iOS 6 Navigation App

At the iFruit company’s 21012 WWDC event we saw the announcement of the new mapping software that will be available in iOS 6. iFanz are caught up by the hype and predicting the death of in-car GPS products because people will prefer using the iFruit software built into their phone or tablet. How exciting! ….....NOT!! Once again the iFruit company is playing catch-up with Google’s Android.

I am currently on a LONG trip away from the office and the vast majority of my travel is on the road. My vehicle has a fantastic Escort GPS/Radar detector that does an excellent job. Most of the time. Occasionally the GPS route choice is not the one I would choose so I ignore it and go my way. Everyone needs to remember that a GPS is not the word of God!! It’s just a suggestion, a tool and it can be very wrong!

I have discovered that the Navigation app in Android 4 ICS is much more flexible and accurate and allows the use of voice search for your destination address or location. I always verify my route using ICS and let the Escort catch up with us. In my opinion, users of iOS 6, when they finally get the capability I already have, will use their devices the same way I do now. That is, if they’re smart. But then again if they were really smart they’d already be using Android devices!