Eminyakeni eyedlule, amadivayisi we-GPS ehlisiwe ngama-Smartphones nezinhlelo zokusebenza ezisivumela ukuthi silandele umzila onezikhombisi-ndlela ezifanayo sengathi iTomTom noma iGarmin device (buyekeza amakhamera wejubane weTomTom mahhala). Amamodeli wakamuva aqanjwe yilezi zinkampani ngaphezu kokusiqondisa igxathu negxathu lapho siya khona baphinde basazisa ngemikhawulo yejubane komgwaqo esasihamba ngawo, ngaphezu kokusazisa uma siweqile. Lolu lwazi lungabaluleka ikakhulukazi emadolobheni, lapho umkhawulo wejubane ungafani ngaso sonke isikhathi.
UTomTom, njengoGarmin, uthathe isinqumo sokumisa amadivayisi okukhiqiza futhi washintshela kuzingxenyekazi zamaselula, ukunikela ngesevisi efanayo ye-GPS kepha ngohlelo lokusebenza. Yize kuliqiniso ukuthi lezi zinsizakalo zemephu ziphelele impela, ngoba ziyakhokhelwa, abantu abaningi bakhetha ukusebenzisa iGoogle Maps, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa nayo isivumela ukulanda nge-Wi-Fi izindawo esizozivakashela futhi sizulazule kuzo.
Kepha okunye kwamaphutha abaluleke kakhulu iGoogle Maps ebilokhu inakho lapho isihola emzileni kube ukungabi khona kolwazi mayelana nomkhawulo wejubane lohambo senza. Lokhu kushoda kolwazi kungasho ukuthi sithola inhlawulo, ikakhulukazi eSpain, lapho izinkomba zethrafikhi zishiya kakhulu ukuthandwa, ikakhulukazi lezo ezibeka imikhawulo yejubane.
Kepha ekugcineni kubonakala sengathi abafana baseMountain View sebebambile futhi baqala ukunikeza lolu hlobo lolwazi ngohlelo lwabo lokusebenza. Akukona okokuqala ukuthi iGoogle ihlole lolu hlobo lolwazi ekusetshenzisweni kwayo, ngoba inguqulo ye-v9.35 beta ineswishi esivumela ukuthi siyisebenzise, iswishi eyanyamalala kuma-betas akamuva.
Kepha kubonakala sengathi lo msebenzi uphinde wenziwa wasebenza, manje ngokuzenzakalela, ngokusho kwezithombe ezimbalwa abanye abasebenzisi abazithumele kuReddit. Imininingwane mayelana isivinini sesigaba esikuso uma usibeka engxenyeni engezansi kwesokunxele kwesikrini, ngenhla nje kwesikhathi esisele sokufinyelela lapho siya khona. Okwamanje asazi ukuthi kuzothatha isikhathi esingakanani ukuthi le ndlela entsha ifinyelele kubo bonke abasebenzisi, kodwa ngethemba ukuthi kuzoba khona maduze, ngoba ibingenye yezinto ezinhle kodwa ibineGoolge Maps.