Chris Weber, President of Nokia’s US operations has wait that Nokia will cease Symbian products post the launch of Windows Phone devices in the North American operations.
When we launch Windows Phones we will essentially be out of the Symbian business, the S40 business, etc.”
-Chris Weber, President of Nokia US
This may also be due to huge losses by Nokia with their previous handsets in the market. The overall share of Nokia devices is at a all time low, especially in the smart phone segment. This also means that Symbian devices may go obsolete in the Near future in India as well.
International Data Corporation has called Apple the world leader as Blackberry slips to rank 4 in the top smartphone list. Apple had claimed the global top spot by shipping 20.3 million iPhones in its quarterly results released in the third week of July. The number is expected to rise with a significant value as Apple plans its next releases.
Ever since the first iPhone launched in 2007, Apple has made market-setting strides in hardware, software, and channel development to grab mindshare and market share. Demand has been so strong that even models that have been out for one or two years are still being sought out. With an expected refresh later this year, volumes are set to reach higher levels.
– Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC
At number two, Samsung shipped 17.3 million smart phones during the period, posting a growth of 16.2 percent, followed closely by Nokia with 16.7 million shipments. According to IDC projections for the whole year, the worldwide smartphone market will grow 55 percent over 2010.
Nokia has launched the new Nokia 500, the first 1 GHZ symbian smartphone. The device is based on the existing C5-03 and offers little improvements over the existing device
Specs Include
3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen with 360×640 pixel resolution
3G, Wi-Fi (b/g), GPS with A-GPS support, GPRS/EDGE
Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP
5 megapixel camera
Memory expandable up to 32 GB, 2 GB built-in
Stereo FM Radio with RDS
3.5 mm audio jack
Symbian Anna
1110mAh battery pack
Price is expected to be around the 12-15 thousand bracket considering the existing C5-03 retails for Rs.8,500.
Nokia has announced that its Ovi Store has served a record 7.62 million downloads, this figure is more than twice of the 3 Million seen in October last year.
In addition, Nokia said downloads more than tripled in India, which remains at the top in terms of downloaded volumes. Calculating on basis of totals, the Apple App Store serves about 16 million downloads a day.
Microsoft confirmed on its Windows Team Blog on Monday that it has released the RTM build of Windows Phone “Mango” to manufacturing partners.
This marks the point in the development process where we hand code to our handset and mobile operator partners to optimize Mango for their specific phone and network configurations,” explained Microsoft’s Windows Phone corporate vice president Terry Myerson.
Microsoft has said Mango will deliver more than 500 new features to the Windows Phone platform, including Internet Explorer 9 and deeper social network integration. Mango is also set to release sometime in August to all existing devices.
Microsoft also plans to release Nokia, HTC, LG, Samsung, Dell, Acer, Fujitsu and ZTE branded Windows Phone ‘Mango’ devices.
Nokia recently announced the N9 with MeeGo and at the event, CEO Stephen Elop wanted to showcase a device to please the developers. He asked them to put their cameras away and not take pictures of the device, but who listens to CEOs anyway? Check out the new SeaRay!
Its the first Windows Phone 7 from Nokia and it runs the upcoming Mango Build. Check out the full video from the event below.
The Nokia N9 stole the show today but the company came out with another release, the Nokia Play 360. The 360 is a wireless bluetooth speaker that comes equipped with NFC. What this means is that you can pair your NFC capable device with the speaker just by tapping it. It has a cylindrical design and directs its audio upwards for a better spread. The speaker can also pair with another speaker to create a separate left and right channel. It has a touted battery life of 20 hours and a small sleek design. It is scheduled for release in the third quarter of this year and will cost $213.
Nokia has made good time with MeeGo running handset the N9. The N9 has been officially announced today. Apart from the obvious MeeGo the device has a 3.9″ AMOLED display with a high resolution of 854×480 px.
