Microsoft says to bring full power of web to phonesThe Citizen Daily - 19 Feb, 2011Barcelona. Microsoft announced early this week an Internet-friendly revamp of its Windows Phone operating system to help capture new territory in the smartphone wars. Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer unveiled a series of improvements this year to Windows ... |
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Nokia CEO Elop Says He Sold All Microsoft Shares Yesterday (NOK, MSFT)San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - 19 Feb, 2011Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said he has sold all his remaining Microsoft shares yesterday and purchased 150000 shares of Nokia, according to Reuters. Elop joined Nokia from Microsoft in October, and according to Daily Finance, he had more than 130000 shares ... |
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For Nokia, One Good Call, One BadBusinessWeek - Rick Wartzman - 19 Feb, 2011Investors and technology watchers are trying to figure out whether Nokia (NOK) has markedly improved, or furthered damaged, its position in the cutthroat mobile communications business. But it's the company's internal communications ... |
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Nokia CEO Offers Glimpse Of Future Windows Phone StrategyForbes (blog) - Elizabeth Woyke - 19 Feb, 2011One of the lingering questions from Nokia's recent decision to partner with Microsoft on smartphones is just how much control the handset maker will have over these future devices. To date, Microsoft has set specific guidelines for ... |
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Nokia's Pact with Microsoft Makes It Look Like A $12 StockForbes (blog) - 19 Feb, 2011Nokia recently announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft, in which it will adopt Windows Phone 7 as the main operating system for its smartphones. [1] Nokia competes with Samsung and Motorola Mobility in the featured phones (low end) category ... |
Microsoft-Nokia Deal Almost Blown Because Of Bad Weather (MSFT, NOK, GOOG)San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - 19 Feb, 2011Steve Ballmer tried to fly to Helsinki in January to finalize a deal to put Microsoft software on Nokia phones, but bad weather almost killed the deal, according to the Wall Street Journal. Microsoft began talking with Nokia CEO Stephen Elop in ... |
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C'mon, traders, where's the Nokia-Microsoft love?Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - 19 Feb, 2011Nokia stock plummeted in the aftermath of the smart-phone company's partnership announcement with Microsoft. But why? “Everybody's been pushing Nokia to do things,” IDC mobile analyst Will Stofega said, “and now that they've done something concrete, ... |
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Man in the News: Stephen ElopFinancial Times - Andrew Ward, Andrew Parker - 19 Feb, 2011One recent Saturday, Stephen Elop went to his office overlooking the ice-bound Baltic Sea at Nokia's headquarters in Espoo, Finland, and started writing. “Hello there,” he began, in the cheery manner of corporate ... |
Windows Phone Will Have Fewer RestrictionsinfoSync World - Sindre Lia - 19 Feb, 2011Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has stated that Windows Phone will have fewer restrictions in the future. Microsoft last year launched Windows Phone 7 with restrictions so tight that it was unbelievable. ... |
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Nokia head swaps Microsoft shares for own firm: reportAFP - 19 Feb, 2011HELSINKI " Nokia chief executive and former Microsoft executive Stephen Elop, who has sealed a tie up deal with the US giant, this week swapped all of his Microsoft shares for Nokia stock, reports said Friday. "On Thursday, Elop bought 150000 Nokia ... |
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One of many perks in Microsoft-Nokia deal: NavteqSeattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - 19 Feb, 2011Microsoft and Nokia's new partnership is more than just a licensing deal " since the announcement one week ago, company leaders have talked about not just putting Windows Phone 7 on Nokia phones, but exchanging each other's technology and R&D. ... |
A cautionary taleMacleans.ca - Chris Sorensen - 19 Feb, 2011by Chris Sorensen on Friday, February 18, 2011 12:52pm - 2 Comments For many in the industry, cellphone giant Nokia Oyj's recent announcement that it will use Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system on its high-end devices was viewed as a sign of ... |
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Intel boss searches planet for post-Nokia MeeGo spouseRegister - 19 Feb, 2011Intel has vowed to find another buddy for its mobile Linux effort Meego, after Nokia shacked up with Microsoft on smart phones. According to Reuters, Chipzilla chief executive Paul Otellini has claimed that MeeGo remains a worthwhile cause because ... |
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Impact From Nokia ShiftWall Street Journal - Arild Moen - 19 Feb, 2011HELSINKI"Finnish mobile phone charger maker Salcomp warned Friday that its outlook for 2011 is "more uncertain than usual" as a result of Nokia Corp.'s change in strategy, making it the second Finnish sub-contractor to issue a warning ... |
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Android, RIM and Apple 'will benefit in UK from Nokia's Symbian deficit'The Guardian - 19 Feb, 2011Nokia stands to lose out substantially in the UK smartphone market this year because of its switch to Windows Phone " the new platform from Microsoft which may outsell Nokia's Symbian in the UK by the end of the year, according to a new forecast. ... |
