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While the hubbub surrounding Apple Maps on iOS 6 has been somewhat sedated, some people who made the move to Google Maps’ web app had been further encouraged by word that it’d be getting Street View imagery soon. And what do you know, barely seven days into the estimated “in two weeks” and here it is. Search for a location (no long press yet), and you’ll spy the familiar icon bottom right. This appears in both Chrome and Safari. While perhaps still not quite as slick as the good old app of yore, a definite panacea for all those iOS toutin’ virtual tourists.

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You may be thinking that Apple’s iOS 6 Maps fiasco is leading to decreased demand for the iPhone 5. According to Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu, you would be wrong. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that in a note to investors, Wu assured that demand for the iPhone 5 is still riding high, despite user concern about the sad state of Apple Maps.

Of course, the fact that Apple won’t be shipping new iPhone 5 orders out until sometime near the end of October already told us that, but Wu reassures that Apple Maps isn’t doing much to decrease demand for the brand new handset. Sterne Agee’s numbers for the iPhone 5 haven’t changed at all, with Wu noting, “Demand appears robust with its online store quoting a lead time of 3-4 weeks.”

The problem here is actually with production bottlenecks, as Wu says that the iPhone 5 isn’t all that easy to put together. That, when combined with Apple’s insistence that each handset be as close to perfect as possible, is what’s causing these shipping delays. Indeed, if you’ve yet to buy an iPhone 5, the chances of finding one are pretty slim, and you’ll probably be waiting for a number of weeks before your order arrives.

So, for the record, Apple Maps doesn’t appear to be having an effect on iPhone 5 demand, at least as far as Wu and Sterne Agee can tell. To be honest, we’d be surprised if it was, but then again, with all of the negative press Apple Maps has been getting lately, we can’t imagine its helping iPhone 5 demand either. Check out our story timeline below for more on the iPhone 5!

iPhone 5 demand strong despite Apple Maps concerns, analyst claims is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Nokia and Oracle have inked a deal that will see the Finnish company’s mapping expertise integrated into Oracle’s applications, opening the door to custom geo-location implementations in enterprise services. The agreement, financial terms for which have not been confirmed, will see Oracle Fusion Middleware MapViewer using Nokia Location Platform tech and individual Oracle users offered the chance to license the mapping system for their own systems.

Fusion Middleware MapViewer is described as a J2EE service for combining together spatial data and custom mapping, and doing so in a way that doesn’t require either high-level understanding of data manipulation or indeed cartography. This new deal with Nokia now means the full extent of the company’s NAVTEQ map information can now be blended in too.

Nokia Maps has had a higher-profile in recent weeks after Apple’s semi-disastrous launch of its own Maps service in iOS 6. The TomTom-powered app for the iPhone 5 and other Apple kit fell short of user expectations, and Nokia swung into action promoting its own alternative; despite Nokia Maps being web-based, it still delivers much of the functionality users were familiar with from Google Maps in previous versions of iOS.

“[Nokia Maps integration in Oracle] will help businesses save time, money and resources while allowing them to gain a geographic perspective on their business, enabling better decisions” Nokia mapping VP Roy Kolstad said of the news. Oracle users will be able to access the new features from today.

Nokia supplies Oracle with Maps tech is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Following Apple CEO Tim Cook’s candid admission that Apple Maps might not be so great, and his suggestion that users turn to competing services, Apple has cleaned up one final detail: they aren’t calling their maps the most powerful any more. More »