Njengoko nisazi nonke, Enye yezona mpazamo zinkulu zika-Apple ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ziimephu zayo. Abasebenzisi abaninzi bazamile ukuya kwezinye iindawo kwaye siye saqinisekisa ngethamsanqa okanye kancinci ukuba iimephu zaseCupertino "zisilela ngaphezulu kompu ongaphantsi." Kodwa, enyanisweni, ingxaki ayikho kwiimephu ngokwazo, kodwa ngenkqubo yokukhangela.
Iimephu ze-Apple uzinikwa nguTomTom, umenzi wenkampani waseDatshi wenkqubo yokuhamba kwemoto, izithuthuthu kunye nezixhobo eziphathwayo. Enye yezona nkampani zibalaseleyo xa kuziwa kwimaphu. Ngethamsanqa kuye wonke umntu, ngakumbi iApple kuba abasebenzisi abaninzi abasazithembi iimephu zeapile yokulunywa, Inkampani ekhokelwa nguTim Cook kunye noTomTom ihlaziye ikhontrakthi yabo, ukuze iimephu zeApple ziqhubeke nokusebenzisa ulwazi oluvela kwiTomTom. kwisicelo sayo esiphathwayo, kwidesktop kunye nakwinguqulelo yewebhu.
Njengokuba bekusenzeka okokuqala, akukho zinkcukacha zomsebenzi zichaziweyo. Ayaziwa indleko okanye ukuba izakuhlala ixesha elingakanani isivumelwano. Ukubona ukuba iimephu zika-Apple bezikho phantse iminyaka emi-3 ngoku, sinokucinga ukuba esi sivumelwano siza kuba nexesha elifanayo, kodwa ziingcinga nje.
I-Apple idibene neTomTom ngo-2012, ngaphambi nje kokubandakanya iimephu zabo kwaye basusa yonke imizila yeeMephu zikaGoogle. Kunyaka kamva, iApple yazisa iimephu zayo kwi-OS X Mavericks. I-TomTom inikezela kuphela ngemephu ngolwazi, kodwa amanqaku anomdla kunye nenye idatha ibonelelwa yiYelp okanye ukubhukisha. Ngokwabahlalutyi, lowo uzuzayo ngale manyano nguTomTom ngokusebenza nenkampani enkulu efana neApple, kodwa, ingeniso ecaleni, abo baphumeleleyo ngabasebenzisi beApple Mephu.
Nangona zombini olu hlaziyo kunye nokufunyanwa kwamva nje yi-Apple zilungile kwiimephu zayo, ndisazikhumbula iindaba zokufumana okanye isivumelwano esibhekisa kukhangelo kwisicelo sayo. Ukusebenzisa iimephu zeTomTom kunye nolwazi oluvela kwiinkonzo ezihloniphekileyo, kum kubonakala ngathi kukungaphumeleli okukhulu ukuba asiyifumani into esiyifunayo kwaye, ekugqibeleni, sichitha ixesha kuphela.