Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Is Nokia's offshoring a sign of the pressure it is under and a way of hiding ...

This month Nokia appointed Indian IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to support and develop its global business applications as it consolidates the support of systems under a single supplier. It has also signed an IT outsourcing agreement with ...

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Get even more from your Nokia Lumia with Windows Phone 7.8

The Windows Phone 7.8 update is beginning its rollout to phones currently running on Windows Phone 7.5. You can transform your Nokia Lumia with a host of exciting new personalisation features, such as the ability to resize your tiles, new lock screen ...

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A guide to the Nokia Lumia 620

There's so much material out there written, snapped and recorded about the Nokia Lumia 620 that it can be quite daunting if you're looking to find out the basics. So we've done it for you. You're welcome. An unboxing. The best place to start, always ...

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Nokia and business

In a series of posts over the coming weeks as part of the Nokia@Work program, we're going to look at how you can create some order in how you communicate, both to help you do business and make sure you're on track to get the best from your phone.

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Help choose the Nokia x Burton competition winner and win too!

Pro-snowboarder Jeremy Jones once said, "With a snowboard on your feet the sky is the limit. You can do anything and go anywhere." It's this can-do attitude that makes snowboarding such an awesome sport. And one reason why, together with legendary ...

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Nokia Plans $250 Million Venture Fund Amid Cash Focus

David Tang, who previously was vice chairman of Nokia China, will join Nokia Growth Partners as a managing director, while Lu Guo joins from Keystone Ventures, where he was responsible for mobile and Internet investments. Both will be based in Beijing, ...

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Nokia invests $250 million in venture funding

It would be the third fund for Nokia Growth Partners, Nokia's global venture firm which invests in mobile hardware and component companies as well as digital advertising startups. Nokia Growth Partners had $600 million under management, according to ...

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Nokia looks to boost mobile innovation with further $250M investment in Nokia ...

Ensuring it doesn't miss the latest and greatest mobile startups and technologies, Nokia has made another investment in its global venture arm — Nokia Growth Partners (NGP) — pledging $250 million into the firm's third fund to boost the mobile ...

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Nokia Music+ launched, ready to challenge Spotify for streaming music supremacy

Nokia has taken the fight for supremacy in the online streaming music arena directly to the door of Spotify by launching Nokia Music+, an enhanced version of its free Nokia Music service, complete with new features unlocked by paying a monthly ...

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Nokia, Samsung, Sony India's top trusted brands: The Brand Trust Report

AHEMEDABAD: The Brand Trust Report, India Study - 2013 has chosen Nokia, Samsung and Sony as India's three Most Trusted Brands this year. Nokia leads for the third consecutive year, while Samsung and Sony have both moved up two ranks from last ...

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Monday, January 28, 2013

Nokia aims for mass market with upgrade to music streaming service

Nokia Music and its Mix Radio feature has been one of the most impressive features of Nokia's Lumia Windows phones since its launch in late 2011, offering customised streaming radio channels for free, with no ads. Now the service is getting a premium ...

The Guardian

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A Single Misstep With Symbian Eviscerated Nokia - Will Samsung Suffer A ...

The thoughts of ex-Amazon employee on the low-margin business is making the rounds of the blogs, but I wanted to point out one paragraph for further consideration, and how it applies to the world of smartphones in general, and Nokia in particular ...

Forbes

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Outokumpu proposes former Nokia leader as chairman

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish stainless steel firm Outokumpu proposed appointing Jorma Ollila, the former leader of Nokia, as its new board chairman. Ollila was CEO of Nokia through the 1990s, as it grew into the world's top mobile phone company, a role ...

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Nokia offers paid upgrade to music service

January 27, 2013, 11:33 PM — Nokia plans to roll out in the first quarter of this year its Nokia Music+, a new subscription-based upgrade to its free-to-stream mobile music service. The paid service will offer unlimited downloads of sets of tunes or ...

