Nokia Here maps app to fill the iOS 6 void left by Google Maps?

Without using the word gate, the Apple iOS 6 Maps issue has been one you could call a disaster. And there’s no sign of Apple allowing Google Maps back in app form to save the day anytime soon. But it is giving the green light to Nokia Here maps – an app which will be available for free on the App Store soon.

Nokia is also working with Mozilla to integrate its maps into the new Firefox OS browser. Plus it’ll be releasing the SDK for Android developers to create their owns apps and services for the Droids out there. And the more people that use Here, the better it will get – hence Nokia sharing rather than saving its automotive-grade Navteq maps, that work offline, for Lumias alone.

It looks like both Apple and Google are on the back foot as Nokia Here maps finds its way onto all mobile platforms in iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

[via NYT]

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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