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Samsung is known for its big marketing budget, but that hasn’t deterred Nokia from trying to compete on a smaller scale. This friendly competition between the two handset manufacturers was spotted recently overseas by a UK Mobile Review reader. The unnamed reader was walking by a billboard advertisement for Samsung’s Galaxy S4 zoom and noticed…
HTC 8X owners may’ve looked at Nokia’s exclusive Windows Phone software with a dose of lust. And anger. I mean if Nokia can make a better camera software, why couldn’t HTC do the same? After all, they’re already doing it on their Android smartphones. Luckily, one savvy hacker managed to port the Nokia Pro Camera…
Steve Ballmer sent out a letter to Microsoft employees detailing the acquisition of Nokia’s device and services division. Ballmer confirmed that Nokia CEO Stephen Elop will return to Microsoft and will lead an expanded Devices team. This team will include most of the teams coming over from Nokia as well as all of Microsoft’s Devices and…
The bottom line of the Nokia Microsoft acquisition is the EUR 5.44 billion that’ll exchange hands as part of the deal. Like most acquisitions, there are a lot more numbers under surface that explain why Microsoft decided to start the merger process now. John Paczkowski of AllThingsD has a nice rundown of the numbers behind…
Nokia and Microsoft jointly announced that the Redmond company will acquire the Finnish handset maker for EUR 5.44 billion ($7.17 billion USD). As part of the transaction, Nokia will sell all of its Devices & Services business as well as license its patents to Microsoft for EUR 5.44 billion in cash. Microsoft is paying 3.70…
Nokia Canada has tweeted the sweet(ed) news, saying that the hot-new Lumia 1020 is coming to two of the country’s largest operators, Rogers and TELUS. In addition, they said the device will also be available from Black’s which is a retail chain owned by TELUS. Unfortunately, the Finns haven’t shared any dates leaving us wondering…
Nokia unveiled HERE Auto embedded in-dash navigation system and HERE Auto Companion app both of which are designed to offer a “complete location experience” that assists drivers when they plan their journey, while driving and when they approach their destination. The planning phase can be conducted either online at here.com or from a smartphone. The…
Nokia’s been rumored to be developing a Windows Phone 8 phablet, and a photo leaked today shows the device in all of its glory. The Nokia phablet, previously known as the ‘Bandit’ has a new name, the Lumia 1520. Previous reports have pointed to the device touting a 6-inch 1080p display and a quad-core Qualcomm…
Nokia a new member of its feature phone family of devices – Nokia 515. It’s a fancy device made out of premium materials (like sandblasted aluminum and hardened polycarbonate), while offering quite a bang for the buck. Specs wise, the Nokia 515 comes with a Gorilla Glass 2-protected 2.4-inch QVGA screen, HSDPA connectivity, Bluetooth 3.0,…
Nokia is about to embrace the Windows RT platform with a new tablet codenamed Sirius. We saw some spy shots of the device earlier this month, and now The Verge was able to get their hands on some of the details surrounding this mystery tablet. According to The Verge, the tablet will have the following…