Kevin Krolicki for Reuters:
Schmidt said Google and Apple were in constant communication “at all kinds of levels.” But he said any decision on whether Google Maps would be accepted as an application in the Apple App Store would have to be made by Apple.
“We have not done anything yet,” he said.
Last week rumors surfaced that Google had readied a new Maps app for iOS 6, and that Apple was dragging its heels to approve it. This confirms that the rumor was wrong.
Anything about Apple coming from that snake is lie.
pure and simple.
all the words used are smarmy.
You called it Jim.
I think the bigger quote is that Apple chose to get rid of Google Maps. That issue/question is now resolved.
“We think it would have been better if they had kept ours. But what do I know?” Schmidt told a small group of reporters in Tokyo. “What were we going to do, force them not to change their mind? It’s their call.”
http://news.yahoo.com/google-exec-not-yet-offered-map-apple-061410153–sector.html
Some other reporting of this mentions that he explicitly refused to confirm whether they had or had not submitted an app.
For instance, Bloomberg (via MacRumors):
“We haven’t done anything yet with Google Maps,” Schmidt told reporters in Tokyo today. Apple would “have to approve it. It’s their choice,” Schmidt said, declining to say if the Mountain View, California-based company submitted an application to Apple for sale through its App Store.
To say the least, that kinda puts a different spin on what he said, making it sound more like they may have submitted something and that it’s out of their hands now and in the hands of the App Store reviewers. Of course, I doubt that that is the case, personally, but I thought I would share it, nonetheless.
Schmidt only says whatever is more convenient for his current and future goals.
As we’ve seen several times, most often that doesn’t match up with the truth.
So now Schmidt is a liar?
Schmidt says a lot of things. Some of them are true. Some of them are wishes he attaches to red balloons.
Duffman says lots of things.