Detailed Specs
3.9 inch AMOLED display
Capacitive TouchScreen
Swipe Gestures
MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan
16GB or 64GB of onboard memory
1GB of RAM
Multicolor polycarbonate shell (black, cyan, and magenta)
Quad-band GSM and penta-band WCDMA radios
Bluetooth 2.1, NFC, and GPS
8 megapixel wide-angle Carl Ziess Lens and a low aperture F2.2
16:9 720p video recording
116.45- x 61.2- x 7.6-12.1mm
135 grams
11 hours of Talk time
GPS Maps with Free Voice Guided Navigation
802.11a/b/g/n WiFi
Ambient light sensor, compass, orientation sensor
Micro SIM slot
3.5mm AV connector
Qt 4.7 and HTML5
READ THE PRESS RELEASE BELOW
[toggle title_open=”COLLAPSE PR” title_closed=”EXPAND PR” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The Nokia N9: a unique all-screen smartphone Published June 21, 2011
Singapore – Nokia today announced the Nokia N9, built for people who appreciate a stunning blend of design and the latest smartphone technology. To learn more about the design of the Nokia N9 visit: http://swipe.nokia.com
One swipe and you’re home The Nokia N9 introduces an innovative new design where the home key is replaced by a simple gesture: a swipe. Whenever you’re in an application, swiping from the edge of the display takes you home.
The three home views of the user interface are designed to give fast access to the most important things people do with a phone: using apps, staying up to date with notifications and social networks, and switching between activities.
The industrial design of the Nokia N9 is an example of extreme product making and craft. The body is precision-machined from a single piece of polycarbonate and flows seamlessly into beautiful curved glass. The laminated deep black display means that the user interface just floats on the surface of the product.
The Nokia N9 also packs the latest in camera, navigation and audio technology for a great all-round experience.
“With the Nokia N9, we wanted to design a better way to use a phone. To do this we innovated in the design of the hardware and software together. We reinvented the home key with a simple gesture: a swipe from the edge of the screen. The experience sets a new bar for how natural technology can feel,” said Marko Ahtisaari, Nokia’s head of Design. “And this is just the beginning. The details that make the Nokia N9 unique – the industrial design, the all-screen user experience, and the expressive Qt framework for developers – will evolve in future Nokia products.”
Innovative all-screen design With no need for a home key, the all-screen Nokia N9 makes more room for apps to shine. The 3.9-inch AMOLED screen is made from scratch-resistant curved glass. The polycarbonate body enables superior antenna performance. This means better reception, better voice quality and fewer dropped calls.
Camera, maps and multimedia The 8-megapixel Carl Zeiss autofocus sensor, wide-angle lens, HD-quality video capture and large lens aperture enable great camera performance even in lowlighting conditions. This makes the Nokia N9 one of the best camera-phones ever produced.
The Nokia N9 features free turn-by-turn drive and walk navigation with voice guidance in Maps. With the new dedicated Drive app, you can get in your car and start navigating to your destination right away.
You can watch videos in true 16:9 widescreen format. And because the Nokia N9 is also the world’s first smartphone with Dolby® Digital Plus decoding and Dolby Headphone post-processing technology, you get a surround sound experience with any set of headphones.
Touch just got better Fitted with the latest in wireless technology, Near Field Communication (NFC), the Nokia N9 allows you to easily share images and videos between devices by touching them together. Pair it with Bluetooth accessories like the new NFC-enabled Nokia Play 360° wireless music speaker only once, and you get a great surround sound music experience with just a tap.
Colors and Memory The Nokia N9 will be available in three colors – black, cyan, and magenta with storage options to accommodate plenty of content: 16GB and 64GB. The Nokia N9 is scheduled to be in stores later this year, with availability and local pricing to be announced closer to the sales start.
More information about the Nokia N9 can be found at: http://swipe.nokia.com.'[/toggle]
According to Deutsche Bank analyst Kai Korschelt, The dying breed Nokia stands to sustain in the market thanks to is greatest rival today – Apple. Apple and Nokia announced early on Tuesday that they had reached an agreement regarding a series of patent disputes filed by each company over the past few years.
Korschelt estimates that Apple will give Nokia a $608 million lump-sum payment up front. post that, Apple will like pay Nokia a 1% royalty on all iPhones sold each quarter as a licensing fee. At the current market sale rate, the fruit company will pay the team at Espoo a whopping $550 Million in yearly licenses.
[toggle title_open=”Close the Release” title_closed=”Read the Nokia release from Tuesday” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Nokia enters into patent license agreement with Apple
Apple payments to Nokia settle all litigation and have positive financial impact
Espoo, Finland – Nokia announced that it has signed a patent license agreement with Apple. The agreement will result in settlement of all patent litigation between the companies, including the withdrawal by Nokia and Apple of their respective complaints to the US International Trade Commission.
The financial structure of the agreement consists of a one-time payment payable by Apple and on-going royalties to be paid by Apple to Nokia for the term of the agreement. The specific terms of the contract are confidential.
