Nokia infuses Nokia Growth Partners with another $150m

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Nokia Growth Partners, a global private equity and venture capital management firm, today announced an additional commitment of USD 150 million from Nokia, increasing funds under management for direct investments to USD 250 million.
Nokia began sponsoring funds and promoting venture investments in 1998 as a catalyst for innovation in the mobile industry. Nokia commitments to venture funding activities to date exceed USD 900 million. Read more

Posted on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:51:43 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Qualcomm and Nokia Deal ends long legal Battle

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By Sinead Carew

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc and Nokia settled a three-year, three-continent legal battle on Wednesday when Nokia agreed to make an upfront payment and ongoing royalties to the U.S. technology company.
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Posted on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:19:42 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia's single-chip Phones Sales volumes high: Report

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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia has reached high volumes in single-chip mobile phone sales, the company's head was quoted in a newspaper as saying on Friday.
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Posted on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:52:25 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia says only 3% of People recycle their Mobile Phones

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Nokia announces a global consumer survey that reveals that a majority of old mobile phones are lying in drawers at home and not being recycled.

Now with Apple launching the 3G iPhone, it is of course important to know where you can get rid of your Nokia 3G phone environmentally friendly.

Only 3% of people recycle their mobile phones despite the fact that most have old devices lying around at home that they no longer want.
Three out of every four people added that they don't even think about recycling their devices and nearly half were unaware that it is even possible to do so. Read more

Posted on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 01:16:17 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia and Telenor sign Internet Services Deal

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 HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Thursday it had signed a cooperation agreement with Norwegian telcom group Telenor for its "Ovi" Internet services platform.
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Posted on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia tries to make good on closed German Factory with over $32m Investment

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Nokia, the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the City of Bochum jointly unveiled a plan today to stimulate growth, create new jobs and generate investment for Bochum and the neighboring cities.

Nokia invests 20m Euro (~$32m) into the Growth for Bochum program plus the net proceeds from the sale of Nokia's production facility and property in Bochum.
The state of NRW will also contribute a co-investment in the amount of 20 million Euros ($32m). Read more

Posted on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 06:38:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Warner Music Group joins Nokia Comes With Music

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Nokia today announced that Warner Music Group will make its catalog of new stars and legendary artists available through Nokia Music Stores around the world as well as through Comes With Music.

Comes With Music is expected to launch in the second half of 2008 on a range of Nokia devices in selected territories. With a single purchase, consumers will have access to a year of exploring and downloading the music that they love, and be able to keep all their selections in their permanent library. Nokia announced Comes With Music in December of 2007 already. Read more

Posted on Tue, 1 Jul 2008 02:09:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Nokia Supernova 7610, 7510, 7310 and 7210

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Nokia unveiled four mobile phones in their new Nokia Supernova phone line.

The Nokia Supernova phones let you express your personal styles on a number of levels ranging from stylish designs, to personalization through vibrantly hued exchangeable covers. Read more

Posted on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:57:41 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia plays catch up in Japan

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Nokia Corp will add public wireless LAN access to its handsets in Japan in a bid to keep pace with smaller Japanese rivals that already provide such network connections.
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Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia N78 ships in US

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Nokia announced today that the N78 phone ships in the United States. The feature packed Nokia N78 was announced in February.

Features of the 3G HSPDA Nokia N78 include WiFi, 3.2MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics, microSD card slot, A-GPS, geotagging of photos, FM Tuner, FM transmitter, media player and Bluetooth. Read more

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:41:06 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia buys Symbian Limited for $411m

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Nokia pays 264m Euro (~$411m) to buy the remaining shares of Symbian Limited, which they do not already own. This move is the enabler for the big announcement of the new open Symbian platform and the Symbian Foundation.
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Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia opens up Symbian to compete against Google Android

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Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DOCOMO announced today their intent to unite Symbian OS, S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) to create one open mobile software platform.

To enable the Foundation, Nokia today announced plans to acquire the remaining shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own and then contribute the Symbian and S60 software to the Foundation. Read more

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:44:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia to buy Plazes

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Nokia and Plazes announced today an agreement for Nokia to acquire substantially all assets of Plazes, a privately-owned start-up company of 13 people with its principal operations in Berlin.