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2013 - The Year Nokia's Lumia Range Will Finally Come Of Age

This year promises to be a very exciting time for Nokia's (NOK) premium Lumia Phone range. By December 2013, Nokia will have not one premium flagship, but four (at least). Not only that, but the Lumia range will branch out into tablets. Each premium ...

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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Nokia offers low cost Nokia Music+ subscription service for Lumia owners

Summary: Nokia Music is a free service for Lumia owners and today Nokia announced an upgrade option for those looking for something more from the service. The service is about half the cost of other subscription music services and looks like a great value.

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Another fan-made Nokia Lumia 920 ad (video)

The latest is another Nokia Lumia 920 ad by LobbaMobba, who have made some great Windows Phone reviews previously. He writes: So I had a sick-day from work yesterday and was bored out of my mind. While I was browsing youtube I came across the ...

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Nokia Launching 'Music+' Subscription Service on Lumia Smartphones

Nokia's music-streaming service on its Lumia handsets is getting a bit of a boost, putting it directly in the sights of competing services like Pandora One and Spotify. According to a blog post from Nokia's Ian Delaney today, the company is officially ...

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Nokia: The Turnaround Story Continues

Since Nokia (NOK) is a turnaround special situation play, it matters not what the company has done in the past, especially the past year, but what the company does sequentially on a q-o-q basis. With that in mind, this short presentation places an ...

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Dailaphone reviews the Nokia Lumia 620

Nokia's Lumia 620 is a great budget handset which brings excellent software and hardware at a very low price. This device runs the same version of Windows Phone as the high-end Lumia 920, something which is unlikely to occur with platforms such as ...

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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Windows Phone will cost Nokia $1B from here on out | Digital Trends

Nokia announced in its earnings report that it will pay Microsoft $1 billion in royalties for Windows Phone usage.

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Nokia Lumia 920 getting product placement in hit shows Arrow and ...

latest is the Nokia Lumia 920 showing up on the hit show "Arrow" Season 1, Episode 11. The screen shot above is from the show, but clearly the prop man could not resist adding some unnecessary chrome to the Windows Phone interface ...
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Apple iPhone thrashing Microsoft's beleaguered Nokia 10-to-1 ...

em>Nokia Oyj's attempt to spearhead its comeback via the U.S. is falling short as its Lumia smartphones are failing to stop consumers from snapping up Apple Inc. iPhones and handsets running Google Inc.'s Android software," Adam Ewing ...
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Nokia to shell out $1 billion to Microsoft to license Windows Phone

Since 2011, Microsoft has been paying out $250 million to Nokia each quarter in "platform support payments" for using its Windows Phone brand. This amount has always been more than Nokia has had to pay Microsoft in order to use its software, but this ...

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Nokia fails to dial up good news

AILING PHONE maker Nokia has revealed a poor outlook, saying it expected it would continue to struggle against fierce competition from Samsung and Apple. It sold 15.9 million smartphones in its fourth quarter, down from 19.6 million a year earlier.

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Friday, January 25, 2013

Samsung Dominated Apple And Nokia With A Record 213M Smartphones ...

The battle's been raging between Samsung and Apple for global smartphone domination, but according to the latest numbers out of Strategy Analytics, Samsung has extended its lead over rival manufacturers to capture a 30 percent marketshare worldwide.

TechCrunch

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Nokia: Now That Blood Has Been Spilt …

Finnish device maker Nokia (NYSE:NOK) dropped a bomb on its income-minded investors Thursday by announcing it would suspend its annual dividend beginning with its fiscal 2012 payout (that would have been paid out in spring of this year).

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How Many Lumia Phones Does Nokia Need To Sell?

Roughly a week ago, Seeking Alpha author Jacob Steinberg wrote an article where he dismissed an analysts claim that Nokia (NOK) needed to sell 12 million Lumias for its Smart Device Division to break even. He argued that 6M is a more realistic number, ...

