Why Apple's New Maps App Faces Challenges Ahead

Apple's iOS Maps app is woefully behind the times. Even more damaging for Apple: The Maps app built into Android has offered turn-by-turn navigation for quite some time, but Apple never implemented the feature -- despite the fact that it's always used Google Maps for its back-end. So when Apple announced Monday that iOS 6 would include a new Maps app built from the ground up by Cupertino's finest, the Apple faithful applauded. So it's likely that Apple decided some years ago to eventually abandon Google Maps, and create its own platform.