Posts Tagged ‘Nokia’

Symbian open for Business

April 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

While Nokia invested a lot in letting Symbian go open source under the Symbian Foundation, it seems the giant has changed it’s plans now it bought Symbian back. From now on, clients have to pay again.

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IDC: Windows Phone 7 Second Largest Platform by 2015

March 29th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to new research from IDC, Windows Phone 7 seems to have potential to become the second largest mobile operating system by 2015. Android will have the lead in that year.

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Three Updates for Symbian in 2011

March 10th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Though Nokia has been reported to be sacking part of it’s Symbian developers, the vendor announced that it still expects to roll out three updates for the Symbian platform in 2011.

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Nokia Sells Off QT

March 8th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: QT | No Comments »

The once proud parent of QT has now announced it will be selling the development platform to Digia. The transfer of ownership should be happening along this month.

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Nokia Replaces US President

February 13th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Nokia’s US president Mark Louison has immediately been replaced by Chris Weber. The interesting about this news is that Chris, just like Elop, is a former Microsoft vet.

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Nokia’s Shares Sink 13.28%

February 11th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Nokia had a lot of news today as the company is not only cooperating with Microsoft on Windows Phone 7, but it it also splitting up in two business units. Investors responded to the news.

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Nokia: No QT on Windows Phone 7

February 11th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: QT | No Comments »

Though Nokia always said QT is their way to bridge development on their mobile platforms, Nokia now confirms the deal with Microsoft will not involve that bit of technology.

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The Future for Nokia’s Smartphone Business

February 11th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Nokia will be split up in new business units in order to leverage the overall performance of the company. The main unit will be Smart Devices led by Jo Harlow.

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Windows Phone 7 Principal OS for Nokia

February 11th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Nokia and Microsoft just announced a strategic partnership in which Windows Phone 7 will become the principal smartphone OS for Nokia. Nokia is the first European device vendor to join Microsoft.

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Ovi Store Ads QT and Arabic Support for Symbian^3 Devices

February 9th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: QT, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Sometimes you stumble across things that sound pretty logical, yet they seem to come late. One of those things is Nokia’s announcement that the Ovi Store will finally support Arabic on Symbian^3 devices.