Jan Zadarsa Zai kasance kusan shekara guda tun da Apple ya sayi Placebase, wanda shine ɗayan ƙananan masu fafatawa na Google Maps. A cewar shafin Le Soleil na Faransa, Apple ya sayi wani kamfani mai suna Poly9.
Kamfanoni irin su Apple, alal misali, suna siyan irin waɗannan kamfanoni ne domin su ɗauki sabbin ƙwararrun masu haɓakawa da masu ƙira, amma zai zama babban daidaituwa idan Apple ya sayi kamfanoni biyu a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci kuma duka biyun suna mu'amala da taswira. Don haka Apple tabbas yana shirya samfur inda aiki tare da taswira zai kasance da mahimmanci. Dangane da duk rahotanni, mutane masu inganci da gaske sun yi aiki a Poly9, kuma Apple ya sami ƙarin ƙari mai ban sha'awa ga ƙungiyar sa. Samfurin Poly9 ya yi kama da Google Earth sosai.
A baya Apple ya kasance yana neman wanda zai dauki aikace-aikacen taswirar a cikin iPhone "zuwa mataki na gaba". Bisa ga wannan talla, Apple yana so ya canza yadda mutane ke aiki da taswira. Kafin fitowar iOS 4, an yi ta rade-radin cewa za a iya maye gurbin Google Maps da samfurin Apple, amma hakan bai faru ba. To menene shirin Apple? Ana shirin cire Google Maps daga iPhone? Me kuke tunani?
Wataƙila ba haka ba ne, ina tsammanin ba za a iya maye gurbin Google Maps kamar haka ba. Har yanzu ina tsammanin Apple = mafi kyawun HW, Google = mafi kyawun SW, zai yi kyau idan waɗannan biyun suka yi aiki tare. ;)
Wataƙila a cikin iOS 5 za mu sami kewayawa kyauta daga apple :)
Har yanzu ina fatan Apple zai sauke GMaps ya maye gurbinsu da nasu samfurin, kuma ina tsammanin hakan zai faru, amma ina jin tsoron ba zai daɗe ba. Mun riga muna da labarai na farko don iOS5. :D
Ina amfani da Google Earth akan kwamfuta ta kuma kewaya tare da Navigon akan iPhone ta. Amma zan yaba idan akwai hanyar haɗi. Kawai tsara hanyoyin ku da wurarenku akan kwamfutarka sannan ku canza shi zuwa iPhone ɗinku da Navigon ɗin sa yayin aiki tare. Yin komai kai tsaye a cikin tydliphone ba shi da daɗi sosai. Shin akwai wanda ke da ra'ayi idan yana aiki ko ta yaya, har ma da wasu software akan kwamfutar?