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WP: App Updates Galore, Facebook ‘Fakes’ Removed
SOFTWARE NEWS
The Windows Phone platform had a busy start this week, with two of the foursquare and YouTube getting a major overhaul in new versions.
On 5/8/2013 by Denis Jelec... Comments (0) Read more
Nokia Lumia 920 is Now The Most Used Windows Phone Device
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE NEWS
Nokia continues to have a complete dominance of the Windows Phone platform, while their model Lumia 920 becomes the most used Windows Phone device in the world.
On 4/10/2013 by Denis Jelec... Comments (0) Read more

Qualcomm's Hackathon Yields New Apps, Cash Prizes
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE NEWS
In a run-up to UPLINQ, Qualcomm's annual developer conference - the company organized a Hackathon, competition between developers which resulted with rich cash prizes, in excess of $25,000.
On 6/27/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Nokia Lumia 710, The Windows Phone that Could Change It All
HARDWARE REVIEWS
We take a look at the Nokia Lumia 710 as well as Windows Phone as a mainstream consumer level device.
On 4/6/2012 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more

Microsoft Windows Phone Doesn't Support Dual-Core CPU to Protect Nokia?
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
In Windows Phone 7.5, Microsoft originally wanted to integrate support for dual-core CPUs, but opted to not do so in order to provide Nokia a competitive advantage, since the maker will launch a dual-core phone in Feb 2012.
On 11/25/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
Microsoft to Scale Windows 8 Down to Smartphone Level
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE NEWS
At the Annual Shareholder's meeting, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft went in his typical emotional form and stated that the company will scale down Windows 8 to smartphone level.
On 11/16/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Nokia Launches Two Windows Mobile Phones, Lumia 710 and 800
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
On the first day of Nokia World 2011 taking place in London, the controversial CEO of Nokia introduced the first two Windows Phone based smartphones: Lumia 710 and Lumia 800.
On 10/26/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Nokia Folds: 15 Years After Inventing Smartphone, The King is Toppled
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
15 years after inventing the smartphone in 1996 with the iconic but outrageously expensive Nokia 9000 Communicator, we have now seen a moment in history: The king has been toppled.
On 7/21/2011 by Tomi Ahonen... Comments (0) Read more

Wanna be the CEO of NOKIA? Take the Simple Quiz
BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Take the CEO Quiz: Could you be the new CEO of Nokia? We understand that the Nokia Board of Directors uses a very complex quiz to test out its potential CEOs. Check it here...
On 7/5/2011 by Tomi Ahonen... Comments (0) Read more
How to Stop Nokia Channel Boycott And Save The Company
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Ok. Let's try to save Nokia. What should Nokia do?
On 6/15/2011 by Tomi Ahonen... Comments (0) Read more

Ecosystem 1-on-1 and Stephen Elop's Alternate Universe at Nokia
SOFTWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Continuing with our "What's going on in Nokia" series, we now examine how Nokia's own ecosystem is reacting to decision to join anti-dev friendly ecosystem called Windows Phone 7.
On 6/8/2011 by Tomi Ahonen... Comments (0) Read more
NVIDIA PhysX 3.0 Expands to Smartphones, Tablets
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE NEWS
On E3 2011, NVIDIA introduced PhysX 3.0 SDK, spreading the support for its popular in-game physics API to tablets and smartphones.
On 6/7/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Nokia 2011 Analysis: The Heart has Stopped
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
The Patient Heart Has Stopped. Now the Doctor 'helps' by starting to strangle the patient too (read: Stephen Elop's incompetence).
On 6/7/2011 by Tomi Ahonen... Comments (0) Read more
Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop Gives Keynote at Qualcomm's UPLINQ Day 2
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Stephen Elop today gave a keynote about Nokia and its partnership with Qualcomm and the Developer ecosystem.
On 6/2/2011 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more

UPDATE: Nokia's Windows Phone 7 Strategy Unveiled
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Several days ago, we reported that Nokia could skip Windows Phone 7 entirely and jump on the bandwagon with a successor release dubbed Windows Phone 8 said to be released sometime in 2012.
On 5/31/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
ANALYSIS: Who's Who in Smartphone Business in 1Q 2011?
BUSINESS ANALYSIS
We finally have the numbers for all four major analyst houses. As always, we calculated the average of their totals to find the quarterly total smartphone sales - which came to 101.2 million, a 2% QoQ growth.
On 5/27/2011 by Tomi Ahonen... Comments (0) Read more

UPDATE: Major Outage Hits Skype
BUSINESS NEWS
At 11:22AM GMT/UTC today a major Skype outage hit the internet community all over the world. People from around the planet reported on social networks, and Skype applications were simply crashing.
On 5/26/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
Microsoft Previews "Mango", Windows Phone 7.5 Update
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE NEWS
Microsoft previewed a major update to their Windows Phone 7 OS codenamed "Mango". Mango contains 500 new features and will be rolled out in the coming fall on new devices and as a free update for Windows Phone 7 users.
On 5/25/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

Microsoft to Buy Skype for $8.5 Billion: Nokia & Facebook the Biggest Winners?
SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
By the time you're reading this, Microsoft is expected to announce buying Skype S.a r L., a Luxembourg-based company for a grand total of $8.5 billion, acquiring all of Skype's debt in the process.
On 5/10/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Stephen Elop's "Burn Boats" Strategy is a Cortez Move for Nokia
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Last week, Nokia announced that 7,000 jobs would be cut from the handsets side of Nokia, saving the company about one Billion dollars in salary costs.
On 5/5/2011 by Tomi Ahonen... Comments (0) Read more

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