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Video: PR2.0 imminent? Youtube video suggest so!

Video: PR2.0 imminent? Youtube video suggest so!

| May 25, 2011 | 70 Replies

Advertisements Update: Video back up. Cheers Shlomi and Moritz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuDwI7ztJQE -> Officially available now: Anna update Video Well, well, well. Just when you would start to believe PR2.0 or Anna would be months away we just received a tip from Fahoum that it probably won’t be so far away after all. Nokia uploaded some videos […]

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Nokia loses VP of Materials to Sony-Ericsson

Nokia loses VP of Materials to Sony-Ericsson

| May 24, 2011 | 21 Replies

This news just came in via TheNextWeb, Nokia apparantly lost one big asset in the form of Tommi Laine-Ylijoki, the former VP of Materials. What Tommi exactly did at Nokia is probably a bit of a mystery to most of us, however one can guess what his day to day operations consisted of.  As far […]

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EU cancels €22M SYMBEOSE project funding

EU cancels €22M SYMBEOSE project funding

| May 24, 2011 | 27 Replies

Remember that ambitious plan for a big embedded European OS? No? Well it was a project to build an embedded OS for Europe and was to be built by the Symbian foundation. Allaboutphones is now reporting that project has been cancelled, there have been no payments from the EU to the Symbian Foundation and probably […]

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Comedy ‘rumour’ hour: Murtazin to say MS will buy Nokia this year

Comedy ‘rumour’ hour: Murtazin to say MS will buy Nokia this year

| May 16, 2011 | 58 Replies

Thanks to our hawkeyed readers that keep tabs on everything Nokia related and more we received a tip from dietyyli that the ever entertaining Eldar Murtazin tweeted that Microsoft is planning to buy Nokia’s mobile division, this year. When, why and how this all will happen remains a mystery at this time, it’s just another […]

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Nokia losing smartphone homeground to Apple, potentially even more

Nokia losing smartphone homeground to Apple, potentially even more

| May 8, 2011 | 49 Replies

Following up on our recent IDC related articles, here is another one. One that is somewhat troubling to read for Nokia fans. Nokia lost it’s number one position as smartphone vendor in Europe, traditionally one of the strongest markets for Nokia. What do the figures say then? Let’s start with some history and the numbers […]

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WP7: Poor sales?

WP7: Poor sales?

| May 8, 2011 | 51 Replies

There has been a lot of talk about what OS shipped what amount of units and how well or how bad that particular OS did. Symbian was clearly visible in every chart and so was its declining market share. But where was Windows Phone? Is it such a failure that it doesn’t even register on […]

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X7 pre-orders go live in Germany: PR2.0 imminent?

X7 pre-orders go live in Germany: PR2.0 imminent?

| May 6, 2011 | 14 Replies

Adnan just tipped us with the news that the X7 is available for pre-order in Germany right now for a fairly reasonable €459 launch price, give it a month and it is down to €359 through different vendors. All the usual things apply; 680Mhz ARM11 processor 256MB RAM a gorgeous 4 inch screen and lets […]

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IDC: Smartphone sales up by 80%, Nokia still growing

IDC: Smartphone sales up by 80%, Nokia still growing

| May 6, 2011 | 39 Replies

In follow up of our article about the entire mobile phones sales past quarter we can now also see the numbers for the smartphone market. Like expected, the total shipped volume grew by a staggering 80% once again proving that smartphones are becoming exepted. In just a year time we can see just how popular […]

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IDC: Mobile phone sales up by 20%, Nokia losing out.

IDC: Mobile phone sales up by 20%, Nokia losing out.

| May 5, 2011 | 19 Replies

IDC has just published their research of phone sales in the first quarter of this year. The total units shipped grew by nearly 20% compared to the same quarter last year. Biggest winner is Apple with a growth of over 100%, biggest loser is LG with a 10% drop in shipped units. While the numbers […]

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