“In an attempt to benefit from Apple’s much-criticized iOS 6 Maps app, Google-owned Motorola Mobility has released a new advertisement mocking it with the phrase ‘iLost,'” Macgasm reports.
“In the ad, Apple’s iPhone 5 is shown next to a Droid Razr M, and the ad says Motorola’s device offers ‘the real world that’s fit for your hand,'” Macgasm reports. “Both phones show their respective map features searching for the address 315 E 15th in New York City, but the iPhone’s Maps app shows incorrect results.”
Macgasm reports, “To go along with this ad, Motorola wrote on their Google+ page: ‘Looking for 315 E 15th in Manhattan? Google Maps on DROID RAZR M will get you there & not #iLost in Brooklyn.'”
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MacDailyNews Take: We’d rather be lost with an iPhone 5 than anywhere with a thick, heavy, ugly Motorola Mobility iPhone wannabe.
You know who’re really lost? The 4,000 employees that Google axed at their Motorola Mobility division last month.
Oh, BTW, here’s what Google’s Android looked like before and after Apple’s iPhone:
The fun thing here is that there is no 325 E 15th St in New York. on the odd side of East 15th the lot numbers skip from 221 to 331. Lot number 325 in unassigned and therefor is giving Apple’s database fits.
Yes, Apple needs to create a good algorithm to cope with this type of bad data but to try to use a fake address to throw off the system on purpose is very bad advertising. The official address for the park is 297 2nd Ave and would be the address anybody would give if going there or the would indicate one of the intersections.
Oops, I ment to type 315 E 15th St…
Don’t even claim you’ve never made a typo.
Look at the addresses being searched and the moto lamebox has a different address. When you type the same address in the iPhone you get the correct results.
Lame, MotoLame, Just lame