iOS6 for Australia

Including:
Siri for Australia
Maps for Australia

First of all, Siri finally works in Australia! Where's the nearest Maccas? Brings up a list. How do I get to Town Hall? Boots up the Maps app.
It pretty much achieves in Australia what it achieved in America in iOS5. What was meant to be new to Siri this time? Like... sports scores or something. Apparently ManU smashed Wigan 4-0 last Sunday in the EPL (Y). But it couldn't tell me the results of the last Bulldogs game, so limited Australian shits given. Fortunately I don't want to ask Siri for sports scores.

The Maps app isn't as bad as made out to be (in Sydney, at least). The flyover view is pretty useless but it seemed to work okay for Sydney CBD. My local residential area appears flat (just like google maps) but I'm not about to complain about that.
The directions seem to work as usual. Search function doesn't seem any less powerful.
When you search a restaurant, some of them have a slideshow of pictures that come from ??? but are a really nice touch)
What we are sorely missing is traffic data and OMG STREET VIEW =(.


Overall a pretty big leap for Australian Siri users, and Apple maps are a slightly less polished version of Google Maps but still very much so functional.

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