Nokia announced its plans to align its global workforce and consolidate site operations. What does this mean? Well, it is a nice way to say that they will be laying off about 7000 employees by the end of 2012. This effort by the Finnish company will save one billion euros for the full year 2013 [...]
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Nokia to reduce workforce by 7000 by end of 2012
Posted on 27 April 2011.
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Nokia holding a special event on April 21 for a Symbian announcement
Posted on 05 April 2011.
Nokia is going to hold a special event on April 12 for the press. The topic? Not Windows 7 or Meego, but to announce something new with the Symbian OS. The actual announcement is still unknown, so we don’t know what exactly will be announced just yet. Stay tuned on April 12.
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Nokia E7 makes its way into the USA;
Posted on 05 April 2011.
The Nokia E7 was announced back at Nokia World last September, but it took a while for it to finally hit the United States. The E7 has a 4″ AMOLED touch screen, QWERTY keyboard, an 8MP camera, HDMI support with cable included, and Maps with free GPS. Want one of these sleek Nokia phones? Cough [...]
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Nokia and Microsoft form partnership; Nokia phones to run Windows Phone OS
Posted on 11 February 2011.
It is evident that Nokia has to do something to compete against the iPhone and other Android phones. To put it simply, the Symbian operating system is just not cutting it. Stephen Elop, Nokia’s CEO, understands this and has worked with Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer to create a strategic partnership to build a new global ecosystem. [...]
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Nokia delays E7 launch until early 2011
Posted on 15 December 2010.
Nokia announced the Nokia E7 handset back in September at Nokia World. The E7 is going to be one of Nokia’s top of the line phones with some impressive specs. We got a hands-on with the device at Nokia World and we were quite impressed with the 4-inch AMOLED display. The display shows some vibrant [...]
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Nokia E73 Mode review
Posted on 09 November 2010.
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A Nokia affiliate asked us to do a review on the new Nokia E73 Mode, which runs on T-Mobile’s network, a few weeks ago. Having reviewed the Nokia E71x in an earlier post – I found the hardware to be solid while the capable (if uninspiring and dated) Symbian OS was positively crippled by AT&T [...]
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Hands-on with the Nokia C3 Touch and Type (Updated with video walkthrough)
Posted on 15 September 2010.
We posted up a few minutes ago about the announcement of the Nokia C3 Touch and Type handset at Nokia World. We were able to rush out of the keynote and grab some hands-on shots with the sleek new device. Be sure to check out the gallery below.
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Nokia announces the Nokia C3 Touch and Type
Posted on 15 September 2010.
Today Nokia announced its second touch and type phone at Nokia World. The Nokia C3 Touch and Type is an affordable Series 40 phone that gives users a touch display and a traditional phone keypad. The C3 Touch and Type has a stainless steel casing and is relatively light weight. The C3 [...]
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Nokia C6 hands-on
Posted on 14 September 2010.
Nokia announced the Nokia C6 today at Nokia World in London. The C6 is a small and thin device that has some real potential in the marketplace. The Nokia C6 has a 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen display that really makes for a clear and crisp experience. The phone is mainly touchscreen but there are a few [...]
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Nokia C7 hands-on
Posted on 14 September 2010.
Nokia announced a new addition to its lineup, the Nokia C7. The C7 has a 3.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen display and a 8-megapixel camera. While most of the phone utilizes the touch screen, there are still a some physical keys like the menu key, call key, end key, etc. The Nokia C7, which will be available [...]