Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has given the company’s clearest hint yet that it wants to get back into tablets. Speaking to the Australian Financial Review, he stopped short of announcing a Nokia-branded tablet is coming but confirmed the company is taking a close look at the space. → Read More
The U.S. International Trade Commission announced that it is launching a Section 337 investigation into wireless devices with 3G and 4G capabilities and components by Samsung, Nokia, Huawei and ZTE. These include the Samsung ATIV S, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note II, Galaxy Note 10.1, Galaxy S III, Galaxy Stellar, Galaxy Tab II (10.1), SCH-LC11, and 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot; the Nokia Lumia 820, Lumia 822… → Read More
Nokia’s rebranded HERE mapping service has snagged another car-maker — signing Toyota Motor Europe to use Nokia Local Search for Automotive for its Touch & Go in-car navigation and infotainment systems. As well as digital maps, Nokia’s service will bring community-generated content to the in-car systems — including “millions” of ratings, reviews and images. → Read More
Nokia has announced via its Conversations blog that the long-awaited Windows Phone 7.8 update, which brings a few of the features from Windows Phone 8 to older hardware, has begun rolling out to owners of Nokia 510, 610, 710, 800 and 900 owners and will continue to do so over the next few weeks through February, pending operator approval. → Read More
Nokia has had its free Nokia Music service for a while, allowing free music streaming on its Lumia handsets in the US since last September. But the service allowed for only a limited number of song skips and playlists. Now it’s announced the impending launch of Music+, a premium music streaming service which will afford an infinite number of skips and unlimited downloads to Nokia’s Mix Radio… → Read More
The battle’s been raging between Samsung and Apple for global smartphone domination, but according to the latest numbers out of Strategy Analytics, Samsung has extended its lead over rival manufacturers to capture a 30 percent marketshare worldwide. According to the research firm, Samsung’s 213 million smartphones shipped over the course of 2012 sets a record for most units shipped by… → Read More
Don’t get me wrong, HTC’s Windows Phone 8X is great and all, but the rest of Verizon Wireless’ Windows Phone lineup (think the Nokia Lumia 822 and Samsung;s ATIV Odyssey) is a bit lacking in the oomph department.
If a new report from The Verge’s Tom Warren holds true though, that may not be the case for too much longer — according to sources within Verizon, the carrier is gearing up to… → Read More
Despite recent suggestions that Nokia is at least keeping an open mind about adopting Google’s Android platform, the company has reiterated that it is sticking to its guns with Windows Phone and its homegrown S40-based Asha devices. Speaking during its Q4 earnings conference call today CEO Stephen Elop said Nokia is working with Microsoft to drive the Windows Phone platform lower down the price… → Read More
Symbian is now officially dead, Nokia confirmed today. In the company’s earnings announcement that came out a little while ago, Nokia confirmed that the 808 PureView, released last year, was the very last device that the company would make on the Symbian platform: “During our transition to Windows Phone through 2012, we continued to ship devices based on Symbian,” the company wrote. “The Nokia 808… → Read More
Nokia continues to turn its ship around, slowly. The Finnish handset maker — once the world’s largest but hit bad by competition from Android device makers and Apple — today reported Q4 earnings that showed a marked improvement over last quarter. Revenues were $10.7 billion, on EPS of $0.08, beating street expectations. Analysts were expecting EPS of $0.06 on revenues of $10.55 billion. It is… → Read More
Mobile maker Nokia has released 3D print files for one of its smartphones so that owners of 3D printers can custom print their own removable shell. Nokia already sells different colour shells for the handset in question but the company has decided to spice things up further by releasing a 3D template so people can print their own custom backplates. → Read More
Here’s the cloud to Nokia’s silver lining statement the other day of better than expected handset sales: it is cutting IT 300 jobs, and outsourcing 820 more, with Indian outsourcing giants HCL and Tata Consultancy Services picking up the reins for the latter. The news was announced this morning by the company as it gears up to report Q1 results January 24. → Read More
Nokia is slowly turning around its ailing mobile handset business and today that effort had a nice fillip, by way of some revised figures in which it “exceeded expectations” for Q4 sales. Within that, Nokia says that in Q4 it sold 4.4 million Lumia devices — exactly twice as many units as those of its once-mighty Symbian platform, which sold 2.2 million. → Read More
Some good news for Nokia today: the company announced that it is exceeding guidance for Q4 sales, after a strong quarter of sales for its Windows Phone Lumia line and its Asha low-cost smartphones, with sales of Lumias nearly doubling over last quarter to 4.4 million devices. It also noted that its operating expenses are also lower and that the two combined are helping improve the company’s… → Read More
Relations between Nokia and its former BFF Microsoft are evidently not as cosy as once they were. While the Finnish mobile maker has reiterated it’s “immediately focused” on Windows Phone for smartphones it has also indicated it is keeping an open mind about using alternatives to Microsoft’s mobile OS in future — potentially even considering a move to Android. → Read More
