Apple and Nokia finally come to an agreement over the many patents that currently holds. Most manufactures have deals with Nokia in place as soon as they get into the mobile game because Nokia’s mobile patent portfolio seems to cover it all. The deal is said to contain a one time payment to Nokia and royalties attached […]
NewsWhile visiting Finnish television program A-Plus, Stephen Elop CEO of Nokia was asked about the possibility of a Nokia tablet. Elop emphasized that Nokia would not be joining the tablet market if they could not differentiate themselves from other tablet makers. “There are now over 200 different tablets on the marketplace and only one of them is […]
NewsAs exciting as the Microsoft – Nokia deal was and still is. The ugly parts of such deals are coming to light. The biggest issue with partnership like these is that one company needs to shed its workforce. By the end of 2012 Nokia plans to cut it’s global workforce by 4,000 employees, with the […]
NewsGood news for us WP7 lovers, the contract between Nokia and Microsoft has been signed. While we all pretty much knew it was a sure thing, the contract of course makes it final. Microsoft phone unit President Andy Lees and Nokia Executive Vice President Kai Oistamo both stressed that things are ahead of schedule and […]
NewsTimo Ronkainen’s Twitter account gained a lot of popularity this weekend when he tweeted that he saw Stephen Elop with a Windows Phone 7 prototype. Ronkainen claims that the device he saw being used by Nokia’s Chief Executive Officer was the same model that we have seen in pictures. I am interested in hearing someone […]
NewsNokia CEO Stephen Elop held a presentation at McMaster University on April 1st. For those interested in what he said the video is below. While there the Financial Post was granted an interview with Mr. Elop, I inserted the Q&A’s that I thought would most appeal to our readers. Financial Post has the full transcripted […]
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