Canadian carriers, Bell, Rogers, TELUS, WIND, Mobilicity, SaskTel and Videotron have launched a large sum of Windows Phone devices. While the adoption period has taken a long time, the Windows Marketplace has grown from a mere few thousand to 100,000 as of June 3rd. According to stats, 100,145 applications have been published to the Windows Marketplace over the past 20 months. Interestingly,.
The Nokia Lumia 900 costs around $209 to assemble in components, while the Apple iPhone 4S right now costs about $190 or lower to make. Based on data from the infographic, we also know that the Lumia costs $450 off-contract, and the iPhone is $200 more for the cheapest model. There are also other expenses that are not included in this number (research and development and marketing). In Nokia’s.
In the world of legalities, the most publicized lawsuits is undoubtedly between Samsung and Apple. The battle over intellectual property in the smartphone world got more fierce as Nokia has announced it is taking HTC, RIM and Viewsonic to court in both Germany and the United States over 45 non-standard hardawre and software patents pertaining to antenna design, power management, software.
In the world of cellular phones there are smartphones and then there are seriously expensive luxury cellphones. Well there’s only one that really come to mind when one thinks about luxury cellphones, that is Vertu, owned by Finnish company Nokia. We have written in a previous article that Nokia was looking for a company to acquire its ultra premium brand. It sure doesn’t look.
Nokia has purchased a Norwegian software company, Smarterphone, that designs super-efficient feature phone operating systems. There is no doubt that Nokia is looking to revitalize its feature phones in emerging markets — with no fruits of the purchase to likely hit North America, as Nokia focuses on launching its Windows Phone portfolio with partner Microsoft. The purchase does show.
It’s 2012 and the Nokia Lumia 800 is on its way to Canada in one form or another. However we just received word of an LTE powered Lumia 900 launching in the US in early January. According to Microsoft expert Paul Thurrot, a device under the codename of Ace, is likely launching in various parts of the world this year.
Any Nokia N9 owners out there? well you’re in for a treat. There’s now a tweak for the MeeGo-based smartphone that can make it go into landscape mode. The mode works in the three main navigation screens and can be accessed through N9Tweak, an unofficial mod that can be downloaded through the phone’s web browser. Compatible apps will also launch in landscape orientation..
Anonymous sources of the Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft and Nokia have “flirted with the idea” of partnering up to acquire struggling Blackberry maker RIM. The journal suggests that this wasn’t anything more than an idea that came u in one of the regular meetings between the senior executives from all three companies.
The Nokia Lumia 710 is coming to T-Mobile on January 11th, 2012. The carrier held an event in New York City which was hosted by the carrier, showcasing the upcoming Nokia Windows Phone handset. While it’s the entry-level Windows Phone device out of the two (other being Nokia Lumia 800), we couldn’t help but feel at $49.99 the Lumia 710 is a downright steal.
The white Nokia N9 first debuted at Nokia World back in October and now the Finnish company has finally announced its availability. The N9 will also come in three versions — black, cyan and magenta. The handset is priced at €560 (about $742), and comes with as much as 64GB of internal memory. The only difference between the white version and the others is the gloss finish instead.
