Highly disagree. Maps are not just maps. It's one of the core solutions of the platform and I would argue one of the main reasons people buy smartphones over "dumb" phones.
Have you ever listened to someone complain about Blackberry's? For me, that conversation usually starts with "I can't use google maps on my Blackberry".
I have a blackberry, had a curve for many years, waiting to see what this year yields in the way of a replacement, but one of things that you can't criticize the blackberry for is maps. Google maps works just fine, showing directions, traffic and all the other good stuff. Even streetview works.
You can criticize the blackberry for its browser, but maps, keyboard, camera are still as good or superior to the competitors. The camera has fewer megapixels, but takes great photos, the keyboard is rock solid and better than any on-screen keyboard, but browsing sucks big time for sure.
Interesting. I've never heard this from someone with a Blackberry before. Whenever I ask someone with a Blackberry to give me directions (like when I'm driving for example) they usually just ask me to use my iPhone because it's easier. My understanding is that it largely has to do with the poor scrolling on a Blackberry as compared to the iPhone/Android app.
I had a trackball blackberry (Tour) for two years, and I was fairly satisfied with google's native Maps app [1]. While it doesn't include 3d navigation, it has routing, layers, transit, traffic, street view, and places -- just about everything the webapp provides. At the time (2010-2011) Google updated it every month or so with new features -- in that sense it was vastly superior to the iOS Maps app which google didn't control.
Exactly. I spent $50 just for a car dock for my phone because I could then use it for nav just like my old Nuvi (only waaay better). If the maps/nav sucked I never would have done that.
Highly disagree. Maps are not just maps. It's one of the core solutions of the platform and I would argue one of the main reasons people buy smartphones over "dumb" phones.
Have you ever listened to someone complain about Blackberry's? For me, that conversation usually starts with "I can't use google maps on my Blackberry".