While the Journal has a respectable track record with respect to Apple rumors, like most publications it is not spotless. One of the newspaper's biggest misses came before the launch of the first iPad in 2010, when it suggested the then-unnamed tablet could recognize individual users via a forward-facing camera and customize the system's user interface for them. It also claimed that Apple could partner with Microsoft to bring Bing maps to iOS devices.
Not only was the report of Apple partnering with MS for Bing Maps wrong, even Microsoft doesn't want to partner with themselves for Bing Maps in Windows Phone 8!
They're reported to be turning to Navteq (Nokia) for mapping in their latest OS.
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While the Journal has a respectable track record with respect to Apple rumors, like most publications it is not spotless. One of the newspaper's biggest misses came before the launch of the first iPad in 2010, when it suggested the then-unnamed tablet could recognize individual users via a forward-facing camera and customize the system's user interface for them. It also claimed that Apple could partner with Microsoft to bring Bing maps to iOS devices.
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Not only was the report of Apple partnering with MS for Bing Maps wrong, even Microsoft doesn't want to partner with themselves for Bing Maps in Windows Phone 8!
They're reported to be turning to Navteq (Nokia) for mapping in their latest OS.
http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/20/goodbye-bing-maps-windows-phone-8-will-use-nokia-maps-instead/