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Nokia: Every Apple product infringes on our patents
Nokia on Tuesday responded to Apple’s countersuit by filing a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission alleging Apple has been infringing on Nokia’s patents in “virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, and computers” sold. In its complaint, Nokia specifically references seven patents relating to a varying number of technologies, including but […]
Continue reading...Nokia to initiate job cuts at its only Finnish plant
Saturday, December 19, 2009
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More bad news for Nokia as the Finnish handset maker said last week its planning to cut a good number of jobs at their lone manufacturing plant in Finland, located in the town of Salo. More on the story over here at Reuters.
Continue reading...Apple countersues Nokia for patent infringement
Friday, December 11, 2009
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Well this is certainly getting interesting. In late October you’ll recall that Nokia sued Apple for infringing on a number of patents pertaining to technologies that help make devices compatible with wireless LAN standards and GSM and UMTS networks. Nokia argues that Apple’s iPhone has been infringing on their patents since it was first released in […]
Continue reading...Nokia plans to close Chicago and New York retail stores, and why it’s not a surprise
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Just days after Nokia decided to close down its high-end retail shop on Regent Street in London comes news that Nokia stores in New York and Chicago will also be closing up shop in early 2010. Nokia’s attempt to emulate Apple’s retail success began in 2006, and despite attempts to drape the stores with translucent […]
Continue reading...Nokia shuts down retail store in London, attempt to emulate Apple fails
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
The Times Online reports that Nokia has decided to shut down its eye-catching retail store on Regent Street in London due to lackluster sales. Ben Wood, an analyst with CCS Insight, said: “There was no question that the store was trying to replicate what Apple had done and build up the brand rather than shift […]
Continue reading...Is Android growing too fast for its own good?
Monday, November 23, 2009
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Terrence O’Brien recently penned a great piece in Switched assessing whether or not Google’s Android OS is growing too fast for its own good. After getting off to a slow start, Android phones have gone gangbusters. As of last July, there was only one Android-powered device available in the U.S., but that number has since exploded. Now, […]
Continue reading...Nokia still top dog, but iPhone marketshare and sales volume continue to grow at an impressive rate
Friday, November 13, 2009
The Palm Pre. The BlackBerry Storm. Windows Mobile. Miss Cleo. These are all things that are powerless to stop the ever growing success and ubiquity of the iPhone. According to the most recent report from Gartner, which covered the third quarter of 2009, the iPhone accounted for 17% of all smartphone sales worldwide. Last year […]
Continue reading...Apple intends to fight Nokia patent lawsuit “vigorously”
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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Last week, Nokia made headlines when it sued Apple over what it claims are infringing iPhone technologies which relate to wireless connectivity, security, and speech coding. Nokia claims that Apple is infringing upon 10 Nokia patents in total, and according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, Nokia is looking to collect 1-2% in royalties on […]
Continue reading...Was Nokia’s patent lawsuit against Apple a pre-emptive strike?
Friday, October 23, 2009
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Yesterday we reported that Nokia launched a lawsuit against Apple claiming that the iPhone infringes on a number of Nokia patents which relate to technologies that make devices compatible with wireless LAN standards. Regardless of whether or not Nokia has a solid case, it’s interesting that they waited until the third iteration of the iPhone before […]
Continue reading...Report: Nokia wants about $200 million from Apple over patent dispute
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Earlier today we reportedthat Nokia launched a lawsuit against Apple claiming that the iPhone, since the first iteration, has been infringing upon a number of Nokia patents relating to technologies that make devices compatible with wireless LAN standards. In a note to investors today, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster writes that Nokia is looking to collect […]
Continue reading...Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Nokia today sued Apple for allegedly infringing on a number of patents relating to technologies that made devices compatible with wireless LAN standards. Nokia claims that Apple’s iPhone has been infringing on their patents since it was first released in 2007. Interestingly, when Steve Jobs first introduced the iPhone, he made a point of saying […]
Continue reading...iPhone market share continues to accelerate at an impressive rate in the US and worldwide
Monday, October 12, 2009
A recent report from Canalys indicates that iPhone marketshare in both in the US and abroad continues to accelerate at an impressive rate. Canalys’ data found that Apple’s share of the US smartphone market in Q2 2009 came in at 23%, up from 7% during the same period a year-ago and representing an astounding 365% increase year […]
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
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