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Nokia has reportedly pulled its HERE maps app from the Apple App Store due to iOS 7 compatibility issues.
The Finnish phone maker, now a subsidiary of Microsoft, has not released any further details, except to say that iPhone users can still log onto the Web-based version of its mapping program.
Nokia did not immediately respond to PCMag's request for comment, but did tell Engadget that it made the decision to remove HERE Maps from the App Store because "recent changes to iOS 7 harm the user experience."
"IPhone users can continue to use the mobile Web version of HERE Maps under m.here.com, offering them location needs, such as search, routing, orientation, transit information, and more, all completely free of charge," the tech site quoted a Nokia spokesperson as saying.
Nokia launched its iOS-based application in November 2012 around the time that Apple's own Maps application was being roundly criticized after Cupertino made it the default iOS app in the place of Google Maps. Nokia's HERE Maps app offers access to the company's cloud-based map service. The app provides different views, like map, satellite, public transport, and live traffic, the latter of which can be drilled down into to show accidents, construction, congestion, and "other" conditions affecting the flow of traffic on the roadways.
But HERE Maps has proven buggy from the start. A PCMag iPhone 5 test last year showed that the app needs a magic touch to ensure correct results. Type in PCMag's New York City office address (28 E. 28 St.) without a space between E and 28th (E28th St.), and Nokia HERE turns up "no results," for example. Put the space in, though, and you will be directed to our New York headquarters.
This week's move to pull HERE Maps from the App Store comes less than a month after Microsoft's deal to acquire Nokia's handset business received the stamp of approval from the Department of Justice.
Still available for Android and Windows devices, HERE Maps will continue to fuel the new DreamWorks Dragon Adventure game, released early this month in partnership between the studio and the phone maker. The mobile title harnesses the power of Nokia's maps application to send users through an animated land, with real-time traffic and current weather conditions displayed as part of the adventure.
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