Ow. Despite being king of the mobile hill, Nokia has taken a rough financial blow this quarter, reporting earnings per share were down to 0.03 Euros, a 90.3% drop from the same time last year and 80% drop since last quarter. The net sales themselves are down 24% since last year, while operating profit is…
Nokia reports that its Nokia Life Tools pilot was a success in India
Nokia was all proud to announce that its Nokia Life Tools pilot was a success. Launched in December 2008 in Maharashtra, India — with services in Agriculture, Learn English, General Knowledge and Astrology — the program offered buyers of the Nokia 2600 classic or the Nokia 1680 classic the option to purchase subscriptions to the…
Telefonica, Nokia team-up to mobilize education in Latin America
Telefonica and Nokia have signed a strategic agreement to bring educational content to remote schools in Latin America using mobile technology. The agreement goes in line with Telefonica Foundation’s “Proniño” and “Educared” social programs, as well as Nokia’s ongoing work to harness the power of mobile technology for social development. The first implementation is planned…
Nokia hasn’t sold 13 million 5800 XpressMusic devices!
Yesterday, many blogs reported that Nokia has sold 13 million 5800 XpressMusic devices. Apparently, they picked that number from Forum Nokia North America’s, who said that the number was reached in April this year. He meant to say the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic, instead – the device which is on the market since 2007. From Nokia…
Nokia Easy Meet Provides Mobile Collaboration
Have I mentioned lately how much I love Nokia Beta Labs? Their latest experiment is called Easy Meet, which allows you to collaborate with peers on the web or mobile without needing to download any software whatsoever. You can set up the meeting right on your phone and shoot out invites via SMS or e-mail,…
France Telecom takes control of Senegal’s Sonatel
France Telecom acquired an additional 9.87% stake of the Senegal-based Sonatel, taking its ownership to 52.2%. Upon the completion of the transaction, the Senegalese government will remain Sonatel’s second biggest shareholder with 17.28% share. Originally, France Telecom invested in the landline and mobile network operator in 1997, and has expanded since to Mali, Guinea and…
Nokia Photo Browser updated to work with non-touch Symbian S60 3rd Edition FP1 and FP2 phones
Remember that cool-looking Nokia Photo Browser for Symbian S60 touch-enabled devices like the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic we covered two weeks ago? Well, the Finnish giant’s Beta labs has updated the application and now it works on non-touch phones as well. Actually, only devices running Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 and 2 are included…
Telefonica brings Nokia Messaging to Spain
Nokia and Telefónica announced an agreement under which the mobile operator will offer Nokia Messaging push email service to its users in Spain. Those not familiar with Nokia Messaging should know the following (from the press release): Nokia Messaging simplifies the mobilization of email. This new solution allows the easy access and use of multiple…
Nokia QWERTY-Swiveler Coming to Verizon?
BGR has it on good authority from one of their ‘ninjas’ that Nokia is working hard to launch a rotating/swiveling QWERTY device on Verizon for July or August. Not very much is known at this point, other than the fact that the OS to come preloaded on the ‘Swiveler’ is S40… Boo-urns. The image above…
Nokia N86 8MP cloned even before it was released
Chinese handset makers cloners are getting faster with the day. Even though the Nokia N86 8MP has not been officially released, they’ve managed to clone it. The newly created device, called NCKIA N86E, is almost identical to Nokia’s original handset, although quite uglier. Specs wise — in case you care to know — there’s a…