High Court intellectual property disputes jump
Financial Times
... 3G technology,” he said. “As mobile phones become ‘smarter’, they will incorporate more IP rights. This is likely to support a continued trend in IP litigation. With the recent emergence of high-profile cases such as Nokia v iPhone, thi...
R.I.P. N-Gage: 2003-2009/10
CNET Asia
It was a tumultuous ride that spanned six years. On October 30, 2009, Nokia announced on its N-Gage blog that the gaming platform would no longer be supported by end 2010. On the N-Gage blog post, the Nokia Games team wrote: "Thank you for ...
Speak search terms into Google's app for Nokia
CNET News
Google released a new version of the free Google Mobile App for Symbian Series 60 (S60) phones on Monday. The update gives phone owners the ability to press the Talk button and speak search terms into the phone. While a new feature to the S...
Nokia Siemens Networks Targets Improved Financial Performance, Return ...
Forbes
ESPOO, Finland , November 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia Siemens Networks today announced its plan to improve financial performance and return to growth. The plan includes reorganizing the company's business units to better align with cu...
Nokia Siemens Networks to lay off up to 5,700 workers to cut costs
Baltimore Sun
HELSINKI (AP) — Nokia Siemens Networks says it will lay off up to 5,700 workers globally as part of a move to cut annual costs by euro500 million ($740 million). The mobile network equipment maker says it will reorganize units, reduce overh...
CDMA Nokia 8208 Announced
MobileWhack.com
Nokia 8208 is also present at the MWC and Nokia has announced the CDMA version for markets outside the US. And let’s recap the features of this dual slider: Nokia has a two-way slider phone outside their N-series. The 8208 will be a music o...
Nokia, BlackBerry, iPhone Lead Smartphones New Record Set, Says IDC
Wireless and Mobile News
According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the worldwide converged mobile device (aka smartphone) market reached a new record for shipments during a single quarter. Vendors shipped a total of 43.3 million units during the ...
Nokia N-Gage dies a second time
YAHOO!
God bless Nokia and its repeated attempts to break into the world of mobile gaming. You can be forgiven if you've forgotten the original Nokia N-Gage. Released in 2003, the cell-phone-meets-video-game-console was roundly and immediately moc...
Apple, Nokia, and Volkswagen test the free download water
WebProNews
With its competitors trying to recover the lost ground, Google has proved that in terms of creativity, diversity and why not say it, influence, is a company that has proved a know how during the last years, even in a very difficult economic...
Nokia Siemens to reduce workforce
BBC Business
Telecoms equipment maker Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) says it may cut its workforce by 7-9% with up to 5,700 jobs being shed from its 64,000 workforce. The move is part of a cost-cutting regime to "improve financial performance and return t...
Nokia exec talks Ovi platform
CNET News
Nokia, the world's largest cell phone maker, is under assault as companies like Apple challenge it in the increasingly popular smartphone market. The Finnish device maker says it's fighting back with its own cool phones and an Internet serv...
UPDATE 4-Nokia Siemens to cut 5,800 jobs, save $1.5 bln
Reuters
HELSINKI, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Struggling telecom equipment maker Nokia Siemens Networks [NSN.UL] aims to cut up to 5,800 jobs and save more than 1 billion euros ($1.48 billion) to stay competitive in the cut-throat market. The company will re...
Nokia to close N-Gage mobile gaming division
Silicon Republic
Nokia is planning to close its gaming unit N-Gage early next year after it failed to move beyond a niche audience of gamers. N-Gage was launched in 2003 along with a major global advertising campaign but unfortunately it never achieved more...
Analysis: Nokia Siemens reorg to set industry trend
Electronic Engineering Times
The cost-cutting measures at Nokia Siemens Networks don't come by surprise and other telecommunication equipment vendors will soon have to implement similar measures. According to experts, the traditional business model for fixed-line and m...
Google launches voice search for Nokia users
Rediff
S earch engine major Google unveiled a mobile application for Nokia handsets that will allow users find information through speech on Tuesday. "The application is equipped with speech recognition technology to understand Indian accents. Its...