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Nokia Seeks Work With CompetitorsWall Street Journal (blog) - Arild Moen - 19 Feb, 2011A question asked by a Nokia shop steward to a Nokia Corp. executive on a TV talk-show in Finland on Thursday quite neatly summed up current morale and uncertainty among the company's engineers: would it be wise for us developers to start ... |
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Nokia deal boosts Phone 7New Zealand Herald - Dina Bass - 19 Feb, 2011Stephen Elop CEO of Nokia, left, with CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer, speaking in London. Photo / AP Robert Boyle Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system has lured an increasing number of application developers since the software ... |
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Nokia handing out free e7 and WP7 smartphones to developersZDNet (blog) - Rachel King - 19 Feb, 2011Even though the e7 smartphone isn't even available outside of Europe just yet, Nokia is handing out units of that smartphone and of the Nokia WP7 device to developers - for free! ... |
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Intel's CEO says Nokia got it wrongFortune - Seth Weintraub - 19 Feb, 2011Paul Otellini told a group of analysts last night that Nokia's choice of Windows Phone 7 over Android was simply a financial decision. According to a Reuters report this morning, Paul Otellini isn't too thrilled with Nokia's (NOK) decision to go with ... |
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Nokia sees Windows phone prices dropping fastReuters - Terhi Kinnunen, Tarmo Virki - 19 Feb, 2011Nokia President and CEO Stephen Elop delivers a speech at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 16, 2011. By Terhi Kinnunen HELSINKI (Reuters) - Prices of smartphones using Microsoft's Windows Phone software platform will fall fast, ... |
Qualcomm and chip rivals eye up Nokia Windows PhoneInquirer - Asavin Wattanajantra - 19 Feb, 2011MOBILE CHIP DESIGNER Qualcomm has lost its exclusivity on Windows Phone handsets, which gives other chip makers an opportunity to play with Microsoft's smartphone design. Microsoft has made the decision to open up Windows Phone ... |
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Nokia 'Plan B' investor letter was an engineer's hoaxZDNet UK (blog) - David Meyer - 19 Feb, 2011An open letter purporting to come from a group of disgruntled Nokia investors was a hoax, according to Twitter posts to which the group's website now automatically redirects. ... |
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Acer to Unveil Windows Phone 7 Devices in Sept.Techtree.com - Samir Makwana - 19 Feb, 2011Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system based devices four months ago in mid-October 2010. So far, Microsoft has managed to partner with six major mobile handset makers - HTC, Samsung, Dell, LG, ASUS and recently Nokia. ... |
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Nokia Seeks Jobs For Workers It Plans To Lay OffWall Street Journal - Arild Moen - 19 Feb, 2011HELSINKI (Dow Jones)--Nokia Corp. (NOK) Friday said it was trying to find alternative employment for workers who will lose their jobs at the Finnish mobile manufacturer due to a strategic shift. ... |
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Jury's out on prospects for Nokia's tie-up with MicrosoftIrish Times - John Collins - Feb 17, 2011IN ALMOST 15 years of reviewing technology products, only once have I become so frustrated with a gadget that I had to restrain myself from throwing it against a wall. Take a bow Samsung's Omnia smartphone running Windows Mobile 6 " you really were a ... |
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Google's Android steps out of Apple's shadowIrish Times - Feb 17, 2011In 2010, the focus was very much on co-operation and creating a new wholesale applications community that would help manufacturers regain ground in the war for market share. The Wholesale Application Community was announced, while companies such as ... |
Nokia's Flirtations Put the Fear of Google Into MicrosoftWall Street Journal - Nick Wingfield, Christopher Lawton - Feb 17, 2011Microsoft Corp. knew it had far more at stake than Google Inc. as the two rivals competed to secure a tie-up with Nokia Corp. Losing the deal to Google could have landed a fatal blow to Microsoft's chances in ... |
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For Microsoft and Nokia, Difficult Choices After Smartphone DealNew York Times - Kevin J. O'Brien - Feb 17, 2011By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN BARCELONA, Spain " With so much uncertainty surrounding Nokia's smartphone alliance with Microsoft, one thing is becoming clear: Both companies will have to make some difficult changes, a top Microsoft executive said on Thursday. ... |
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Intel CEO Committed To MeeGo; Not Worried About ARM ServersWall Street Journal - Shara Tibken - Feb 17, 2011NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Intel Corp.'s (INTC) chief executive said the chip giant remains committed to its MeeGo operating system and doesn't believe ARM Holdings PLC (ARMH) will be competing in servers anytime soon. ... |
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Microsoft and Nokia " better for everyoneZDNet - Feb 17, 2011The Microsoft-Nokia partnership takes two struggling players in the mobile industry and makes them more competitive. Plus, it gives consumers another strong platform which in turn makes the market stronger overall. Commentary - With all the negative ... |
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