Hot on the heels of Tim Cook’s apology letter, Apple has opened up a brand-new App Store section dedicated to finding alternative map apps for disgruntled iOS 6 users.
The section is called “Map Apps,” and its tagline is “Find maps for your iPhone.” At this point, it’s fairly obvious that Apple is also very disappointed in its failure of a mapping app.
Cook’s letter already highlighted a few of these alternative apps, like Waze and MapQuest, but this new section only makes it easier for users to find and install these better alternatives.
I’m still holding out hope that Apple will be able to get Maps to a usable state in a matter of time – but then again, Apple did release the app like this to begin with, so it could be a while before iOS 6 users can viably use Maps. Then again, Cook apologized to its vast customer base on behalf on the entire Apple team, so I think it’s safe to assume that Apple’s working as hard as it can in getting everything back to “the same incredibly high standard” that Cook prided the company on having.
If you use an iPhone, what Maps alternative has been your go-to mapping solution since the release of iOS 6?
I feel like I dodged a poison laced bullet by keeping iOS5!
This is crazy. How does apple thonk it will be able to gain ground with a ptoprietary MAPS app? When goohle has this whole area covered like a cheese on pizza dough.
I cant help but get a smile in my face. Apple had never openly admitted a mistake or something of this sorts. They always just said “Its fixed” and that was the end of it.
Good to see them fall out of their cloud for a bit and remind everyone that EVERY company can mess up and release unfinished software.
i would disagree with that because apple does send out apology notices when something goes wrong. they have even given the term ‘iSorry’ for their list of apologies in the past and present.
Good for Apple. Apple has NEVER promoted an official section for apps and they never actually announced that they had made an error.
actually they have..