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The Apple maps app in iOS6 has been widely derided as inferior to Google Maps.
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The 200 new features available on iOS6 will facilitate the transition towards the second generation of apps .
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Passbook, recently introduced with Apple's iOS6, allows users to keep boarding passes, movie tickets, coupons, loyalty cards and more in one place.
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iOS 6 is the sixth major release of the iOS mobile operating system designed by Apple Inc., initially released on September 19, 2012. The final version of iOS 6 is 6.1.6. It was preceded by iOS 5 (final version was 5.1.1) and was succeeded by iOS 7 on September 18, 2013. New features included a new Maps application with data developed by Apple, the Passbook application for storing tickets and loyalty cards, enhancements to Siri and user-definable 'VIP' inboxes for mail from known recipients.iOS 6 is the last release of iOS supervised by Scott Forstall, who led the creation of the operating system from its early development in 2005.