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Nokia tells investors that 2011 and 2012 will be 'transition years'

Wondering how long it will take for Nokia to fully execute on its new strategy? Here's a clue in a press release targeting investors and financial analysts: "Nokia expects 2011 and 2012 to be transiti    

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Nokia and Microsoft enter strategic alliance on Windows Phone, Bing, Xbox Live and more

It's happened. Former Microsoft exec and current Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has married his future and his past in the holy matrimony of a "strategic alliance." Windows Phone is becoming Nokia's    

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Foxconn reports on-year revenue gains for January

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced revenues of NT$186.23 billion for January 2011, down 23.88% sequentially but up 36.6% from a year earlier. Shipments of consumer electronics produc    

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RIP, Palm: 1992 - 2011

HP has plenty of great new stuff to announce in the phone and tablet space today, but something is notably absent: the Palm brand. It appears to be a casualty of this acquisition and subsequent "scale,&quo    

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Palm TouchPad leaked: 1.5 pounds, 13mm thick, and just moments from official

According to PreCentral, Palm's forthcoming tablet -- which we suspect will be officially revealed in just a few hours -- will be dubbed TouchPad. They were able to sneak in and hear a few details during t    

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HP and Acer to see 3-6% of notebooks affected by Intel chip defect in 1Q11

Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer internally expect 5-6% and 3-4% of their total notebook shipments will be affected by Intel's reported chip defect in the first quarter of 2011 and the two players have alread    

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HTC's 7-inch Android 2.3 tablet with new Sense UI still rumored for March

So far it seems like everyone but HTC has made an official tablet announcement in these early days of 2011. As such, we're reliant upon the rumor mills for every scrap of information we can get. So lean in    

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FOB price of turnkey solutions for Android smartphones now under US$120, says Digitimes Research

FOB prices of turnkey chip solutions for Android-based smartphones are now under US$120, according to Digitimes Research.    

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LTE to overcome WiMAX and dominate 4G shipments, says IHS iSuppli

Driven by widespread mobile network operator (MNO) adoption, the next-generation wireless technology known as long-term evolution (LTE) by 2014 will have more than nine times as many subscribers as its main riv    

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Nokia CEO Stephen Elop rallies troops in brutally honest 'burning platform' memo? (update: it's real!)

"The first iPhone shipped in 2007, and we still don't have a product that is close to their experience. Android came on the scene just over 2 years ago, and this week they took our leadership position    

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