for my old iBook, 6 hours of theoretical battery life. In that case, it depends on the use. But I do can listen to 2 dvds with the battery. When I compare to the windows-based laptop around me, it’s far better.
Any Java-enabled mobile phone can run Google Maps mobile, even my old one. But it’s not a shiny Apple product (cf. marketing and lifestyle effect) and you must admit the iPhone interaction design, touch screen + usability, is simply impressing…
I admit that Apple implementation is impressive, but given the buzz in Planet GS you’d think it was new.