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Nokia to launch flagship smartphone on Verizon this year -- report

Nokia to launch flagship smartphone on Verizon this year -- report. Nokia's Lumia 900 users on AT&T will also be the first to get the Windows Phone 7.8 update, according to internal AT&T documents. Don Reisinger. by Don Reisinger. January 25, 2013 7:40 ...

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Nokia Averts Collapse, Reports Year-End Profits

In a turnaround from last quarter's massive operating loss, Nokia has reported a profit of $584 million on $10.7 billion net sales. With a profitable fourth quarter under its belt, Nokia has managed to silence its impending death knell, but investors ...

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Cash Is King, but Nokia Needs to Sell More Phones

Stronger-than-expected. Positive. An encouraging sign. Analysts had kind words for Nokia's cash position on Thursday, as it was revealed in the company's fourth-quarter earnings release. On an annual basis, Nokia's cash pile was down 22% to €4.4 ...

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Nokia axes dividend to save cash for Lumia push

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia plans to axe its annual dividend payment for the first time in the company's recorded history to shore up its cash position against falling sales and buy time for a turnaround. While cost cuts and ...

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Nokia smartphone sales plunge, but Lumia leads bounce back in Q4

Nokia's full-year revenue fell 22 percent year on year to just over €30bn, down from €38.6bn in 2011, according to the results, which were published on Thursday. The company cited "competitive industry dynamics" as a continuing issue for its future ...

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Nokia returns to profit but sales keep dropping

HELSINKI (AP) — Struggling Nokia Corp. turned a fourth-quarter net profit of €202 million ($270 million) compared with a loss of $1 billion a year earlier, but revenue fell 20 percent as it failed to make gains in the fiercely competitive smartphone ...

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Nokia Confirms The Pure View Was Officially The Last Symbian Phone

In Nokia's earnings release today, it noted that the number of Symbian handsets sold in Q4 was 2.2 million units, half as many as the Lumia Windows-Phone range at 4.4 million units, and less than 14% of the overall volume of smartphones, which totalled ...

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Nokia For The Long Term

Some of the posts on the Nokia (NOK) message board are becoming breathless. I'm sure that early on the morning of the 24th, there will be many Nokia bulls and bears peering expectantly at their computer screens for the news out of Helsinki. I only have ...

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Nokia EOS to launch as "first real PureView Windows Phone" later this year ...

Ever since the launch of the first Nokia PureView device, there have been speculations that Nokia may launch a similar camera smartphone based on the Windows Phone OS. And if reports by The Verge are to be believed then this smartphone could already ...

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Report: Nokia's PureView super camera coming to Windows Phone

The next flagship Nokia Lumia phone is expected to use a vastly improved camera sensor. A report from The Verge, published on Wednesday, suggests the planned handset will be a "a true PureView Windows Phone" meaning it could have a 41 megapixel ...

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Nokia reportedly prepping new aluminum Lumia phone with upgraded PureView ...

Nokia (NOK) is reportedly developing a new Lumia smartphone with an improved design and an upgraded PureView camera. The Verge cited multiple unnamed sources on Wednesday when claiming that a new Windows Phone code-named "EOS" is being ...

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Nokia “EOS” to be the Windows Phone with true PureView camera, aluminium ...

Nokia EOS Following the initial range of Nokia Windows Phone 8 devices in 2012 – the Lumia 920, 820 and 620 – the Finnish company is already planning their upcoming range of Lumia devices. The Verge today reports that the company is planning a ...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Nokia Lumia 920 official cases via Expansys » Phone Reviews

e the team here on Phones Review like to keep our readers up to date with all the latest news about new mobile phones and the operating systems they run on, we also try and provide regular news on the various accessories that are ...
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Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) To Suspend Annual Dividend [REPORT]

The company has paid an annual dividend since 1989 and this latest poll comes as Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) (BIT:NOK1V) (HEL:NOK1V) is gearing to announce its fourth-quarter earnings report, before the opening bell on Thursday, January 24.

