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Sven Grundberg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on October 2, 2012 at 1:48 pm PT
A group of former Nokia Corp. employees has raised €200 million ($258 million) from a variety of telecommunications-industry players to introduce a new mobile operating platform based on discarded Nokia technology, and the group will unveil a new phone next month.
John Paczkowski in News on August 9, 2012 at 8:45 am PT
Nokia unloads some non-core assets as it gears up for the debut of its new Windows Phone 8 handsets.
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Sven Grundberg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on July 9, 2012 at 11:30 pm PT
Finnish start-up Jolla Ltd. is in talks with hardware makers, aiming to release a smartphone that runs on Nokia Corp.’s largely abandoned MeeGo operating system within the next six months.
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 14, 2012 at 7:55 am PT
The company is halting work on a Linux-based operating system for low-end smartphones, sources tell
AllThingsD. Work to expand into tablets will continue.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 17, 2012 at 5:30 am PT
In an interview with Forbes, the Korean electronics firm says it plans to merge bada with Tizen, the latest multicompany effort to bring Linux to smartphones.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 8, 2011 at 11:52 am PT
HP is said to be close to deciding the fate of its webOS software business, and will reveal it today at an all-hands meeting led by CEO Meg Whitman. Will someone buy it?
Ina Fried in Mobile on October 26, 2011 at 4:06 am PT
The company showed off its first Windows Phone models in London on Wednesday, but only a handful of markets will get the products this year.
Tricia Duryee in Mobile on September 29, 2011 at 5:01 pm PT
Intel provided a major update on its plans in the mobile space this week, including the acquisition of Telmap, an Israeli location-based services company.
Ina Fried in Mobile on September 27, 2011 at 9:03 am PT
There’s still no word on when Nokia will offer up its first Windows Phone models, but the company did say it is ready to ship the Meego-based N9.
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 20, 2011 at 7:23 pm PT
Speaking at a Nokia event in Singapore, the head of the Finnish phone maker stresses the progress that the company has made since announcing its shift to Windows Phone back in February.
However, given that the majority of Nokia’s business has nothing to do with Windows Phone, Stephen Elop also spoke about the company’s plans for Symbian as well as for the basic phones that make up a huge chunk of Nokia’s sales.