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Nokia to cut 3,500 more jobs by the end of 2011
- Nokia has announced plans to cut 3,500 additional jobs in an effort to streamline production and prepare for their collaboration with Microsoft. These latest cuts are in addition to the 7,000 jobs that were slashed earlier this year.
Intel, Samsung to develop mobile platform codenamed Tizen
- Intel has partnered with Samsung to develop a new mobile platform codenamed Tizen. The project is expected to find a home on smartphones, tablets and netbooks as well as embedded products like smart TVs and in-vehicle entertainment systems, says Ars…
Asus' MeeGo-based Eee PC X101 hits e-tailers for $200
- First announced at Computex, Asus is preparing to shove its latest mini-notebook out of the gates with units already available for preorder through online retailer including Amazon. Netbooks have undoubtedly lost ground to tablets, but major vendors seem agree that…
Intel says it's 'still committed' to MeeGo
- HP's webOS is not the only mobile operating system with an uncertain future. According to an article published by DigiTimes over the weekend, Intel intends to temporarily halt development of its MeeGo OS "due to lack of enthusiasm for the…
WP7 Mango to challenge iPhone and Android with Sept. 1 launch?
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Windows Phone 7 is scheduled for an operating system refresh on September 1, a strategic date that could help Microsoft’s struggling mobile phone line better compete against Google and Apple’s solid offerings.It is believed that September 1 was selected to coincide...
Nokia changes naming convention for phones: just numbers
- Nokia launched the Nokia 500 this week, featuring a 1GHz processor, changeable back covers, and the Symbian Anna operating system. Since the company is slowly moving to Windows Phone, this phone was hardly worth discussing. What is worth mentioning, however,…
Microsoft, Nokia schedule special event for August 17
- Microsoft and Nokia appear to be preparing a little announcement for August 17, 2011. Both companies sent out an invitation for a joint-event at this month's GamesCom in Cologne, Germany, according to the unwired.
Nokia to slash all phone prices in September
- Nokia plans to slash prices across its entire product line this September in an attempt to bolster sales, according to industry insider Eldar Murtazin, who is known for often accurately reporting inside information pertaining to Nokia and other smartphone vendors.…
First video and pictures: Nokia's first Windows phone
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It's hard to tell if he did this on purpose or if he really did think people would listen to him but either way, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop asked a crowd of people to put away their cameras for the unveiling of something "super confidential."
Nokia announces MeeGo-based N9 smartphone
- Nokia has already decided to put all its weight behind Microsoft's Windows Phone as its primary mobile platform, but today the company has nonetheless announced its first MeeGo-based smartphone. Dubbed Nokia N9, the device comes with a curved unibody design…
Nokia to launch first Windows phones in Europe
- At the 2011 Mobile Telecompaper conference in the Netherlands, Victor Saeijs, Vice President of Nokia Europe, reiterated to attendees that Nokia's first Windows Phone 7 handsets will be launching in Europe later this year. He noted that he was carrying…
Apple settles patent dispute with Nokia, must pay royalties
- Apple has settled a two-year-old legal fight with Nokia over a series of mobile phone related technologies. Exact terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but according to reports they require Apple to make a one-time payment large enough to…
Nokia CEO: Apple created the conditions necessary to create Android
- Nokia CEO Stephen Elop had a keynote at the Open Mobile Summit in London today. He talked about various aspects of the industry, which you can read courtesy of mocoNews.
Rumor: Samsung to buy Nokia
- Samsung Electronics may be considering a purchase of Nokia. The rumor comes from market speculation cited by The Wall Street Journal, though no specific sources were given. Unsurprisingly, both Samsung and Nokia have responded by saying they do not comment…
Nokia's Ovi Maps rumored to replace Microsoft's Bing Maps
- We've known for a while that Nokia's devices and services will soon have their search powered by Bing and their advertising services powered by Microsoft adCenter. We've also known that Nokia's Ovi Maps service would not going away. Instead, there…
Nokia CEO: we're in no hurry to join the tablet market
- Nokia is in no rush to release a tablet. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop was asked by YLE TV in Finland when his company would release a device in the hyped form factor, and here's what he said:
Nokia to cut thousands of jobs, outsource Symbian OS
- Nokia has announced it will be cutting 7,000 jobs worldwide as part of a major restructuring plan as the company phases out Symbian and focuses on Microsoft's Windows Phone. The good news is that the 3,000 employees Nokia had working…
Microsoft, Nokia finally sign definitive agreement for Windows Phone
- Microsoft and Nokia today announced the signing of a definitive agreement regarding their global mobile ecosystem partnership. Two months ago, Nokia announced that it was choosing Microsoft's Windows Phone as its primary smartphone platform but that the two companies still…
LG picks up Meego as Nokia backs away
- LG Electronics is moving to adopt the Linux-based MeeGo operating system after Nokia largely abandoned it, one of the project's leaders said. Apparently Nokia's dominant role in the project had held back other phone makers from adopting the technology.
Rumor: Nokia’s first Windows Phones will be W7, W8
- Eldar Murtazin, an expert on Nokia, claims to know more about Nokia's current Windows Phone plans than anyone else outside the company. He's supposedly gotten an early hands-on with a prototype and tells us that there are two models currently…
HTC passes Nokia in market cap, now at $33.9 billion
- Taiwan-based HTC Corporation has a market capitalization of $33.9 billion. A very impressive figure, but it becomes even more so when you compare this number to two companies that were many times larger than HTC just a few years ago,…
Nokia publishes Symbian source code
- Nokia has made the latest version of the Symbian platform's source code available to its development partners. The Finnish company has been working hard to convert most Symbian Foundation materials into the new framework and has uploaded almost all of…
Nokia begins work on first Windows phones, dismisses Microsoft acquisition rumors
- Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has confirmed that his company has starting working on the first Nokia smartphones powered by Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system. At the same time, he has also denied rumors that Microsoft wants to buy Nokia outright.…
Nokia: switching to Windows Phone will take two years
- Nokia today filed a 200-page 20-F form (PDF) with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It explains a number of new tidbits about Nokia's partnership with Microsoft, including that the transition to Windows Phone will take about two years. ZDNet skimmed…
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