Nokia’s been awfully fond of slapping its high-end hardware into polycarbonate bodies, but that trend may soon come to an end if a new report from The Verge holds true. According to unnamed sources within Nokia, one of the Finnish phone company’s new top-tier Windows Phones (codenamed “Catwalk”) will be clad in lightweight aluminum instead of the usual colorful plastics. → Read More
There can be little doubt Nokia’s mobile glory days are behind it. Samsung now occupies its former throne at the top of the global mobile tree and Google’s Android is the dominant smartphone platform, while Windows Phone still lags Nokia’s legacy OS Symbian. So where did it all go wrong for Nokia? What were its big missteps and how could the 147-year-old firm have stayed in the smartphone… → Read More
RIM responded to Nokia’s request to have its devices removed from sale following a patent decision in the Finnish company’s favor by working out a settlement, and now we’re beginning to get a sense of the specific terms of said arrangement. AllThingsD has uncovered an SEC filing that details RIM’s first lump-sum payments, which amounts to €50 million (or around $65 million). Following that… → Read More
Nokia’s once cluttered trophy cabinet hasn’t had much silverware to boast of in recent years as the company shifts its focus to Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS. Despite this shrinking its high end marketshare, it has continued to sell a lot of basic mobile phones — which has helped it stay on top of the annual global cellphone rankings. But no longer. Now it’s Samsung’s turn at the top. → Read More
Nokia may be struggling to reach a critical mass of users to adopt its Windows Phones instead of Android or iPhone devices, but today it got a little light relief in its bigger battle: it’s had a class action suit over its choice of the Windows Phone platform formally dismissed, with no compensation paid. → Read More
Marko Ahtisaari, Executive VP of Design, Nokia, has unveiled its latest Windows Phone 8 device: the Nokia Lumia 620. The product design chief was speaking at the LeWeb conference taking place this week in Paris. The phone is smaller (and cheaper) than other Windows Phone 8 Lumia devices — with a 3.8 inch screen, 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor and Nokia’s ClearBlack display to… → Read More
You know times are tough when you have to sell the HQ and rent it back to raise a little capital. Well that’s exactly what the once mighty mobile maker Nokia is doing. The company has just announced that it intends to sell its Espoo, Finland, headquarters to Finland-based Exilion, and rent it back on a long-term lease. → Read More
Nokia has added another two models to its Asha range of Series 40 phones: the Asha 205, and a dual-SIM variant, both due to launch in Q4 with a price-tag in the $60 region. The Qwerty, non-touch handsets have a dedicated Facebook button on the front — for jumping straight to your social network profile. Also on board: a speedy Bluetooth sharing system called Slam. → Read More
Nokia has recently made efforts to distinguish its smartphones with advanced photographic capabilities, introducing the PureView 808 with a 41MP rear camera. Now, Nokia’s long-time head of imaging and photography Damian Dinning, who has been with the company since 2004, is confirmed to be departing as of November 30. Dinning was also said to have had a key role in Windows Phone imaging software. → Read More
Nokia has just announced it’s completed the acquisition of earthmine, a 3D street-level imaging specialist. Nokia has previously said it plans to use earthmine’s technology to bolster its digital mapping service — with the earthmine team joining Nokia’s Location and Commerce business division. Terms of the acquisition have not been announced. → Read More
Nokia has released Here, its newly rebranded mapping application, for iOS devices. The app is universal, so it works on both iPhone and iPad, and it’s free. Users of Nokia’s Windows Phone devices may find the experience familiar, as it includes similar features like nearby places discovery, but there are also crucial components like transit direction that aren’t present in Apple’s own… → Read More
Apple devices benefit from a huge, rich accessory ecosystem that means device owners can get stuff for their gear anywhere. A similar ecosystem is beginning to build up around the top devices from Android OEMs, but it still has nowhere near the reach and depth of Apple’s, and the market for Windows Phone 8 accessories is just getting started. And neither Google nor Nokia are helping things much. → Read More
Nokia is running ads in Europe for its Windows Phone 8 devices that are emblazoned with the legend ‘everyone loves a comeback’. But with Google’s Android OS now the undisputed champion of a market Nokia once dominated, the company has got its work cut out to turn things around. Can it battle back? Nokia’s VP of Western Europe, Conor Pierce, is talking tough. → Read More
Nokia today announced its plan to debut Here, the rebranded, enhanced version of Nokia Maps, on the iOS platform pending Apple’s approval. It will be available as a free download, according to a Nokia press release, and feature offline modes, voice-guided walking directions and transit directions, some of which aren’t present in Apple’s native Maps app. And I think Apple will welcome it. → Read More
Nokia today is taking some big steps to upgrade its Maps division, starting with a big rebrand as Here. To beef up the service, today Nokia also announced that it has acquired earthmine, a specialist in 3D street-level imaging, based out of Berkeley. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. → Read More
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