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onehandle

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6. I don't think you have any clue how Google and now Apple builds their mapping database.

Reply to ProdigalJunkMail (Reply #5)

Sat Sep 29, 2012, 01:10 PM

Sep 2012

Apple sold ten million new iPhones in the last week. Google lost access to tens of millions of access points in the last two weeks with the release of iOS 6.

In a few months, the only people who will remember this will be the ones still saying that the iPhone will be a failure because it doesn't have a physical keyboard.

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Google's maps will start degrading this year, as Apple's will improve. [View all] onehandle Sep 2012 OP

seems like your stats are off ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2012 #1

Oops. I meant 67% for iPhone, 90% for iPad. onehandle Sep 2012 #2

Google Maps will be just fine qanda Sep 2012 #3

Map using is free. Google benefits in no way from it.. sir pball Sep 2012 #4

hmmm... ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2012 #5

I don't think you have any clue how Google and now Apple builds their mapping database. onehandle Sep 2012 #6

And 7,500,000 of those new phones sir pball Oct 2012 #7