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Nokia chief says Windows 8 tablets are an interesting opportunity

Published on: 9th November, 2011

Stephen Elop, Nokia’s CEO, said, during an interview at Nokia World, that a Windows 8 tablet would be well received. He did not comment his company’s strategy but told the Financial Times that Microsoft’s desktop operating system was an “interesting opportunity”. Both the new Lumia phones and Windows 8 share the same basic tile-based interface [...]

Nokia executive hints Windows Phone 8 to appear in mid-2012

Published on: 8th November, 2011

Windows Phone 8, dubbed Appolo, is the next major build supposed to arrive in the middle of next year, as Michael Halbherr, Nokia’s Vice President of Location and Commerce told to Engadget. The new product will offer a series of improvements compared to Windows Phone 7.5 Mango current version. He also said that the new [...]

Microsoft and Nokia to give out 25K Windows Phones for developers

Published on: 8th November, 2011

At Nokia World conference, Microsoft and Nokia have launched a program meant to encourage developers to write applications for Windows Phone devices. They have combined their forces to provide developers with Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phones. Developers willing to write applications for the Microsoft platform would receive about 25,000 such devices. The Lumia 800, also [...]

Nokia supposed to pay application writers for Windows Phone support

Published on: 25th October, 2011

Nokia is thought to take a cue from Microsoft and pay developers with the intention of supporting Windows Phone. It seems that developer teams are getting cash incentives as well as extra perks in return of accepting to write applications, says CNN. The bonuses might include the gem and are preloaded on Nokia Phones or [...]

Nokia 700 and 701 start shipping with Symbian Belle

Published on: 29th September, 2011

A recent post on Twitter shows that Nokia is now shipping the 700 and 701 smartphones with its Symbian Belle operating system. The devices were first announced in August, but did not get regional availability and pricing immediately. The most probable focus would be on Europe and Asia, while North American sales would only be [...]

Nokia will rebrand its Ovi online services

Published on: 2nd July, 2011

The Finnish company has announced the rebranding of all its Ovi online services. They would be rebranded as Nokia services as a part of the transition expected to continue through all 2012. The new branding will probably show on new devices that would be sold starting with July and August. Existing devices will receive new [...]

Pink Nokia N8 and Symbian Anna update to come

Published on: 12th May, 2011

A pink version of Nokia’s flagship phone has been announced. The handset will come with the Symbian Anna update preloaded, at about the same moment as other Nokia N8 users will see the update available. With a new external look and an updated operating system, the phone will keep the same hardware as the original [...]

Nokia Ovi Store at five million downloads per day

Published on: 18th April, 2011

Nokia recently celebrated a daily rate of five million downloads on its Ovi Store. It has grown about eight times compared to the past year as offerings downloaded from the online storefront by owners of Symbian-powered smartphones. This milestone is important for the company, as it more than doubled the November three million downloads per [...]

Nokia expected to slash up about 6,000 research jobs

Published on: 18th April, 2011

According to Pro, the Finnish office worker union, Nokia is expected to cut about 38 percent of all of its research and development jobs. This means almost 6,000 employees and Forbes believes that the restructuring will be officially announced before the end of April. The phone manufacturer doesn’t need anymore the staff because it has [...]

Ovi Mail of Nokia to switch over to Yahoo

Published on: 13th April, 2011

Nokia a few days ago began a switchover to Yahoo in order to power its e-mail service Ovi Mail. The company promised new features for the users, including chat in browser. They will also be allowed to log into some other Yahoo services such as News of Finance while using their Chat or Mail Yahoo [...]

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