Google Maps has never been officially available on Windows Phone, but users could always go to the Maps website on IE and it would work. Since yesterday, this is not the case. Windows Phone users are being redirected to google.com if they visit the Maps website. Google has officially responded saying -
Here Google is trying to clear that Maps being not accessible on WP is not an anti-competitive practise by Google, rather it was a well thought-out product decision. Is Google being evil?This question is yet to be answered. First of all, Google hasn't been playing well with Microsoft lately. They have removed Active Sync support from Gmail, restricted Microsoft from making a standalone YouTube client for WP (that's the claim Microsoft makes) and lot more. Also, Microsoft will never stop making those hate ads on Google, like Gmail Man. So when Google Maps started to redirect to google.com on WP devices, everyone thought this was just another plot by Google against Microsoft. There's been a lot of outrage by WP users saying that mobile website of Google Maps actually worked well before – this is opposite to Google is arguing. At the end of the day, what matters is, whether Google Maps will work on WP devices in future. For which, the answer is yes. Source: The Next Web -- This Post Google seems to bring back Maps to Windows Phone after user outrage is Published on Devils Workshop . | |||
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Saturday, 5 January 2013
Google seems to bring back Maps to Windows Phone after user outrage
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