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Nokia: 2 million Lumia Devices Sold to Date, Despite “Disappointing” Q1
Nokia on Wednesday lowered its first quarter 2012 guidance for its Devices and Services group and noted disappointing estimated financial results from the division. Nokia also confirmed that it has already sold 2 million units of its Lumia-branded smartphones, however, and that momentum is expected to grow during the quarter. “Our disappointing Devices & Services
Nokia Announces Lumia 800C, 610C Smartphones With CDMA Connectivity
Nokia has added another two handsets to its Lumia smartphone lineup this morning. The Lumia 800C and the Lumia 610C are the Finnish firm’s first Windows Phone handsets to offer CDMA connectivity, and they’ll be making their debut in China on China Telecom from next month. As their names suggest, both devices are CDMA variants
Nokia Design Chief Spends Third Of His Time Developing New Tablet
We’re already confident that a Nokia tablet will be arriving in the not-so-distant future. After all, the Finnish company has dropped plenty of hints about it. But just in case you needed confirmation, its design chief, Marko Ahtisaari, told Finnish magazine Kauppalehti Optio that hei is “working on it.” Kauppalehti Optio said that about a third of Ahtisarri’s
Nokia ‘Likely’ to Launch 10-Inch Windows 8 Tablet With Dual-Core CPU This Year
Nokia’s partnership with Microsoft will see the Finnish company expand into Window 8 tablets later this year, according to a DigiTimes report citing “upstream component suppliers,” with a 10-inch device powered by a dual-core Qualcomm processor scheduled for release during the fourth quarter. The move will see Nokia joining Microsoft’s Windows on ARM camp, which
Bing Maps Will Soon Feature Nokia Branding On All Smartphones
If you frequently use Bing Maps on your smartphone for personal navigation, then you’ll soon begin seeing Nokia’s name an awful lot. Whether you’re using a BlackBerry, iPhone, or Android handset, load up a map provided by Bing and you’ll get Nokia branding. Nokia’s CEO, Stephen Elop, explained to Pocket-lint during an interview at CES that
Leaked Developer Newsletter Reveals Lumia 900 Coming in March
Product reveals came fast and furious at CES 2012, but about the only thing missing from these announcements were proper release date details. Most companies gave the vague “upcoming months” statement, leaving tech geeks like us a bit high and dry. Luckily there’s this thing called the Internet, which is prime stomping ground for leaks
Nokia’s Windows Phone Devices Unlikely to Gain Market Traction
Expectations were always high for Nokia’s next round of handsets. Ever since the company partnered with Microsoft, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop promised great things were ahead for the Finnish-based company, and we enthusiastically agreed in our early review. Unfortunately, not everyone is as optimistic about the company’s future. According to the New York Times, James
Nokia Wants to Undercut its Windows Phone Rivals
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said on Wednesday the Finnish-based company plans on undercutting Windows Phone rivals – e.g. Samsung, HTC – to try and gain a foothold in the market. To accomplish this, the company, who just released two Windows Phone models (one of which we reviewed), is pricing their phones lower than the competition.
Nokia to Launch Windows 8 Tablet in June 2012, High-End Lumia Coming Soon
Nokia’s first Windows Phone handset, the Lumia 800, began its launch today, hitting stores in the U.K. as well as other outlets in its initial launch territories around the world. However, the Finnish company already has an even better Lumia up its sleeve. Paul Amsellem, general manager of the company’s French division, told the French newspaper
Nokia Lumia 800 Review – A Beautiful Start for Nokia and Microsoft (video)
Nokia is putting a lot on the line with the release of the Lumia 800. Running Windows Phone 7.5, the device is something Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop hopes will revive the company’s reputation as one of the top phone manufacturers in the world. Now that it’s here, is it a step in the right direction?
Nokia Lumia 800 Unboxing (video)
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop promised we’d see a Windows Phone before year’s end, and he’s kept his end of the bargain; the Mango equipped device has arrived at the TechnoBuffalo office and, as big fans of Windows Phone, we’re excited to see what Nokia has concocted. Are Nokia’s glory days well behind the company? Unlikely, but
Three Things Nokia is Doing Better Than RIM
Several months ago, both Nokia and RIM were in the middle of crisis. Both were vilified for being slow to react to the ever-dynamic world of smartphones. Espoo, Finland–based Nokia, led by newly hired CEO Stephen Elop, was abandoning its next generation (burning) platform Meego in order to hitch their wagon to an ostensibly weak
Nokia CEO Promises First Windows Based Phones This Quarter
With the announcement of an iPhone 4S hitting October 14th and a huge number of Android devices expected to hit during the holiday season, devices running Windows are falling further and further out of public consciousness. That’s not stopping Nokia CEO Stephen Elop from voicing his confidence in the OS. Speaking at a technology fair, Elop
Nokia’s First Windows Phone 7 Device Shown Off in Video
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop was speaking to a gathering of people somewhere (we’re not quite sure where) when he decided to show off a top secret device. He asked everyone to put away their cameras before he showed it, and of course everyone complied. Well, except for someone who kept video rolling the entire time
Nokia CEO Refers To Company Being On A “Burning Platform”
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has apparently lost a lot of faith in his own company, and has told employees they are standing on a “burning platform”. While Nokia has never enjoyed much success in the United States, it has been the biggest cell phone company in the world just about everywhere else for years. It’s
























