Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) offered users an upgrade to
its new operating system iOS 6 on September 19 and according to reports, within
24 hours of its release, about 15 percent users had updated their smartphones.
Compare this with the adoption rate of Google
Android's Jelly Bean 4.1 at 1.5 percent over the same period.
Incidentally this fast adoption rate by Apple users
came despite users across criticising the new operating system for various
glitches.
Apple's mapping application has come in for wide
criticism with almost everyone universally panning it for "horrid
results" and what many reports termed as `nightmarish' images of
well-known structures and monuments.
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3D images of roads, highways and bridges were
distorted while buildings appeared `weird'.
Reports suggest that Apple had put together the
mapping application together hastily to reduce its dependence on Google. The
Internet search giant is in the process of building a new Google Maps
application specifically for Apple's new iOS and is waiting for Apple's
approval.
According to the Inquistr, many users who updated to
the new operating software also complained about losing their WiFi connections
or were unable to access the new Passbook system.
Apple itself, responding to the barrage of criticism
online, is hiring software developers and engineers who can work on its new
operating software and iron out the glitches.
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