Plazes provides a context-aware social-activity service that people can use to plan, record, and share their social activities: why they are at a given location at a given time, whether in the past, present or future. Read more

Posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:35:03 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

T-Mobile launches Nokia 6301 and Samsung T339 Wi-Fi Cellphones

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Today T-Mobile USA announced the availability of the Nokia 6301 and Samsung SGH-t339, the newest additions to the growing lineup of phones that support T-Mobile HotSpot @Home service.

Now T-Mobile customers can choose from eight HotSpot-enabled phones, including three smartphones and a variety of Nokia and Samsung phones. The T-Mobile HotSpot @Home service offers unlimited, nationwide calling over any accessible Wi-Fi connection in addition to great in-home coverage. Read more

Posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:46:49 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia & Verizon Wireless Team Up for the Nokia 6205 Dark Knight Edition

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Verizon Wireless and Nokia have teamed up for a new special edition Nokia 6205 Dark Knight Edition handset. The device is a Verizon Wireless exclusive and is black with the Dark knight emblem on the back.

The flip phone also includes wallpapers, voice tones, screensavers and the full movie trailer pre-loaded. Other features include external music controls, a 2-inch LCD, Verizon V Cast compatibility and more. The camera features a 1.3MP camera phone with flash and 4x digital zoom. Internal storage capacity is 58 MB. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:04:58 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Nokia unveils two new Business Phones

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LONDON (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia unveiled two new phone models aimed at corporate clients on Monday, revamping its somewhat aging offering to business customers.
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Posted on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia E71 and E66 unveiled

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Nokia introduced today the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66.

The Nokia Eseries are the email-optimized devices from Nokia that are competing directly with BlackBerry phones.

The Nokia E71 comes with a full QWERTY keyboard and features include 2.36 inch QVGA screen, 3.2MP camera, music player, media player, Wi-fi, GPS, FS-USB, IrDA, Bluetooth 2.0, 2.5mm AV connector, S60 platform, and HSDPA 3G connectivity.
Measurements of the E71 are 114 mm x 57 mm x 10mm (quite thin!). Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:38:04 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung seeking Growth on Nokia's Turf

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By Rauli Laitinen

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's No. 2 cellphone maker Samsung is seeking to grow in Finland, the home of top player Nokia , with touch-screen phones, the company said on Friday.
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Posted on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:34:33 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia to bring new E-series Phones to Market

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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker, is set to start selling a group of E-series enterprise handsets and the top-of-the-range N96 multimedia device, a senior executive said on Monday.

"We will in the third quarter bring to the market the N96 we have launched and a group of E-series multimedia computers that will be sure to have a strong stamp on where this market is going," Anssi Vanjoki, senior executive vice president of Nokia Markets, told Reuters on Monday.

Nokia declined to comment on the models, but industry sources said the company is set to come out next week with new E66 and E71 models. They are both expected to feature GPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera and 128 megabytes of memory.

Nokia unveiled the N96 in February and it is seen as the successor to its top profit generator, the N95. It will come with 16 gigabytes of internal memory and is expected to retail around 550 euros ($870), excluding subsidies and taxes.

"The N96 that we have introduced ... we believe this will be a significant product to the group who define the tone where the market is going," Vanjoki said. "Preorders for it are encouraging."

Nokia said in its fourth-quarter earnings report it had sold 6 million of the N95, often seen as the key rival to Apple's iPhone, by end-December. At the time this compared with Apple's 4 million iPhones sold. Apple has said it aims to sell 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008.
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Posted on Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:47:43 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia Updates Nokia Maps

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Nokia announced today that its Nokia Maps 2.0 application is out of beta and ready for public download. Nokia says that the beta version has been downloaded more than 240,000 times since February. Nokia promises enhanced car navigation and pedestrian navigation and more features.

Some of the improvements to the application include improved optional car navigation with faster routing, updated user interface with pre-defined views, and navigation features like signposts and multi-stop route planner. Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 May 2008 16:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

T-Mobile Gets the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic Phone

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We talked a bit about the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone before when it was first announced. T-Mobile announced this week that it would begin offering the 5310 XpressMusic phone to its subscribers starting May 28th.

The device will be one of the lowest cost phones they offer too at only $49.99 with a 2-year contract. Features of the phone include T-Mobile myFaves-enabled, music player with external controls, stereo Bluetooth, video capture and playback, FM radio, and more. Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 May 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun