Apple job ad promises ‘next level’ journey for iPhone Maps

November 29th, 2009 admin

Apple appears to be making plans to add a dash of Cupertino magic to mapping and is searching for an iPhone Software Engineer to join the iPhone and iPod touch Maps team, MacRumors informs. Seems the new post is all about taking Maps to the next level, or, as the ad explains: “We want to take Maps to the next level, rethink how users use Maps and change the way people find things. We want to do this in a seamless, highly interactive and enjoyable way. We’ve only just started.” Now we all know Apple and Google appear to have had a chill in recent relations, though Google Maps remain intrinsic to the iPhone …


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  1. December 6th, 2009 at 02:47
    Reply | Quote | #1

    thanks for the post. very informative

  2. December 6th, 2009 at 13:23
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    This is the best post I ever read, I will bookmark this, thx!

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