Speaking (probably by email, we’d imagine) to PC world today, Google denied internet rumours that its stunning Maps Navigation tool is about to be announced for iPhone. Which is great, because as we discovered earlier this week, Maps Navigation is GREAT – and iPhone users clearly don’t deserve it.
Here’s what Google said about the very idea of Maps Navigation on Steve Jobs’ portable Jesus:
“We did not say we would bring it to iPhone, we said to date we’ve had it on Android and that in the future it may come to other platforms but did not confirm this will be coming to iPhone at all”
Here’s Maps Navigation in action. It also lets you turn right:
Of course, it might still come to iPhone in the future. The old “we have nothing to announce” announcement doesn’t really mean anything at all. Although we’d say Maps Navigation is one seriously big ACE in Android’s HOLE – so surely it’d be well worth keeping exclusive to Google phones anyway?
HTC’s 4.3″ dual-core Android model, powered by Qualcomm’s all-new S4 processor. It’s smaller than the enormous One X, but is it as nice as its bigger brother? (SPOILER: Yes it is).
HTC is very much B-A-C-K at the top of the Android world with this, its quad-core flagship for 2012. Great camera, huge 4.7″ display and Android 4.0 running beautifully well.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
Mark
/ April 26, 2010I’d bet it’s NOT coming to iPhone, as clearly it gives Googles Android platform yet another advantage…
The fact they had to come out and clarify that it’s not coming, clearly suggests this.