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A comment on Ask HN: if you were Google, will you release Maps app on iOS 6?.

Re:Ask HN: if you were Google, will you release Maps app on ... by ctingom on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @02:48PM (#4544918)
I'd do a survey... talk to a bunch of iPhone owners and find out if they would pay for the app and try to get a handle on what percent would buy a paid map app.

Another angle: Release it for free and integrate with Google+ Places and Zagat.

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Re:Ask HN: if you were Google, will you release Maps app on ... by 001sky on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @03:12PM (#4545030)
Google maps with Zagat and turn by turn could be a valuable product offer. It would be interesting to see if in the us, Google could get $5-10/per head X% of I-phones sold. The issue, for them, though is opportunity cost: how much revenue is lost from books not sold, or Android devices not adopted, etc.
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