[telecom] Apple maps is a costly wrong turn

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Apple maps is a costly wrong turn

EDITORIAL The Boston Globe OCTOBER 03, 2012

From a business standpoint, it's understandable why Apple dropped the

Google Maps app from its latest smartphone operating system. In its version for Apple iPhones, Google had withheld one of the most popular features - turn-by-turn directions that mimic a car GPS - presumably to make Google's own Android phones more attractive. But Apple's decision to replace Google Maps with a half-baked in-house program was a costly error.