Apple CEO Tim Cook has published an open letter apologising for the frustration that’s followed the recent launch of Apple Maps.
The company’s new Maps application, which forms part of the iOS 6 operating system used by the new iPhone 5, has been criticised for a lack of detail and poor accuracy in some cases.
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The forthcoming Firefox mobile operating system from Mozilla is expected to be used on 1% of global smartphone shipments in 2013.
That’s according to a new report from Strategy Analytics, which says the Firefox OS will be battling Android for entry-level smartphone users.
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Podcast - 26th September 2012
We start this week's programme by talking about the iPhone 5 and iOS6 before moving on to HTC's forthcoming Windows Phone 8 devices.
There's also some mobile payment news, online shopping research, a health study, data about tablet manufacturing and machine-to-machine connection figures.
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Say what you like about the Apple iPhone 5, it’s certainly a popular phone.
Apple has just announced the new iPhone 5 has sold over five million units within the first three days of launch. In addition, more than 100 million existing iOS devices - iPhones, iPads and iPods - have been updated with the company’s new iOS 6 mobile operating system.
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The latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system has been heavily criticised for the apparently poor quality of its maps. Apple iOS 6 uses Apple’s own map data, unlike previous versions that were based on Google maps.
Complaints about the Apple map application include out-of-date business data, misplaced towns and incorrectly-placed landmarks.
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