Nokia

Samsung Rides Android Past Nokia to Take Sales Lead

John Paczkowski in Mobile on May 16 at 11:55 am PT

A two percent decline in mobile phone shipments during the first quarter of 2012 may have hurt some handset vendors, but it did little to slow Samsung.

Nokia Hopes Pair of Cheap Phones Will Help Regain Some Ground in Emerging Markets

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 15 at 2:38 am PT

The Nokia 110 and 112 both promise basic Internet access, free games, and connections to Facebook and Twitter, for under 40 euros.

U.S. Sales Are Bright Spot for Nokia’s Lumia

John Paczkowski in Mobile on May 9 at 11:40 am PT

No signs of Lumia demand “falling off a cliff” — in the U.S., anyway.

Sprint Product Exec: Launching LTE Devices Before Network Just Makes Sense

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 8 at 11:52 am PT

At CTIA in New Orleans, Sprint’s Fared Adib talks about several key changes in the company’s business, including its ongoing shift in 4G technologies.

A Class Action Suit? Yeah, That Will Do Wonders For the Value of Your Nokia Shares …

John Paczkowski in News on May 4 at 8:41 am PT

Nokia finds itself on the receiving end of a class action suit brought by an irate shareholder.

Nokia Sues HTC, RIM and ViewSonic for Patent Infringement

John Paczkowski in News on May 2 at 7:56 am PT

A new front in World Patent War I — several, actually.

Interview: Nokia’s Head of Imaging on Extending Zeiss Deal, Preparing to Ship 41-Megapixel Cameraphone

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 2 at 1:05 am PT

Nokia says its 808 PureView will ship to the first markets — including Russia and India — later this month. The company also extended its deal with German imaging firm Carl Zeiss.

News Byte

Nokia in Talks to Unload Luxury Vertu Brand

John Paczkowski in News on April 30 at 8:14 am PT

Evidently, there’s a lot of life left yet in the market for $20,000 gold-encrusted Symbian handsets — Nokia may have found a willing buyer for its luxury handset subsidiary Vertu. The Financial Times reports that the struggling Finnish mobile phone maker is mulling a deal that would see it sell the world’s most expensive mobile phone brand to private equity firm Permira for about $265 million.