iOS 6 announced

[kickingprop]

was there any mention of a GoogleMaps app for iphone/ipad? I've got a sneaky suspicion I wont be a fan of the apple service

[Sawyer]

was there any mention of a GoogleMaps app for iphone/ipad? I've got a sneaky suspicion I wont be a fan of the apple service

There was some mention of it and the features. You can read about the entire event here:

http://live.jsonline.com/Event/Live_...ncement?Page=0

[haven]

IOS 6 is available starting Wednesday, Sept. 19 (today) starting around noon. You don't have to do anything; if you're running iOS 5, Apple will prompt your iPhone or iPad to get the update over WiFi during the next few days. The update is free.

if you don't want to wait for your device to automatically check for updates, you can do it manually. Select "Settings." In the General menu there's a "Check for updates" button. It took about 10 minutes to update my iPad over WiFi.

Several iOS 6 features won't run on all iPhones and iPads. For example, the iPhone 5 and 4S have the same abilities under iOS 6, but the older iPhone 4 lacks some features, including Apple's turn by turn navigation, SIRI and Facetime over a cellular connection. Engadget has easy-to-understand tables showing the features that work with the various phones and tablets. Scroll down a couple of screens on this page to see the tables
http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/18/ios-6-review

Since Apple is switching to an in-house version of maps and navigation in iOS 6, folks who have an iPhone 4 may want to stick with iOS 5 (with Google's maps and nav) for a while longer. Google has not announced when a version of its maps and nav program will appear as an iOS 6 app.