This ultra short update about Nokia hit the wire yesterday: The world’s largest cellphone maker Nokia will cut globally 100 strategy jobs out of a total 330 jobs across its operations, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday. That’s 30% of the strategy team. Gone. Blink of an eye. Change is in the air.
Nokia launches their first dual SIM capable mobile phones: C1, C2, plus two more low end devices
Say what you will about Nokia’s smartphone strategy, and how much damage the N97 and N900 have done to the Finnish brand, because when it comes to the low end market, no one compares. Nokia is all about connecting the next billion, and a feature that those next billion people in emerging markets have been…
Nokia’s Romanian plant to start assembling smartphones
Nokia Romania’s new director, Risto Meskus, has said that the local handset factory is preparing to move from basic phone assembly to more complex smartphones. He went on to add that the time was right for such a migration up the value chain. However, Meskus hasn’t revealed which smartphones exactly the Romanian plant will be…
How many N900 units has Nokia sold?
Well, there’s some confusion about how many Nokia N900 units the world’s largest handset maker has sold, as a report from Gartner indicated the company’s flagship device has only sold 100,000 units in the first five months. If true, this could be a disaster for Nokia as it tries to battle Apple, Research In Motion…
First Symbian 3 smartphone won’t be Nokia N8, launching from ‘Asian vendor’ in 2010
Nokia has been having a hard time keeping up with snazzy new smartphones powered by the iPhone OS and Google’s Android mobile operating system, but the Finns are looking to rejuvenate their handsets with the launch of Symbian^3 later this year. But, rather than launch Symbian 3 on the Nokia N8, as has been expected,…
Nokia Messaging Beta for IM updated for touch-based devices
Nokia released a new beta version of Nokia Messaging for IM for touch-enabled devices like the Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 mini. The application is apparently fully redesigned to make getting around easier than ever — according to the “official blog post,” you should be able to accomplish key actions with one touch (or just…
Bell Launches the Nokia 7230
The Nokia 7230 has arrived on Bell. The device is an entry level vertical slider, and is available right now in Black and Pink from big blue. Pricing starts at $29.95 on a 3-year contract, and goes up to $79.95 on a 2-year, $129.95 on a 1-year and $149.95 outright. Features of the Bell Nokia…
Nokia, Opera side with Adobe in Flash debate
Apple’s war on Flash just got more exciting, as big mobile players Nokia and Opera have publicly sided with Adobe. Both of these companies hold a lot of weight in the mobile space, as Nokia is still the largest handset maker in the world by a wide margin and Opera’s mobile browsers are on millions…
Nokia X6 hitting South Korea in June
After the Nokia 6210s and Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, another handset made by the Finnish giant is entering the ever competitive mobile phone market of South Korea. The device I’m talking about is the X6, which is arguably the single most desired Symbian S60 smartphone on the market today — actually, that’s the single most touch-enabled…
Video: Nokia shows off the N8 and in the process cements my earlier decision to switch to Android
Nokia has recorded 3 videos showing off the Nokia N8. They’ve made only 1 available today and promise to make the other 2 available next week, which is a classic move done by people in the press world to get readers to come back to your site. Nokia isn’t press however, which makes me wonder…