Christian Louca
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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Symbian’
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
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Android market share to surge over next four years | Wireless – CNET News
Posted: September 9, 2010 in Industry News, Information communications technology, Mobile Handsets, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Phones, Mobile Platforms, Smartphones, Technology, Telecommunications, UncategorizedTags: Android, Apple, Blackberry, IDC, iOS, Smartphones, Symbian, windows mobile, Windows Phone
Posted By ] Lance Whitney The global smartphone market of 2014 could see Android in second place with a 25 percent share, followed by BlackBerry, Apple, and Windows Mobile, according to IDC’s new “Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.” Though annual growth in the hot smartphone market may slow in another four years, certain key players will [...]
STATS – The Smartphone battle for the top continues…Android beating RIM and iPhone OS and catching Symbian..fast!
Posted: July 5, 2010 in Industry News, Information communications technology, Mobile Phones, Mobile Platforms, Mobile Technology, Smartphones, Technology, TelecommunicationsTags: Android, Apple, Blackberry, iphone, Mobile Smartphone Statistics, RIM, Symbian
As iPhone 4 went on sales other manufacturers reported their sales figures. RIM reported sales of Blackberries mounting to 11.2 million. This shows 6% growth from Q1 and have now surged passed the 100 million mark, cumulatively speaking. However, the news gets more interesting from Google who are reportedly selling 160,000 Android devices per day. Annually that would equate [...]
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 [...]
Google and Nokia rise to the app store challenge
Posted: November 30, 2009 in Industry News, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Applications, Mobile Internet, Telecommunications, Trade AssociationsTags: 3G, App store, Apple, Dell, Google, Google Android, iphone, Mobile Data Prices, Nokia, Nokia Ovi, Palm Pre, Sky mobile TV, Symbian, Vodafone 360
The iPhone App Store has redefined how advertisers can communicate with their audience. But with Google and Nokia hot on its heels, Apple cannot rest on its laurels.
