E like me ko ʻoukou ʻike, ʻo kekahi o nā hana nui ʻole a Apple i kēia lā ʻo ia kona mau palapala ʻāina. Ua hoʻāʻo nā mea hoʻohana he nui e hele i kekahi mau wahi a ua hōʻoia mākou me ka ʻoi aku o ka laki a ʻoi paha nā palapala ʻāina ʻo Cupertino i "holomua ma mua o kahi pū kī lū. Akā, i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ka pilikia me nā palapala ʻāina iā lākou iho, akā me kā lākou ʻōnaehana ʻimi.
Hāʻawi ʻia nā palapala ʻĀina iā ʻoe e TomTom, ka mea hana Dutch kahi o nā ʻōnaehana hoʻokele no nā kaʻa, nā motika a me nā hāmeʻa uila. ʻO kekahi o nā ʻoihana maikaʻi ke hiki mai i ka paʻi kiʻi. Laki no nā mea āpau, ʻoi loa no Apple no ka mea ʻaʻole hilinaʻi nā mea hoʻohana he nui i nā palapala ʻāina o ka ʻōpahi nahu, ʻo ka hui i alakaʻi ʻia e Tim Cook a me TomTom ua hōʻano hou i kā lākou ʻaelike, no laila e hoʻomau ka hoʻohana ʻana o Apple i nā palapala mai TomTom i kāna polokalamu kelepona, ʻoneki a me ka mana pūnaewele.
E like me ka mea i hana ʻia i ka manawa mua, ʻaʻole hōʻike ʻia nā kikoʻī o ka hana. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ke kumukūʻai a no ka lōʻihi o ka ʻaelike. Ke ʻike nei ma kahi o ka palapala ʻāina ʻo Apple no ʻaneʻane 3 mau makahiki i kēia manawa, hiki iā mākou ke manaʻo he like ka lōʻihi o kēia ʻaelike, akā he mau manaʻo wale nō ia.
Hana pū ʻo Apple me TomTom i ka makahiki 2012, ma mua pono o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kā lākou palapala ʻāina ponoʻī a kāpae i nā koina a pau mai Google Maps. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua lawe ʻo Apple i kāna palapala ʻāina iā OS X Mavericks. Hāʻawi wale ʻo TomTom i ka ʻike palapala ʻāina, akā hāʻawi ʻia nā helu o ka hoihoi a me nā ʻikepili ʻē aʻe e Yelp a i ʻole Booking. Wahi a nā loiloi, ʻo ka mea i loaʻa me kēia hui ʻo TomTom no ka hana ʻana me kahi ʻoihana nui e like me Apple, akā, loaʻa kālā, ʻo nā mea e puka lanakila ana nā mea hoʻohana o Apple Maps.
ʻOiai ʻelua kēia hana hou a nā loaʻa hou e Apple maikaʻi no kā lākou mau palapala ʻāina, ke nalo nei wau i kahi loaʻa a palapala ʻae aelike paha e pili ana i nā ʻimi mai kāu noi. Ke hoʻohana nei i nā palapala ʻāina a TomTom a me ka ʻike mai nā lawelawe kaulana, me he mea lā he hana nui ʻole kaʻu e ʻike ʻole ai i ka mea a mākou e ʻimi nei a hoʻopau wale i ka manawa.
E lilo i mea mua e wehewehe