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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last year when Apple released Maps for iOS 6 there was quite a <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/for-apple-the-ios-6-map-flap-is-just-a-mere-speed-bump-7000005582/" style="border: 0px; color: #005399; cursor: pointer; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">controversy online</a> about the poor performance. Map service providers quickly jumped in and offered <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/a-closer-look-at-apple-ios-6-maps-and-eight-alternatives-comparison-review-7000005820/" style="border: 0px; color: #005399; cursor: pointer; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">solid alternatives</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of these providers was Nokia with their <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/find-your-way-to-grandmas-house-with-nokias-here-maps-and-telenav-scout-for-ios-7000007681/" style="border: 0px; color: #005399; cursor: pointer; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">HERE Maps</a>. This morning Engadget reported that Nokia pulled HERE Maps from the Apple App Store because "iOS 7 harms the user experience."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I use HERE Maps on my Lumia Windows Phone devices, I don't have it installed on my iOS devices and thus am not sure what the experience was like with it on iOS 7. One benefit of using HERE Maps on iOS was the ability to download maps for offline usage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nokia stated you can still go to m.here.com and use their mobile web version. If the experience with iOS 7 is broken then you would think Nokia would update their HERE Maps software and optimize it for iOS 7. Then again, if no one is using HERE Maps on their iPhone then it doesn't make sense for Nokia to waste any more resources developing for the iOS platform.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/nokia-removes-here-maps-from-apple-app-store-7000024655/"> ZDNet</a></span></div>

Nokia removes HERE Maps from Apple App Store

Apple App StoreNokia Last year when Apple released Maps for iOS 6 there was quite a controversy online about the poor performance. Ma...

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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">iPhone and iPad users searching for Nokia's Here Maps app in the App Store will come up empty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nokia removed its maps app from Apple's store earlier this week seemingly over problems related to <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/apple-ios-7/" section="luke_topic" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">iOS 7</a>. Trying to access the app through the App Store now returns an error that it's no longer available. Nokia didn't reveal the specific causes for the app's ouster but did send the following statement to media outlets:</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57616301-94/nokia-purges-here-maps-from-app-store-over-ios-7-issues/">CNET</a></span></i></div>

Nokia purges Here Maps from App Store over iOS 7 issues

(Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney iPhone and iPad users searching for Nokia's Here Maps app in the App Store will come up empty. ...

Nokia removes HERE Maps from Apple App Store

Nokia purges Here Maps from App Store over iOS 7 issues

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