Perhaps apple should have released it separately as an MVP and not part of ios6. The customer experience of ios6 is tarnished for one app.
_______________________________________________________________________ Mobile: +61 423 168914 Skype: roryford LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/roryford Twitter: @rory_ford<http://twitter.com/#%21/rory_ford> On Monday, 8 October 2012 15:52:26 UTC+11, chinmiester wrote: > > Hey guys, > > I thought it would be interesting to bring up this topic as I am getting > a barrage of black humoured emails related to Apple Maps. > > Check this out - http://9gag.com/gag/5544304?ref=fb.s > > I see this as a really good opportunity for entrepreneurs to learn about > timeliness of releases particularly in regards to MVPs. > There is a big mantra around the start up community to 'Move Quick and > Fail Fast', 'the first iteration is supposed to suck...' etc > > With the kick back of Apple Maps and Tim Cook having to apologise for the > lack lustre appeal of the new maps feature (especially since Google maps > was working!), made me think about how much damage control Apple had to go > into with their maps launch. > > What are the community's thoughts on Apple Map's timeliness of release? > > ---- > 1) Great! First iteration is never the bomb? We forgive Apple... and look > forward to improvements in the future. That's just how MVP is! > OR > 2) Curses to Apple. They forced me to use their crappy maps app and I > can't switch back to Google! WTF!?! Stop telling me how I should run my > phone! And stop telling me to go to church when I explicitly requested to > go to a bar... hate hate hate... > reference - http://9gag.com/gag/5541874?ref=fb.s > > --- > > Would love input... > > -- > Best regards, > Alwin Chin > 0414 633 562 > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
