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Nokia just issued a press release hilariously titled “Nokia continues to align its workforce and operations“. They waste the first 9 paragraphs patting themselves on the back for the new strategy they’re taking now that Stephen Elop is at the helm before finally getting to the point. Nokia’s factory in Romania will be shut down…
According to “people familiar with the matter”, which is hands down the fanciest way to describe an anonymous tipster, Nokia is in the process of developing a brand spanking new mobile operating system called Meltemi. The project is being led by Mary McDowell, Head of Nokia Mobile Phones, it’ll be based on Linux, and it’s…
After three long years of being the most trusted brand in India, Nokia has slipped to 5th place. Some might ask why did it take so long for them to lose their pole position in light of all the competition from low cost Android devices? Consider that Nokia makes devices that are actually cheap enough…
The day every MeeGo fan in the world waited for has come with Nokia starting to ship its first and only MeeGo-powered device for the mass market – N9. Among the countries that will get to try out the fancy smartphone are Australia, Mexico and most parts of Europe and Asia. As far as we…
An analyst by the name of Scott Moritz says that sources are telling him that Nokia’s first Windows Phones are having some issues getting out the door, and that we’re not going to see any Nokia Windows Phones sold until 2012. Doug Dawson, a Nokia spokesperson, quickly jumped on the rumor and started humming the…
Earlier this year, in June, we reported that Richard Green, who has been Nokia’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) since May 2010, decided to take a leave of absence citing “personal reasons”. Today Nokia has made it official that he’s leaving the company effective immediately. His replacement is Henry Tirri, who has been with Nokia since…
There’s a saying that goes something like “loose lips sink ships”. It was born during World War II when paranoia about the enemy was running high and it basically told soldiers to keep their traps shut whenever they’re talking in public. Joe Marini, who was the principal program manager for the Windows Phone web team,…
It’s been a wild ride. At some point, we questioned whether Nokia will manage to launch its Windows Phone devices by the end of the year. Then finally we’ve heard Compal will make 2 million phones for the Finnish company only to have Stephen Elop confirming the news few days afterwards – the first Nokia…
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed what we all already know and what he’s actually said before: Windows Phone 7 isn’t selling well about a year after its introduction. “We haven’t sold quite as many as I would have liked in the first year,” Ballmer said, speaking at the company’s financial analyst meeting,” Ballmer told a…
Remember in 2010 when Apple got a lot of heat for the Foxconn suicides? Some argued that the working conditions Foxconn put their employees through caused them to take their lives, meaning Foxconn is to blame for the deaths, not Apple. That’s debatable, especially since Apple is known to inspect each and every part of…