ValueWalk

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Nokia Lumia 620 release date could be next week

The wallet-friendly Nokia Lumia 620 release date may well be set for January 31 if suppliers are to be believed. The Lumia 620 was announced at the start of December rocking a 3.8-inch display, 1GHz dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM, 5MP camera, VGA ...

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Nokia introduces 'slam' feature on 2 new units

Combined with eBuddy Chat, Twitter and support for popular email accounts such as Gmail, the Nokia Asha 205 is designed to allow that people are never more than a few clicks away from their social networks. Other key features of the Nokia Asha 205 ...

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Ian Delaney: My Windows Phone 8 Start screen

... app are always pinned to my home screen, along with Zite, which offers a less predictable but 100 per cent interesting selection of recent news and features around my interests. I also have a few e-books loaded up on Nokia Reading for longer journeys.

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Monday, January 21, 2013

DPReview reviews the Nokia Lumia 920 camera | WMPoweruser

view has taken a look at the Pureview camera of the Nokia Lumia 920, and generally liked what they saw. They had some criticism however, finding the camera button a bit stiff to avoid shake induced by pressing the button, and also did ...
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How would you change Nokia's Lumia 610?

ep too far? Perhaps. By iterating its Windows Phone range so much, it\'s difficult to see why one low-end Lumia is better than the other. The.
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High-End Nokia Lumia Launch on Verizon is Imminent?

rding to The Verge's Tom Warren on social networking site Twitter, the launch of the much rumored high-end Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 smartphone on Verizon's 4G LTE network may be happening soon.
Gotta Be Mobile
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Nokia releases 3D printing templates for Lumia case design

Nokia is seeking to embrace the 3D printing community in order to give its Nokia Lumia phones even more personality, zest and style. The Nokia Lumia 820 is the first of its phones for which Nokia will release a 3D-printing Development Kit, or 3DK for ...

HEXUS

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Earnings Preview: Nokia Corp.

Despite posting a 25% positive surprise in the third quarter, Nokia failed to improve its top and bottom line results compared to the last year as its Windows-based smartphone Lumia failed to generate any meaningful market traction. Factors to be ...

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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Nokia Lumia-nating 920

In less than a year, Nokia has unleashed the second salvo of Lumia handsets. The latest flagship, the Lumia 920, may be a little thicker and heavier compared to other competing brands, but let's not dismiss the noise it made with its new features. For ...

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Nokia Siemens seeks to raise €700m

Nokia Siemens Networks is set to turn to the public markets for finance for the first time, with plans to issue a high-yield bond that will help gauge broader investor interest in the telecoms equipment maker. The company, which is jointly owned by ...

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Nokia Lumia 820 owners can customize their phone with 3D printers

For people who want to design their own shells Nokia is releasing 3D templates, case specs, recommended materials and best practices. Mechanical drawings in either STL or STP file formats can be downloaded from the company's developer website.

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Nokia Offers 3D Printed Case Developer Kit for Lumia 820 Smartphones

I've long thought that one of the coolest technological innovations in recent times is 3D printing. The technology originally allowed manufacturers to rapidly prototype parts and products. 3D printing technology is far from inexpensive, but the cost ...

Technabob (blog)

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Music video shot with Nokia Lumia 920

He notes the Nokia Lumia 920 have him 2 unique features – the great low-light responsiveness which meant he did not have to install special lighting rigs, and the optical image stability, which allowed him to still have smooth video while moving around ...

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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Nokia Releases 3D Printing Plans for Lumia 820 Case | Geekosystem

le love to customize their phones. If folks aren't doodling on them in some way, shape, or form, they're making their own cases. As we continuously grow to be a more technological society, people are increasingly turning to their gadgets ...
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CNET Prize Fight: Nokia Lumia 920 vs HTC 8X | WMPoweruser

has today placed the two Windows Phone flagships, the Nokia Lumia 920 and the HTC 8X, in the ring for a knock-down prize fight to see which is indeed the best Windows Phone. I think the result is pretty obvious, with the HTC 8X only ...
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New Nokia Lumia Model Coming Soon to Verizon? | Pocketnow

what we think about the latest rumor about a new Lumia model.
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Nokia Lumia 820 MakerBot Shell by MakerBot - Thingiverse

ription. We've taken the file for the Nokia Lumia 820 custom removable shell and optimized it to work with the MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer. It's an awesome shell that fits great! To read more about this sweet file from Nokia.
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Nokia Shows Support for 3D Printing, Releases Template for Lumia ...

