Nokia is getting pretty serious about offering services to the consumer, but are they actually considering competing with Google? Taptu CEO Steve Ives, former VP of Business Development of Qualcomm Europe, went to Nokia House in Finland on September 11th to talk about their product: Taptu is a new search engine, focused on providing the…
3 UK refuses to sell Nokia N81 due to built in music store
First it was Orange and now it is 3, the operators are making their voices heard. They don’t want to let go of their income. Will Nokia step up their advertising and try to push consumers to buy unlocked handsets? [Via: Talk 3G]
Why should the big boys be afraid of the Google Phone?
This post is entirely speculation on my part, I don’t have any inside information and you shouldn’t listen to people who say they do either. The Google Phone, it might be an operating system, it may be an actual device or series of devices, whatever it is I know that if Google gives this thing…
Why Ovi will not be dead by Christmas
When it comes to writing about Nokia I’m practically a corporate cheerleader, hell I even moved to Helsinki to see if I can join the borg. On the other end of that spectrum there is Andrew Orlowski who seems to enjoy slamming everything Nokia has done recently. In the world of telecom it is absolutely…
Ovi: Nokia’s first step thru a door that leads to a strange new world
The image above of Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo standing in front of a room full of press proclaiming that devices are not enough is a sight that sent shivers down my spine. When you take into consideration how the company has made revenue for the past two decades, on mobile devices, you realize that the…
Nokia Board Member Daniel Hesse: Over the air music downloads are not desirable
Sideloading, the act of dumping content from your computer to your mobile device, will be the key in iPhone’s success according to Daniel Hesse. His statement directly contradicts an article on textually yesterday that states Nokia and a few other handset makers invested in a service called “MusicStation” which is basically an OTA music store.…
Rumor: Nokia to relaunch their web portal within the next week
While I was in Chicago for the Evening with S60 Party, the question of “What can Nokia do to improve its USA presence?” was asked several times. People kept bringing up the fact that NokiaUSA.com sucks, not just a little, it sucks hard. A little birdie just told me that a relaunch is due within…