Blog » February 2011

Nokia's marginalization of MeeGo came as a surprise to Intel

Yesterday's announcement by Nokia that it's switching to Windows Phone 7 as its primary smartphone platform has already had, and will continue to have, great repercussions for plenty of parties beside    

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Nokia USA president is out, replaced by Microsoft vet Chris Weber as Elopocalypse continues

Conspiracy theorists unite: Nokia's replaced another prominent executive with a former Microsoft employee. In this case, it's the head of Nokia's entire US division that's being oustered, as    

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We're live at Mobile World Congress 2011!

Que parles català? Que parles smartphones? The former question we pose to ourselves on the ground, relegated to making wild hand gestures when asking for directions. The latter question, well... read    

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Exclusive: Nokia's Windows Phone 7 concept revealed!

Look what we've found! This is the first image you'll see anywhere of the early fruit of Microsoft and Nokia's budding new partnership. We have it on good authority that the technicolor phones on    

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Nokia and Apple: New Strategies Spell Opportunity

Rafael Grillo submits:Today, two interesting announcements surfaced that will surely change the landscape in the heated smartphone arena, creating new opportunities for investors.In a decision that indicates No    

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Samsung preparing a 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab 2 with Honeycomb for this Sunday?

Samsung's MWC 2011 presentation is this Sunday, at 6PM Central European Time (midday for those on the American east coast). We already know it will feature a dual-core evolution to the Galaxy S smartphone    

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Nokia posts video of Microsoft partnership announcement online

Wow, we have to hand it those Nokia social media types, they're on top of their game. A mere couple of hours after Stephen Elop and Steve Ballmer took the stage in London, the video of their joint announce    

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RIP: Symbian

This slide was just presented by Stephen Elop and Nokia CFO, Timo Ihamuotila, at Nokia's Capital Markets Day. Although there's no date listed, it's clear that Symbian -- a "franchise" O    

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Nokia Q&A reveals more MeeGo details and tablet plans -- says Android 'risk of commodification was very high'

The Steve show just ended with both Elop and Ballmer hosting a very informative media Q&A following the reveal of Nokia's plan to use Windows Phone 7 as its "primary smartphone platform."    

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Nokia provides financial targets and forecasts linked to new strategy

Nokia has outlined a new strategic direction, including changes in leadership and operational structure to, for the company-wide overhaul.    

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