go to a store and purchase a smartphone case when you can just print one yourself? It may not necessarily be the future of accessories, but Nokia is in the belief that 3D printing, which has helped change industries before, will be a huge ...
TechnoBuffalo
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Friday, January 18, 2013

Nokia backs 3D printing for mobile phone cases

Files containing mechanical drawings, case measurements and recommended materials have already been released by the phone maker. Those using the files will be able to create a custom-designed case for the flagship Lumia 820 handset. The project ...

BBC News

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Nokia Releases 3D Print Files For Lumia 820 Smartphone. Got A 3D Printer ...

Now this is cool: mobile maker Nokia has released 3D print files for one of its smartphones so owners of 3D printers can custom print their own removable shell. Nokia already sells different colour shells for the handset in question, the Lumia 820 ...

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Nokia Wants You to 3D Print Your Own Lumia 820 Cover

Nokia Wants You to 3D Print Your Own Lumia 820 Cover Back in 1999, the coolest trend in tech was to swap the plastic cover of your beloved Nokia 5110 for a jazzier, more colorful number. Now, Nokia is reincarnating that trend, by releasing mecahnical ...

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Nokia lets Lumia 820 owners create their own cases with new 3D printing ...

Recognising that a limited selection of official back plates might not be enough for owners of its Lumia 820 Windows Phone handsets, Nokia has taken a different approach and has given device owners the opportunity to create their own cases with the ...

The Next Web

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Nokia Talks Lumia 820 and 3-D Printing

One of the most promising technologies that has developed (and been cost reduced) over the last several years in the tech word has to be 3-D printing. 3-D printing allows manufacturers to quickly prototype products using varying materials, and Nokia is ...

DailyTech

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

PwC says India arm questioned in Nokia tax probe

NEW YORK, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The Indian affiliate of global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers was questioned on Thursday by tax authorities looking into possible tax evasion by Finnish phone maker Nokia, a spokesman for PwC confirmed. Indian tax ...

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The aggressively priced Lumia 620 is Nokia's make or break model

Nokia has started rolling out the Lumia 620 in several key Asian markets by the third week of January. It now looks like its European debut could happen a few weeks earlier than expected, perhaps by the end of January. In one of the earliest launch ...

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One day only: Smash hit Disney games free for your Nokia Lumia

Even though Christmas has just come and gone, we still have a couple of awesome presents for your Nokia Lumia 920 or Lumia 820 smartphones. For a limited time, you can download two hugely popular mobile games from Disney, "Where's My Water?

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Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) To Trough In 2013: Nomura

Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) (BIT:NOK1V) (HEL:NOK1V) is beginning to feel its toes and could soon be up, albeit due to the cyclical nature of the industry. Technological upgrades are set to be a prime catalyst in the Finnish mobile device makers' ...

ValueWalk

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Nokia Lumia 620 goes on sale officially in Russia

Nokia is said to have sold 15,000 Nokia Lumia 920's last December, a reasonable number for the small market, but also likely tempered by stock shortages and the high price. The cheaper and simpler Nokia Lumia 620 will likely achieve much higher volume ...

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Crafting Windows Phone's finest strategy game

available on Nokia Lumia. Sickhead Games is the company behind the game and we caught up with the team to find out what it takes to create a great mobile game. Based in Dallas, Texas, USA, Sickhead Games consists of 4 programmers and 2 artists and ...

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Nokia: Positive News Followed By What?

