Struggling Finnish handset giant Nokia unveiled on Thursday its next generation of lower-end mobile smartphones as it seeks to gain traction in a market expected to be worth $40 billion by 2015.
Research firm IDC said more smartphones than “dumb” phones are being made this year, a milestone in a shift that’s putting computing power and Internet access in millions of hands worldwide.
Nokia, once the leader of the mobile phone world, unveiled Monday two new Windows Phone-based Lumia smartphones aimed at the cheaper end of the market.
The launch of the iPhone 5 and the declining popularity of non-smartphones have made Apple the biggest seller of phones in the U.S. for the first time, research firm Strategy Analytics said Friday.
Nokia said on Thursday it will cut up to 300 jobs in a restructuring of its IT organization.
Finnish mobile giant Nokia said on Friday it was withdrawing all its lawsuits against Blackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) after reaching an agreement on patent licensing.
Finnish mobile giant Nokia said on Wednesday it had filed lawsuits in the US, Britain and Canada against Blackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) claiming it has breached patent agreements.
When Finnish electronics giant launched its Lumia line of smartphones, it signaled to the industry that the former world leader in mobile was not yet out of the game now dominated by Asian brands.
Nokia Asha Asha 309s, the newest addition to the Asha Touch range and Nokia’s most affordable capacitive touchscreen devices to-date, are now available in the Philippines, Nokia has announced.
Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia said Monday that it had chosen the second-biggest US operator, Verizon Wireless, to exclusively distribute its new Lumia 822 model when it is launched this autumn.
Beleaguered telecom giant Nokia apologized on Thursday for a video demonstration that led viewers to believe it had been filmed with its new smartphone but was in fact made with other equipment.
Nokia and Motorola revealed new smartphones this week in hopes of generating interest before Apple’s expected announcement of a new iPhone next Wednesday. Nokia’s devices are its first to run the next version of Windows, which will have a lot of catching up in the phone world.
Nokia Corp.’s share price is continuing to fall after the unveiling of the company’s first Windows Phone 8 smartphones failed to impress markets and analysts.