“We are very pleased to have Apple join the growing number of Nokia licensees,” said Stephen Elop, president and chief executive officer of Nokia. “This settlement demonstrates Nokia’s industry leading patent portfolio and enables us to focus on further licensing opportunities in the mobile communications market.”
During the last two decades, Nokia has invested approximately EUR 43 billion in research and development and built one of the wireless industry’s strongest and broadest IPR portfolios, with over 10,000 patent families. Nokia is a world leader in the development of handheld device and mobile communications technologies, which is also demonstrated by Nokia’s strong patent position.
This agreement is expected to have a positive financial impact on Nokia’s recently revised outlook for the second quarter 2011 of around break-even non-IFRS operating margin for Devices & Services.[/toggle]
Looks like everyone in this world believes that Nokia is a dying breed. Analysts from Nomura Research say Nokia’s will lose the top spot this quarter for the first time since 1996. Its a shame really. Also, according to the Analysts the top two spots will had by Apple and Samsung pushing Nokia to No. 3.
[quote]“Nokia looks set to relinquish its smartphone crown to Samsung and Apple,” Nomura wrote in a note to investors on Monday. “Further emphasizing the shift in power to Asia is our forecast for HTC to almost match Nokia during 2012.” Nokia will retain its lead in overall cell phone sales, Nomura says[/quote]
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Nokia has officially announced and Launched the new Nokia x1-01 as a part of the series of dual sim phones,as promised by Stephen Elop during the MS- NOKIA announcement. The ‘Dual-Standby’ part means that you can always receive notification of calls and messages on each account – rather than having to switch your SIM cards on and off.
The device offers support for up to 16GB of storage using the SD card slot . It offers an FM radio and also an MP3 music player with dedicated music keys and one-click creation of a favourite playlist. The 3.5mm AV jack can be used to plug the output into headphones or even louder speakers. The Nokia X1-01 also has a flashlight on the top.
In addition to remembering the settings for up to five separate SIM cards, the Nokia X1-01 also lets you give each SIM its own logo, music signature or ringtone.
The X1-01 will Ship this Quarter along with the Nokia C2 Dual Sim
Nokia has officially announced and Launched the new Nokia C2 as a part of the series of dual sim phones,as promised by Stephen Elop during the MS- NOKIA announcement. With the target firmly set in the developing world, the Nokia C2 offers the possibility of having one handset running two SIM cards simultaneously.
The Nokia C2 can keep both SIM cards active; meaning calls and text messages can come to either number while the phone is on. The first SIM card on the Nokia C2 sits underneath the battery. The second SIM card is ‘hot-swappable’, a feature unique to Nokia, meaning it can be removed and inserted when the phone is on. The fact that the new Nokia C2 will allow you to answer one call and keep the other on hold is great news.
At launch the Nokia C2 also offers a wide range of information covering healthcare, agriculture, education and entertainment via Nokia’s Ovi Life Tools, as well as the email account for the developing world, Ovi Mail.
There’s also enough room for up to 1,000 entries in the phone book, and a standby time of up to 16.5 days. A VGA camera, Bluetooth and GPRS also make the Nokia C2 a very attractive offering.
This Series 40 device is priced at 45 Euros or INR 2875/-
Nokia has confirmed during the announcement of the new Windows Phone 7 Update “Mango” that the software showcased my Microsoft will be the actual stuff we would see on the First Generation of Windows Phone Devices from Nokia.
“Today Microsoft has announced the key new ingredients of the latest ‘Mango’ release of the Windows Phone operating system. This is the software that will be used on the first Nokia with Windows Phone device, and so should be of keen interest to Nokia-watchers everywhere.”
According to Forbes, Nokia will use ST-Ericsson hardware to power at least some of its Windows Phones. The U8500 chipset is a Nokia loved dual core processor which will be housed within Windows Phone 7 handsets out of Nokia’s Stable.
According to several other reports the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset might also be one of the first few chipsets to be used by Nokia, Quickly to be followed by ST-U8500 for its powerhouse WP7 lineup in 2012-13.
According to Deutsche Bank analyst Kai Korschelt, The dying breed Nokia stands to sustain in the market thanks to is greatest rival today – Apple. Apple and Nokia announced early on Tuesday that they had reached an agreement regarding a series of patent disputes filed by each company over the past few years.