Finally some good news from Nokia (NOK). Its shares were up as much 20% on Thursday after the pre-release of positive fourth-quarter profit and sales numbers, showing a return to marginal profitability for its previously flailing mobile unit and a ...

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10 quotes about the Nokia Lumia 820 everyone should read

Search for the Nokia Lumia 820 online and you'll be presented with nearly 15 million web pages. That's a heck of a lots reviews, opinions and comments, far too many for anyone to wade through. Fortunately, you don't need to because we've checked out ...

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Music video shot with the Lumia 920

He'd read that the Nokia Lumia 920 had a good camera and was able to borrow one from the local Nokia office in Denmark. Making the video proved to be something of a surprise. "I work on a really hi-res 27-inch iMac. But when I downloaded the video for ...

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Nokia Lumia 620: A Specifications Review

Nokia has put all its chips on Microsoft when it comes to the mid- to high-end smartphones. And while it has delivered quality hardware, we now play a waiting game for the OS to catch up with the likes of Android and iOS, at least in terms of apps ...

Tech2

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Money Flying Out Of Apple Stock. Flocking To Facebook, RIM, Nokia

As some investors face jitters about how low Apple (AAPL) stock can go, astute investors have been enjoying handsome profits in Apple competitors Nokia (NOK) and Research In Motion (RIMM). Since August, Nokia stock has beaten Apple stock by 182%; ...

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Why Nokia's latest Asha smartphone success won't do much to address its ...

At the end of a rough year, Nokia has seen what it thinks is some good news in its fourth-quarter earnings: Buyers are snapping up its cheapest smartphones. Nokia sold 9.3 million of the low-end Asha smartphones that it introduced in December 2011, ...

Quartz

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Nokia Lumia 920 Update: Portico Updates Delivered to Canadian Owners; AT&T ...

Nokia and its partners have been delivering impressive after-sales services for the Lumia 920, dispatching timely patches and offering great accessories to further increase the attention it managed to capture starting late 2012. View Full Image ...

International Business Times AU

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Nokia Care app shows you tips & tricks for your new Lumia

As well as covering the basics, like getting to know your phone and how to personalise it, Nokia Care has support and information about applications, how to make the most of the camera, maps and navigation software, how to sync music and much, much ...

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Nokia Lumia 920 selling well in the Netherlands, but still haunted to supply ...

The Nokia Lumia 920 will become available at the end of January/early February in the Netherlands, and already pre-orders for the handset is flying up the charts, as can be seen from these screen shots from "CoolBlue". Even on Phonehouse, the European ...

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Monday, January 14, 2013

Nokia Vs. Research In Motion: Only One Will Survive

With such fierce competition between Nokia and RIM, it seems reasonable to assume that the success of one would mean the demise of the other. But the simultaneous rise of both these companies' stocks follows no such logic. Over the past 3 months ...

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IT summons Nokia auditor PwC arm in tax evasion case

The income tax (I-T) department, probing a charge of Rs 2,500-3,000 crore tax evasion by the Indian arm of Nokia, the Finland-based telecom multinational, has summoned the company's audit firm, Price Waterhouse and Co. The latter issued a statement ...

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CES news that excites us

Our family of Nokia Lumia smartphones is equipped with the amazingly robust Gorilla Glass to protect the screen and to make sure your phone can survive the rough conditions associated with constantly being on the go. Corning, the makers of Gorilla ...

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Asha smartphones star in Nokia's strong Q4 growth; outsell Lumia series

AllThingsD, in its report cites figures provided by Nokia. The report highlights the company shipped 9.3 million Asha smartphones in Q4 as compared to 4.4 million Lumia devices during the same period. The official figures from Nokia say its total ...

Digit

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DragonWave hanging onto Nokia Siemens lifeline

DragonWave now has one customer, Nokia Siemens Networks, which generated more than 10 percent--$25.6 million--of DragonWave's revenue during the third quarter of fiscal year 2013. "While visibility into our revenue pipeline has been challenging, we ...

