Christian Louca
Stephen Elop backs Windows Phone strategy despite plunges in firm’s share price and forecasts of falling market share
Posts Tagged ‘Nokia’
Nokia chief dismisses Samsung bid rumours
Posted: June 9, 2011 in Handset manufacturers, Industry News, Information communications technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile Handsets, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Technology, Smartphones, TechnologyTags: iphone, Microsoft, Nokia, Open Mobile Summit, Samsung Group, Stephen Elop, Wall Street Journal, Windows Phone 7
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STATS: Consumers keen on m-commerce (75% of 16-24 year olds in favour)
Posted: May 16, 2011 in E-Commerce, Industry News, Information communications technology, M-Commerce, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Payment SolutionsTags: Apple, China, iphone, iTunes, Mobile Commerce Research, mobile commerce stats, mobile payments, Nokia, PayPal, South Korea, United States
NUREMBERG: A majority of consumers around the world are interested in mobile commerce, a trend most pronounced in emerging nations like Brazil and China, a multimarket study has shown. Research firm GfK surveyed 8,603 adults in nine countries – Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Korea, the UK and US – and reported that 62% [...]
Nokia confirms 7,000 job cuts, 3,000 of them to find a new home at Accenture
Posted: April 27, 2011 in Handset manufacturers, Information communications technology, Mobile Handsets, Mobile Industry NewsTags: Accenture, Finland, Handset manufacturers, Nokia, Series 40, Stephen Elop, Symbian, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7
Posted By ] Stefan Nokia has just issued a press release announcing what many have been anticipating since Stephen Elop got on stage and said Windows Phone would become the primary smartphone operating system for the Finnish handset maker going forward. About 7,000 people are going to be leaving Nokia’s payroll in an effort to save 1 billion [...]
Nokia’s CEO search shows need for a sector shake-up | Opinion | New Media Age
Posted: July 22, 2010 in Industry News, Information communications technology, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Applications, Mobile Handsets, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Phones, Smartphones, TechnologyTags: Admob, Android, Apple, Google, Nokia, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Sony Ericsson
Nokia’s hunt for fresh blood in the boardroom is a tacit admission of defeat by the likes of Apple in the smartphone market, but will it require a more wholesale change to be taken seriously by the marketing indsutry?
Nokia Loses Battle for Apps as IPhone, Android Snare Developers
Posted: June 14, 2010 in Industry News, Information communications technology, Media & Entertainment, Mobile Applications, Mobile Handsets, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Internet, Mobile Phones, Mobile Platforms, Mobile Technology, Smartphones, Technology, TelecommunicationsTags: Android, App store, Apple, Blackberry, CSS Insight, Google, iphone, iTunes, mobile statistics, Nokia, Ovi, Research in motion, Symbian
My Comment: What many people overlook here is the iTunes model. Asides for the obvious differences in platform development and handset capabilities, even if Nokia get up to speed they do not have iTunes (it is not just about the developer). So as a user of this demographic, the choice of a phone that comes [...]
Nokia and Yahoo Team Up on Mobile, But Few Care
Posted: May 26, 2010 in Industry News, Information communications technology, Media & Entertainment, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Phones, Mobile Technology, Online, Technology, UncategorizedTags: Nokia, Yahoo
Posted By ] Ryan Singel Nokia and Yahoo — two market leaders struggling to keep up in the U.S. mobile market — joined forces Monday, announcing that Nokia would use its purchase of mapping giant NAVTEQ to power Yahoo’s map and navigation services globally, while Yahoo gets the right to run Mail and Chat for Nokia’s [...]
@GeeknRolla: Why app developers should look beyond the iPhone
Posted: April 21, 2010 in Digital Marketing, Industry News, Information communications technology, Location Based Services, Media & Entertainment, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Applications, Mobile Handsets, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Internet, Mobile Phones, Mobile Technology, Smartphones, Technology, Trade AssociationsTags: Admob, Android, app developers, Apple, Applications, Ewan McLeod, global mobile economy, handset manufacturer statistics, ipad, iphone, mobile handset sale statistics, mobile industry review, mobile internet statistics, Nokia
My comment on the below: Absolutely brilliant! by Patrick Smith on April 20, 2010 Ewan’s Presentation for TechCrunch’s GeeknRolla Mention the phrase “mobile web” to almost anyone and the chances are their mind will turn to Apple’s iPhone and the new-fangled iPad. But Ewan McLeod, editor of Mobile Industry Review, is not one of those people. Here’s the video, [...]
