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Nokia to launch Maps app for iOS
And so the Mapping landscape gets a bit more crowded. To further extend its location services, Nokia is launching a maps application for iOS under the HERE brand. Based on HTML5, it will include offline capabilities, voice-guided walk navigation, and public transport directions. The application is scheduled to be available for free download from Apple’s […]
Continue reading...Samsung sold slightly more smartphones in 2011 than Apple
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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Apple this past quarter shipped a whopping 37 million iPhones, setting a new quarterly record as iPhone sales grew 128% year over year. The achievement was enough for Apple to slightly edge out Samsung with respect to smartphone sales during the recent holiday quarter. A few days ago, Samsung reported shipping 36 million smartphones as […]
Continue reading...Nokia shares fall on weak sales of Windows Phone 7 devices
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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To say the iPhone disrupted the smartphone industry would be an understatement of the highest order. While consumers lined up in droves to get Apple’s revolutionary smartphone, companies like Microsoft and Nokia were quick to scoff at Apple’s allegedly feeble attempt to get into the phone business. Not surprisingly, Microsoft and Nokia’s arrogance came back […]
Continue reading...Nokia asks users to vote for Windows Phone 7 smartphone name
Saturday, September 3, 2011
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Last weekend, Nokia executive of developer marketing Chanse Arrington went on Twitter to ask for some crowd-sourcing help in naming the upcoming flagship Windows 7-based Nokia smartphone.
Continue reading...Apple now sells more iPhones than Nokia does smartphones
Thursday, July 21, 2011
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Nokia this week released their earnings for the second quarter of 2011 and things aren’t looking too good for the Finnish handset maker. During the quarter gone by, Nokia reported losses of 368 million euros (approximately $521 million), a figure far greater than the losses anticipated by analysts. And the scary thing is that Nokia’s […]
Continue reading...Apple signs patent licensing agreement with Nokia; Settles all litigation
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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Nokia yesterday announced that Apple has signed a patent licensing agreement for Nokia technologies, effectively ending all pending litigation between the two companies. Nokia’s press release reads as follows: Apple payments to Nokia settle all litigation and have positive financial impact Nokia Corporation Stock exchange release June 14, 2011 at 08:05 (CET +1) Espoo, Finland […]
Continue reading...Nokia gets a new font, “Nokia Pure”
Sunday, April 3, 2011
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Stop the presses! Nokia took some time out of their busy litigation schedule to design a new font.
Continue reading...Nokia takes on Apple’s entire product line in new ITC complaint
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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After losing an ITC decision to Apple last week with respect to 5 patents, Nokia regrouped and came back at Apple with a new ITC complaint, this time alleging that nearly every Apple product infringes on Nokia patents. From the iPhone to the iPod to the iPad and the Mac, Nokia alleges that these products […]
Continue reading...Breaking down app store market share and revenue
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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Whether or not you believe Apple app store success is rooted in dumb luck or foresight, there’s no denying that Apple’s been on the vanguard of a mobile app industry that has quickly become a multi-billion dollar business. Following in Apple’s footsteps, competitors like Google, Nokia, RIM, and Microsoft have all released competing app stores […]
Continue reading...What Google’s VIc Gundotra thinks about the Nokia/Microsoft partnership
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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Here’s what Google VP of Engineering Vic Gundotra thinks about Nokia’s decision to hitch its wagon to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 OS. Two turkeys do not make an Eagle. Nice.
Continue reading...Eric Schmidt: Google would have loved Nokia to adopt Android
Thursday, February 17, 2011
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Microsoft and Nokia’s recent partnership created huge waves across the smartphone industry last week. With both Nokia and Microsoft struggling to hang onto whatever vestiges of relevancy they once boasted in the smartphone marketplace, the marriage between Redmond and Finland was one of necessity and we’ll see soon enough how the relationship pans out. But […]
Continue reading...Nokia, Microsoft’s “puppet government”
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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With former Microsoft executive Stephen Elop in place as Nokia CEO and former Microsoft veteran Chris Weber recently christened as the President of Nokia US, Matt Drance hits the nail on the head. I have absolutely no qualms about calling this new regime at Nokia a puppet government. This is far and away the most […]
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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