Kamar yadda duk kuka sani, daya daga cikin manyan gazawar kamfanin Apple har zuwa yau shine taswirar sa. Yawancin masu amfani sun yi ƙoƙarin zuwa wasu wurare kuma mun tabbatar da sa'a ko ƙasa da cewa taswirar Cupertino "sun gaza fiye da bindiga mai faɗi". Amma a zahiri, matsalar ba ta taswirorin bane kansu, amma ta tsarin bincikensu ne.
TomTom ne ya baku maps Apple, kamfanin kamfanin Dutch na kera tsarin kewayawa na motoci, babura da wayoyin hannu. Aya daga cikin mafi kyawun kamfanoni idan ya zo ga zane-zane. Sa'ar al'amarin shine ga kowa, musamman ga Apple tunda yawancin masu amfani har yanzu basu amince da taswirar cizon apple ba, kamfanin da Tim Cook da TomTom ke jagoranta sun sabunta kwantiragin su, ta yadda taswirar Apple za ta ci gaba da amfani da bayanai daga TomTom a cikin aikace-aikacen hannu, tebur da sigar yanar gizo.
Kamar yadda ya faru a karon farko, babu wani cikakken bayani game da aikin. Ba a san kudin ko tsawon lokacin da yarjejeniyar za ta dore ba. Ganin cewa taswirar Apple sun kasance kusan shekaru 3 yanzu, zamu iya ɗauka cewa wannan yarjejeniyar zata sami tsawon lokaci makamancin haka, amma kawai zato ne.
Apple ya yi haɗin gwiwa tare da TomTom a cikin 2012, kafin su haɗa nasu taswirar kuma suka cire duk alamomin daga Google Maps. Bayan shekara guda, Apple ya kawo taswirarsa zuwa OS X Mavericks. TomTom yana ba da bayanin taswira ne kawai, amma ana ba da wuraren sha'awa da sauran bayanai ta Yelp ko Booking. A cewar masu sharhi, wanda ya yi nasara tare da wannan kungiyar kwadagon shi ne TomTom don aiki tare da wani babban kamfani kamar Apple, amma, barin kudin shiga, wadanda suka yi nasara sune masu amfani da Apple Maps.
Ko da yake duka wannan sabuntawa da sabbin sayayya ta Apple suna da inganci ga taswirorin sa, har yanzu ina rasa labarin saye ko yarjejeniya da ke nufin bincike daga aikace-aikacen sa. Yin amfani da taswirorin TomTom da bayanai daga ayyuka masu daraja, da alama a gare ni babban gazawa ne cewa ba mu sami abin da muke nema ba kuma, a ƙarshe, muna bata lokaci ne kawai.