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ITC’s verdict: Apple did not infringe on five Nokia patents

Published on: 28th March, 2011

It seems Apple has recently won a historical victory against Nokia, as an International Trade Commission judge declared that Apple did not violate any of the five Nokia patents levelled against it in December 2009. The Finnish company had claimed that the iPod, iPhone and Macs had copied its wireless technology. The decision made by [...]

Stephen Elop, Nokia’s new CEO -$6 million paid to jump from Microsoft

Published on: 16th March, 2011

According to a Nokia just-filed 20-F form (PDF) filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the company’s successful head-hunt of Stephen Elop, Microsoft executive, as the new CEO in September 2010 will most certainly cost more than $6 million. This breakdown includes about 2.3 million euros (about $3.18 million) which was paid in October, [...]

Nokia says Microsoft deal conditioned by very low-price Windows Phone devices

Published on: 23rd February, 2011

Stephen Elop, recently installed CEO at Nokia, at a Finnish press event, said that a condition of the Microsoft deal was to develop ultra-budget Windows Phone devices. Before making the switch, Nokia had to be convinced that it could hit a “very low price point” in a short time. Although he did not provide a [...]

Nokia’s huge restructuring plan excludes Android

Published on: 20th February, 2011

Nokia plans a series of major changes in the organization as part of shifting to Windows Phone. Jo Harlow leads now the Smart Devices group, which would handle Symbian and MeeGo as well as Windows Phone. Mary McDowell is now the head of the Mobile Phones group, which is handling basic feature phones. Nokia’s Markets [...]

Nokia to switch to Windows Phone

Published on: 20th February, 2011

During its recent financial meeting, Nokia confirmed to have concluded a historic deal with Microsoft. The Finnish phone maker is supposed to switch to Windows Phone in return for important deals. Nokia will have Windows Phone as the principal smartphone strategy in the future, which also means using Xbox Live and mobile Office. Bing will [...]

Nokia’s E6 leaked, E7 shipping

Published on: 12th February, 2011

Nokia has begun to ship the E7, its second true modern flagship, Symbian-based. The QWERTY slider, coming after a long delay, has been designed for both work and home. It has a four-inch OLED equipped with ClearBlack and with a resolution of 640×360, an eight-megapixel camera capable of handling 720-pixel videos and pro features like [...]

Nokia sues Apple in Netherlands, Germany and UK again

Published on: 23rd December, 2010

Nokia refused to back off in its dispute with Apple over some patents and sued the American firm in the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. The complaints in The Hague, Düsseldorf and London accuse Apple of violation of 13 extra patents added to the other 24 already invoked in the United States complaints. This [...]

About three million downloads daily for Nokia’s Ovi Store, but still not enough

Published on: 24th November, 2010

Nokia recently claimed that its Ovi Store had already reached the symbolic milestone of three million daily downloads. This new rate marks a significant increase from 2.3 million downloads per day in October. Around 165 million users have accessed the store so far. Nokia emphasized that most visits have been active, since ninety percent had [...]

India cancels threat of ban on BlackBerry with conditions

Published on: 3rd November, 2010

The federal home ministry of India recently said that his country would avoid a service ban for BlackBerry phones after Research in Motion had developed a provisory arrangement to make possible for the Indian government to spy on messages. The lift of the threat arrived after RIM promised that India could intercept conversations on BlackBerry [...]

iPhone jumps over BlackBerry for second place in smartphones

Published on: 31st October, 2010

The 14.1 million iPhones sold by Apple made it jump over the BlackBerry’s market share, as Strategy Analytics say. The total of 77.1 million smartphones shipped in the summer helped the iPhone to leap to 18.3 percent of the whole market and pushed Research in Motion down to third place, with 12.1 million phones and [...]

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