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Nokia Lumia 900 Up for Pre-Order at Microsoft Stores; Rumors Suggest $99 Price Tag

February 3, 2012
Nokia Lumia 900, the latest Windows Phone announced by the Finns was just made available for pre-order at Microsoft Stores. We’re dealing here with a 4.3 inch smartphone, basically a bigger version of the Lumia 800 and you must know that the Lumia 900 took off at CES 2012.Pre-orders for ...

IDC: Apple passes LG to become world’s third largest phone vendor

February 2, 2012
Thanks to a strong fourth quarter, Apple has passed LG to become the world’s third largest cell phone vendor by volume, according to new estimates from market research firm IDC. The worldwide mobile phone market grew 6.1%  year-over-year in the fourth quarter as the feature phone market continued to decline ...

Nokia Siemens Networks to lay off more than 4,000 workers in Europe

February 1, 2012
Nokia Siemens Networks recently announced that it will cut as many as 1,200 jobs in Finland and lay off another 2,900 workers in Germany as it begins to restructure the company. Both Nokia and Siemens originally tried to sell the joint venture, which has struggled to report a profit, but ...

Smartphone vendors said to be delaying launches to avoid competiting with iPhone 4S

January 31, 2012
Global smartphone vendors including Samsung, HTC, Nokia and LG are expected to launch new smartphone models in the second quarter to avoid competing directly with the iPhone 4S, according to Digitimes. “Mainly due to hot sales of the iPhone 4S, Apple recorded the largest global smartphone market share of 23.9% in the ...

Nokia Lumia 800 Battery Problems Considered Solved by Nokia, Other Bugs Still Exist…

January 31, 2012
Nokia Lumia 800 has had a bit of a rough history since its launch, being plagued by battery issues , that were supposedly corrected by a software update, that for some users made the matters worse. Nokia Nokia is claiming that the second fix it offered really solves the issue, ...

Nokia N950 With PR 1.2 MeeGo Update Caught on Camera; Details Here (Video)

January 30, 2012
In case you have no idea what this model is about, know that the Nokia N950 is the developer edition of the N9 with QWERTY keyboard, as some people have called the device. Imagine a combo between the Nokia E7 and the N9 and you get the N950, that’s shown ...

Nokia Lumia 910 with 12-megapixel camera headed to Europe

January 30, 2012
Nokia seemingly has plans to launch a European varient of the upcoming Lumia 900 smartphone that will feature an upgraded 12-megapixel camera. Dutch online cell phone retailer Typhone.nl has posted a listing for a smartphone it says will become available in the coming months. Using an image of AT&T’s flagship ...

Nokia still top vendor as global handset shipments reached 1.6 billion in 2011

January 28, 2012
Global mobile phone shipments grew 14% annually to shatter the previous shipment record in 2011. Market research firm Strategy Analytics estimates that 1.6 billion cell phones were shipped last year, representing more than one-fifth of the world’s total population, which surpassed 7 billion in late October last year according to the Population ...

Nokia Lumia 900 Priced at $99.99 on AT&T, Coming on March 18th

January 27, 2012
If you’re drooling at the idea of buying the just announced (at CES) Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone unit, know that you’ll be able to get the 4.3 inch smartphone for $99.99 on AT&T starting March 18th. The info comes from AT&T’s Q1 2012 roadmap.Of course, the price applies to ...

Microsoft’s Windows Phone dowry to net Nokia billions

January 26, 2012
Nokia’s fourth-quarter earnings report painted a grim picture of the Finnish phone maker’s business last quarter, but amid the red numbers peppered throughout Nokia’s earnings release, the high-level terms of its agreement with Microsoft were revealed. In exchange for royalty payments estimated to reach into the billions over the life of ...

Nokia reports huge €1 billion Q4 loss, says over 1 million Lumia phones sold

January 26, 2012
Nokia on Thursday reported earnings for the fourth quarter of 2011, revealing its third straight quarterly loss. The company saw revenue slide 21% year-over-year to €10 billion, and profit dropped from €884 million in the fourth quarter 2010 to a €954 million operating loss last quarter. Smartphone revenue dipped 38% compared to the ...

AT&T’s Q1 2012 roadmap: Nokia Lumia 900 to launch March 18th for $99.99

January 25, 2012
We just received a portion of AT&T’s 2012 roadmap from a trusted source, and it looks like AT&T isn’t playing around this year. There are some heavy hitters lined up for the first quarter of 2012, and one of the biggest smartphone launches of the quarter is currently scheduled to ...