iOS 6 Apple Maps launches to a cacophony of jeers
(Read article summary)iOS 6 is here. But Apple Maps, an integral selling point of both iOS 6 and the iPhone 5, has been slammed by critics.
Just about every Apple product launch comes with some sort of backlash.
With the iPhone 4, it was the so-called "death grip." With the new iPad, it was Wi-Fi issues. And with the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 it's the new Maps app, which has been called everything from a "flop" to a "debacle" to just plain "ugly."
Some backstory: For many years, Google Maps was the default mapping app on the iPhone. Now, beginning with the iPhone 5 and iOS 6, the default mapping app will be Apple Maps, an in-house product.
Top Stories
-
Immigration reform: Senate Republicans appear on the cusp of buying in
- In the end, NSA might not need to snoop so secretly
- SEAL Team 6 could include women by 2016 under Pentagon plan
- House GOP passes major antiabortion bill. Why Democrats are pleased.
- Taliban peace talks hold glimmer of hope, but also unanswerable questions
- NSA chief: Snooping helped thwart 50 terrorist attacks in 20 countries (+video)
- Whitey Bulger defense: Star witness lied before, could be lying now
- In Pictures Ireland forever: images of the emerald isle
- Photos of the Day Photos of the day 06/18
- The Monitor's View Brazil protests in a global trend
- Gallery Monitor Political Cartoons
- Opinion Put our kids first, Mr. Holder, and enforce federal law against marijuana
- Cover storySchool prayer: 50 years after the ban, God and faith more present than ever
Most Viewed
-
Pet food recall: Sweeping recall affects food for cats, dogs, and ferrets
- Culture Cafe 'The Voice' winner: Who will triumph tonight? (+video)
- Blake Griffin Lakers deal? Clippers want top billing in LA
- NASA's new astronaut class marks changing of guard for US spaceflight (+video)
- Gun control: Why Vice President Biden is trying again
© The Christian Science Monitor. All Rights Reserved.
