Articles tagged with: Ovi and Nokia

Nokia Shows Off Three New Mobile Phones

Nokia has shown off several new mobile phones at its annual Nokia World conference, along with plans to integrate the Facebook webservice into its ovi mobile content platform. Lifecasting with ovi is said to be the first application to let people publish their location and status updates directly to their Facebook account from the home screen of a mobile device. more

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Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments Down by 15.8% in First Quarter

.. in the midst of the economic recession, providing a needed boost to shipment volumes. As expected, the Latin American mobile phone markets took a negative turn in 1Q09 as most of the economies in the region began to see slower economic growth. more

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Nokia Cuts 450 Jobs in Mobile Services Division

..to make around 450 staff redundant worldwide. "The planned changes are aimed at improving and simplifying the user experience of Nokia services, increasing opportunities for third party developers and other partners to create compelling ser more

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Etisalat Signs Up to Nokia's Ovi Platform

The UAE based operator, Etisalat has inked a deal to offer access to Nokia's mobile internet portal, ovi to its customers. In the first phase of the collaboration, Etisalat's UAE mobile customers will be able to access ovi Maps and N-Gage Games on their Nokia devices. more

Rules Change in the Mobile Handset Outsourcing Business

..alls for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) providers, according to iSuppli Corp. One major rule change is that the contract manufacturing business can no longer count on incremental growth in o more

Nokia Working on "Augmented Reality" for Mobile Phones

..ments a user's view of the real world with three-dimensional computer graphic objects, providing a real-time, interactive and intuitive means of accessing and displaying spatial information. Where virtual reality immerses a user completely in an a more

Game-Changing Moves Strengthen Consumer LBS in North America

.., Google built its own cell tower database. Wi-Fi-based location provides strong coverage indoors, where GPS is weak, so Skyhook Wireless creates not only a Wi-Fi-based position determination technology but also a Wi-Fi access point database more

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Recession or Not, Wireless Backhaul Expansion Continues Strongly

.., and Verizon Communications will develop new revenue streams by providing leased backhaul services. Even the business models for backhaul are in flux. "We have observed a movement towards backhaul as a managed service," says Manjaro. "This enab more

Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech

..pplication downloads, including games, music, videos, user interfaces and various utility programs. The BlackBerry App World and Widows Marketplace for Mobile have similar business models in terms of revenue recognition. For Windows Marketplac more

Bakcell Launches EDGE Upgrade in Azerbaijan

..r, Bakcell says that it has launched an EDGE upgrade to its network. The network upgrade was provided by Nokia Siemens Networks as part of a general contract which also included a GSM network expansion. The contract was announced in February, more

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