Free navigation for everyone with iPhone 5?
Apple has released four job offers for positions intended to support the development of IOS.
It is noted that the Cupertino company is seeking such profiles with experience in software navigation.
The next generation of Apple products, such as the iPhone 5, could therefore include a navigation system other than Google or Microsoft.
A navigation system built into the iPhone 5 is not unimaginable, especially since Apple recently purchased Google Earth-ish company Poly9.
Moreover, last year Apple had bought and Poly9and Placebase, two specialists in online mapping.
[Source: Apple via Apple Insider via TUAW]
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