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Articles tagged with: Symbian
Nokia Announces 4,000 Job Cuts - Outsources Symbian Software Activities
Nokia has announced the long anticipate impact of its switch to the Windows Mobile platform on its workforce, and has announced that it will be cutting some 4,000 jobs by the end of 2012, with the majority of reductions in Denmark, Finland and the UK. more
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Nokia Shows Off Two New Symbian Based Smartphones
Nokia has shown off two new smartphones - running its now legacy symbian software - the Nokia E6 and the Nokia X7. The two devices are the first Nokia smartphones to contain the updated symbian software, with new icons and usability enhancements such as improved text input, a faster browser and refreshed Ovi Maps. more
Related Tags: nokia-e6, nokia-x7, nokia, public-transport, qwerty, touch-screen, true, nokia-c7
S&P Downgrades Nokia's Debt Ratings
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today it lowered its long-term corporate credit rating on Nokia to 'A-' from 'A'. In addition, S&P affirmed the 'A-1' short-term rating. They removed all ratings from CreditWatch, where they were placed with negative implications on Feb. 1, 2011. The outlook is now stable. more
Related Tags: nokia, windows-phone-7, microsoft, windows-phone
RIM handset testing dominates while Android development is on the rise and Symbian falls
Despite an overall decline of 13.6% over the past 12 months, RIM continues to have the highest total share of smartphone testing time (45%), according to internal statistics from the remote testing vendor, DeviceAnywhere. RIM still accounts for almost twice as much testing time as Android, who hold the number two spot. more
Related Tags: deviceanywhere, rim, blackberry, android, nexus
Nokia Already Working on First Microsoft Based Smartphone
Nokia's CEO, Stephen Elop says that the company has already started work on the company's first Windows Phone 7 based smartphone, just a few weeks after the company announced its shift from symbian to the WP7 operating system. Although the company aims to deliver a handset by the end of this year, the first sales are still not expected until next year. more
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Smartphones to Break 100M Shipment Mark in Asia/Pacific - Excluding Japan
Smartphone shipments are expected to hit 137 million units in 2011, the first time for shipments to break the 100 million mark in the Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) region, according to IDC. more
Related Tags: smartphones, nokia, android, windows-phone, feature-phones
Nokia Sells Qt Commercial Accounts and Platform to Digia
Nokia has sold its Qt commercial licensing and services business to Qt developer, Digia for an undisclosed amount. Through the acquisition, around 3500 desktop and embedded customer companies from various industries are targeted to be transferred to Digia. more
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Eavesdropping Software Installed on Chinese Symbian Phones
A new variant of spyware "Spy.Felxispy" on symbian devices causing privacy leakage has recently been captured by the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Centre of China. According to NetQin Mobile, there are more than a dozen variants of the spyware since the first was spotted, and the latest has affected over 150,000 devices. more
Related Tags: virus, cloud, netqin, China
Symbian Still Leading in Malaysian Smartphone Market
2010 was a boom year for the mobile phone industry in Malaysia, as consumers snapped up over 24 percent more units of mobile phone; growing the overall value of the industry by 30 percent compared to the year before. Smartphones were the key contributors to the industry's good performance, with GfK Malaysia's retail audit findings reflecting more than a two-fold growth of 208 percent in the number of units sold, and 150 percent increase in terms of value sales. more
Related Tags: android, os, operating-system, smartphone, Malaysia
Nokia Cancels First MeeGo Smartphone Before Even Released
Nokia has halted development on its first MeeGo based smartphone, just a few months before its anticipated release, reports the Reuters news agency. Citing two industry sources close to the company, Reuters said that the company had been expected to show off the device at this Friday's highly anticipated investor show. Leaked photos last month had shown a Nokia branded device running the MeeGo OS for the first time. more
Related Tags: nokia, qt, meego, linux-foundation
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