[tlack]

That may have just been because they want to emphasize a native mobile app rather than HTML5-based mobile experiences, and Google has not yet released their own native maps app for iOS.

[blhack]

Are you sure about that? Doesn't google have a maps application that is pending approval in the app store?

[reaganing]

No, it's still being built and is probably months away[1]

[1]: http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/25/3407614/apple-over-a-year-...