I agree. The loss of Street View is actually one of the biggest downsides of iOS 6 in my mind.

Although I assume Google will release their own Maps app for iOS, but since Apple doesn't let you remove their built-in apps, I'm stuck with 2 maps icons, and no doubt clicking an address in any other app will load the Apple Maps app and not Google Maps.

edit: ehh sorry I just realized this is pretty off-topic. :-(

Was it just rumour that Nokia (presumably Navteq) were going to be suppling maps to the Kindle Fire? Is that underpinning the new API?

Have you ever used street view on mobile? I haven't. I don't think they're trying to compete with Google Maps in general. Just trying to give their developers a map API to use.