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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Nokia's Low-End Asha Is Outselling Lumia Two to One

Asha Earlier this week, Nokia pre-announced its financials for the fourth quarter of 2012, telling investors to prepare for better than expected results. The big reasons for the upside surprise: The strong performance of Nokia's Devices & Services ...

All Things Digital

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Nokia Lumia Sales: An Unclear Picture

Nokia pre-released third quarter earnings on January 10th. Overall investors were certainly happy as the stock surged over 25% since the release. Nokia's strong Lumia sales helped boost investor confidence about the Finland based company. There are ...

ValueWalk

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Nokia: Is Now The Time To Cash In?

Nokia (NOK) has had a rough time breaking the Apple (AAPL) iPhone and Google (GOOG) Android smartphone duopoly in the United States. However, the company is having better success in Asia. Below I will outline five developments that bode well for ...

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Samsung Galaxy S3 & Note2, Nokia Lumia 920 Sales Push Apple's iPhone 5

There was some extra intrigue last month as well: Could Windows Phone 8 devices like the Nokia Lumia 920 and the HTC 8X make a run at Apple's iPhone? Would Samsung retain dominance over its Android competitors with the likes of the Galaxy S III and ...

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Lumia sales lift Nokia results and turnaround hopes - Yahoo! News ...

From Yahoo! News Canada: HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia said strong sales of Lumia smartphones helped its mobile phone business achieve underlying ...

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Saturday, January 12, 2013

What does Nokia's improved performance indicate

The Finnish handset maker, whose fall from market leader to loss leader was so bad its chief executive said two years ago it was on a "burning platform", may even be in a position to list or sell its Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) arm at a premium ...

Times of India

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After its Huge Pop, Is Nokia Still a Better Buy Than RIMM?

Both smartphone makers are taking dramatic steps in their respective efforts to return from the brink: Nokia by hitching its wagon to Microsoft's Windows Phone 8, and RIM, by targeting the enterprise market with the Jan. 30 release of BB10. RIM also ...

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Nokia 'Xpress' browser faces privacy concerns

The fast-loading default browser used on most Nokia mobile handsets, including its 'Asha' range, appears to be a double-edged sword. While the 'Xpress' browser is quick and used on resource-constrained devices that cannot run a full-fledged web browser ...

The Hindu

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Nokia's Big Surprise, Ford's Big Payout, and the Difference Between a Cheap ...

In today's edition, Nokia had another big pop, and the guys discuss whether this is a fluke or the beginning of some real momentum. Also, Ford has just doubled its dividend not long after reinstating it, and we hear why this is a great sign for the ...

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A look at the Nokia Lumia 505 on WP 7.8 phone on Telcel

They reveal in the video comments that the device was specially designed for the Mexican carrier, as part of their initiative to bring exclusive equipment to their subscribers. They note that Nokia was the first company to take them up on the offer to ...

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Friday, January 11, 2013

Analysis: Nokia's results breakthrough buys it time and options

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia's stronger-than-expected quarterly results mean the mobile phone maker now has breathing space and better options to help it claw back a place alongside Samsung and Apple in the smartphone market. The Finnish handset ...

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Schmidt Talks N. Korean Web Access; Nokia Sells 4.4M Lumias; China Mobile's ...

In other news, Nokia got a boost from fourth-quarter holiday shopping, reporting better-than-expected sales and revenues, thanks in part to its Lumia smartphones. The Finnish company sold 4.4 million Lumia 820 and 920 Windows Phone 8-based handsets, ...

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Nokia Caught Exposing User Data To Potential Snoops

Pandya uncovered how Nokia was having all of its handset users' supposedly secure data diverted to its own servers, unencrypted, then re-encrypted and sent out to its intended destination server. They did this through preinstalled software that ...

Business Insider

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Nokia Admits to Decrypting Lumia Owners' Secure Web Traffic

On the surface, Nokia's proxy-based Xpress Web browser — available for the manufacturer's Asha and flagship Lumia handsets — sounds nothing short of excellent, routing Internet traffic through Nokia's servers in order to compress data and eliminate ...

