Android eating Nokia’s lunch, report says

Android eating Nokia’s lunch, report says

Android sales are growing at Nokia’s expense, according to the latest report from AdMob, one of the largest mobile ad networks.

“The HTC Magic (my Touch) is a Top 10 smartphone in both North America and Western Europe,” says AdMob’s latest edition of its Mobile Metrics… Continue Reading

Nokia to buy travel social network Dopplr

Nokia to buy travel social network Dopplr

Nokia has acquired Dopplr, a London-based social network focused on traveling, TechCrunch reports, based on information reportedly passed on by an anonymous source close to the deal. The deal continues Nokia’s fierce acquisition strategy, which has already rolled up small companies like Plum, Bit-Side and… Continue Reading

Nokia’s NAVTEQ buys Acuity Mobile for location-based advertising

Nokia’s NAVTEQ buys Acuity Mobile for location-based advertising

NAVTEQ, the arm of Nokia dedicated to mobile mapping and advertising, announced that it bought location-based advertising firm Acuity Mobile for an undisclosed sum. The deal follows NAVTEQ’s initial $2.8 million stake in the firm last year, as well as years of licensing its technology.

There… Continue Reading

Windows apps coming to Nokia’s Ovi store

Windows apps coming to Nokia’s Ovi store

Thanks to Nokia’s Windows-powered netbook, the Nokia Booklet 3G, the Finnish company that sells more mobile phones than its next three competitors combined will soon host Windows apps in its recently launched Ovi app store. It’s Complicated, the relationship between Microsoft and Nokia. Two weeks… Continue Reading

Roundup: Nokia Money, iPhones coming to China

Roundup: Nokia Money, iPhones coming to China

Nokia announces Nokia Money, a payment-by-phone service that will launch next year — The service will let anyone send and receive money with a text message or a voice call. All you need to know to send someone money is their phone number. Nokia Money will… Continue Reading

Nokia readies mobile payment service Nokia Money

Nokia readies mobile payment service Nokia Money

Nokia said today that it’s going to be entering the mobile payments market next year with a product called Nokia Money, powered by mobile payments startup Obopay. With it, users will be able to send money to other people using their mobile phone numbers, as… Continue Reading

Nokia joins the netbook bandwagon with the Booklet 3G

Nokia joins the netbook bandwagon with the Booklet 3G

Nokia still controls a huge chunk of the mobile market, but the device manufacturer is struggling to redefine itself as consumer interest moves to smartphones and other web-connected gadgets. Today the company announced that it’s making a big move beyond your basic mobile phone, with… Continue Reading

Microsoft and Nokia confirm partnership: ‘A formidable challenge for RIM’

Microsoft and Nokia confirm partnership: ‘A formidable challenge for RIM’

Microsoft and Nokia announced today that, as expected, they will be working together to bring native versions of Microsoft Office to Nokia smartphones. But this is about more than just creating a version of Office for Nokia — the companies say they are working together… Continue Reading

Microsoft probably bringing Office 2010 to Nokia phones

Microsoft probably bringing Office 2010 to Nokia phones

It’s looking increasingly likely that Microsoft and Nokia are about to announce a native version of Office 2010, the latest version of Microsoft’s ubiquitous productivity software, on Nokia smartphones.

In the past, Microsoft said there will be a native version of Office (i.e., one that you… Continue Reading

Nokia sells off Symbian professional services to Accenture

Nokia sells off Symbian professional services to Accenture

When Nokia purchased Symbian a year ago, the supersize phone maker’s explicit plan was to open up Symbian’s mobile platform as a partly open-source suite of software so that application developers would feel comfortable developing for it and contributing their improvements to Symbian’s OS.

On Thursday,… Continue Reading

Nokia posts 66 percent drop in profit for Q2, share price falls immediately

Nokia posts 66 percent drop in profit for Q2, share price falls immediately

This morning, mobile giant Nokia reported a 66 percent drop in profits for the second quarter, and candidly admitted that it doesn’t expect to gain market share, lowering its profitability targets going forward. Almost immediately, the company’s share price plunged 14 percent.

Sales grew even thinner… Continue Reading

Nokia and Symbian: Forget about Android, it’s all about Cutey (Qt)

Nokia and Symbian: Forget about Android, it’s all about Cutey (Qt)

Nokia, the world’s largest phone handset maker, is denying reports stemming from “industry insiders” that it is developing a smartphone that runs on Google’s Android software. Nokia said, “everyone knows that Symbian is our preferred platform for advanced mobile devices.”

However, the truth may be more… Continue Reading

Nokia, RIM, Apple to standardize European phone chargers

Nokia, RIM, Apple to standardize European phone chargers

Ten smartphone makers who control 90 percent of the European mobile market have agreed to ship a standardized charger with their phones starting next year. Gadget makers have talked about standardizing their chargers for years. This time, they have a plan to finally do it.

Motorola,… Continue Reading

Nokia plans Android netbook for 2010

Nokia plans Android netbook for 2010

“We have confirmed that Nokia is planning to enter the netbook market,” wrote Lazard Capital Markets analyst Daniel Amir in a research note published Friday morning.

Amir says Nokia’s laptop will be “a Google Android, ARM-based notebook that would be sold at carriers.” That means it’ll… Continue Reading

Roundup: 18 Android phones coming this year, MySpace hoping for innovation, and more

Roundup: 18 Android phones coming this year, MySpace hoping for innovation, and more

Here’s the latest action:

Google: Expect 18 Android phones by the end of the year — That number could be as high as 20, says Andy Rubin, senior director for mobile platforms.

News Corp. and MySpace execs say MySpace needs to innovate — During an interview at the All… Continue Reading

Nokia’s Ovi Store fails its first-day stress test

Nokia’s Ovi Store fails its first-day stress test

As soon as Nokia’s IT teams — surely they have more than one — began rolling out the company’s answer to Apple’s iTunes store last night, Ovi began spewing error messages. Terence Eden posted screenshots such as this one.

Nokia’s official Ovi Blog posted a sort-of… Continue Reading

iPhone market share doubles to more than 10%

iPhone market share doubles to more than 10%

A fresh report from Gartner is good news for Apple, bad news for Nokia. iPhone sales keep climbing, even as the overall mobile phone market shrinks.

“Worldwide mobile phone sales totaled 269.1 million units in the first quarter of 2009,” says the report, “a 8.6 per… Continue Reading

Nokia to open Ovi Map Player platform to developers

Nokia to open Ovi Map Player platform to developers

Nokia said today that it’s sharing its mapping technology with developers who want to create their own personalized map applications.

This move represents a shift for Nokia from offering its own services to becoming a platform for third-party location-based services. By layering services on top of… Continue Reading

Roundup: Hulu eyes world domination, Schmidt busts antitrust talk, Nokia plots app store and more

Roundup: Hulu eyes world domination, Schmidt busts antitrust talk, Nokia plots app store and more

Hulu closer to going global — The online video site backed by NBC Universal and Fox has signed a bevy of content deals with overseas television producers with an eye toward British and Bollywood programming.

OpenTable sets terms for IPO — The restaurant reservation service plans to sell… Continue Reading

Nokia aims to prove there is mobile demand beyond the iPhone

Nokia aims to prove there is mobile demand beyond the iPhone

Anssi Vanjoki wants the technorati to know that there is more to mobile phones than the iPhone. The executive vice president of the new markets group with Nokia, the world’s biggest cell phone maker, gave a talk at the Web 2.0 Expo today in San… Continue Reading