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Nokia's Earnings Preview Intervention Could Illustrate Internal Pressure On Elop

I am no stranger to being wrong, but I, like many other Nokia (NOK) investors was surprised in a Q4 update yesterday nearly 2 weeks ahead of schedule. It is not everyday that companies react to strong (up to 10%) declines in their share price by pre ...

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Nokia 'hijacks' mobile browser traffic, decrypts HTTPS data

Summary: A security researcher has found that some Nokia phones pass secure HTTPS data through Nokia's servers, and this data is decrypted so it can be compressed, in order to reduce data bills. But, Nokia doesn't need a lesson in security -- it needs ...

ZDNet

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The Number That Matters At Nokia: Watch The Cash

Nokia pre-empted earnings with a rosy portrait of smartphone demand and other parts of its business, but there is still reason to tune in when the company issues its fourth quarter results on January 24. Among the most critical issues for Nokia, not ...

Wall Street Journal- India (blog)

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Nokia Music Announces 'New American Noise' to Be Broadcast on Sundance ...

January 10, 2013 - LOS ANGELES - Nokia Music, a free music streaming service from Nokia that offers free and unlimited access to playlists and songs on Nokia Lumia smartphones, has teamed up with Sundance Channel and SomeSuch & Co to produce an ...

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At the open: Major indexes rise; Nokia surges while Tiffany slides

North American stock markets opened higher amid healthy gains in commodities, thanks in part to some surprisingly strong trade figures out of China overnight. Nokia shares were surging as the company pre-announced better-than-expected fourth-quarter ...

Globe and Mail

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Nokia unveils 3 new Lumia models; beefs up smartphone portfolio

NEW DELHI: Aiming to regain leadership position in the country's smartphone market, Finnish handset maker Nokia today launched three new devices in its Lumia range and said it is betting big on 'experiential' marketing to attract customers. Nokia ...

Economic Times

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Stephen Elop Reiterates Nokia's Allegiance To Microsoft, But ...

em>Nokia in the midst of planning a potential move over to the world of Android or not? That is the question my dear citizens. Considering Microsoft's share in the mobile marketplace is less than stellar at the moment, Stephen Elop took some ...
Android News, Rumours, and Updates
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Nokia Still Dedicated to Windows Phone Platform

Nokia launched the latest editions to its Lumia line in the U.S. in November, marking a critical bet that relies heavily on Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Phone 8. Nokia was once the world's largest maker of mobile phones, but it has ...

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Nokia seems to be hijacking traffic on some of its phones, grabbing your HTTPS ...

On Wednesday, security professional Gaurang Pandya outlined how Nokia is hijacking Internet browsing traffic from some of its phones. As a result, the company technically has access to all your Internet content, including sensitive data that is sent ...

The Next Web

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Low-End iPhone Could Spell Trouble for Nokia (NOK)

Investors are punishing shares of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on Wednesday, sending the stock by over 8 percent. The price action today suggests Nokia investors remain a jittery bunch. Those jitters are being exacerbated following news yesterday that Apple ...

StreetInsider.com (subscription) (blog)

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IT finds 'prima facie defaults' by Nokia in TDS deductions

The Income Tax department today said it has found prima facie defaults by Finnish handset maker Nokia's plant here in TDS deductions on royalty payments made to its parent company. Source: PTI ...

Moneycontrol.com

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Indian Tax Officials Raid Nokia Factory

Nokia spokesman Brett Young said no reason was given by Indian authorities and that the company wasn't able to provide further details on the Tuesday raid. "Nokia is fully cooperating to ensure they get the necessary information to help in their ...

Wall Street Journal

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For Nokia Earnings, Don't Expect Surprises Based On Handsets

In this article we intend to point out the reasons why Nokia (NOK) -- and in particular the devices division -- and its highest margin smartphone will not be as profitable as some hope in early 2013. In effect, we will argue how the earnings call could ...

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