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Nokia World Now Multiple, Smaller Events; First In Helsinki 5-6 Sept

Nokia just announced on its Conversations blog that it is moving away from organizing one major annual event to organizing more than one “smaller, more intimate events” over the course…

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Nokia Launches Two New Cheap Phones: Meet The Nokia 110 and 112

Nokia this morning introduced two new low-cost phones, the Nokia 110 and Nokia 112, in an effort to appeal to “young, urban consumers” who can’t really afford high-end smartphones. See…

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Nokia Share Price Takes A Nosedive

Troubled Finnish phone maker Nokia saw its stock price take an unusually steep nosedive this morning on market open, dropping about 6.3 percent to 2.35 euros. Earlier this morning, it…

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Guess What? The Lumia Recommends The iPhone

Earlier today we ran a story – as did many, many other publications – about Apple’s iPhone 4S-only service Siri recommending people to buy the Nokia Lumia 900 when asking…

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Apple's Siri: Nokia Lumia 900 Is The Best Smartphone Ever

When you break out your iPhone 4S and ask Siri what the ‘best smartphone ever’ is, your humble virtual assistant will recommend you to buy Nokia’s Lumia 900. Which is,…

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Nokia Phazes Out Plazes

Nokia has just sent out an email to users of location-based social network Plazes – though I can’t imagine there were many users still using it – to inform them…

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Nokia And Execs Hit With Nasty Class Action Lawsuit Over Fraud

Troubled Finnish phone giant Nokia is increasingly troubled, unicorns be damned. The latest bad news for the phone maker: along with high-ranking executives Stephen Elop (CEO) and Timo Ihamuotila (CFO),…

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New Nokia Chairman Sees No Need For Strategy Shift

Troubled Finnish phone maker Nokia is – still – troubled. No need for a strategy change though, incoming Nokia chairman Risto Siilasmaa told reporters this morning. He said Nokia’s current…

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Nokia Repays $420k Jobs Grant To NY State

Troubled Nokia is troubled. The latest bad news for the Finnish phone maker is that it had to repay New York State $420,000 after breaking a deal to bring hundreds…

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Apple Could Buy Amazon, Nokia and RIM With Cash On Hand

With over $110 billion in cash, the Cupertino giant could theoretically buy three major rivals and still have change left to go shopping for a new handbag or two. We…

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Microsoft Tests the Pinterest Waters for Lumia Contest

When trying to get people excited about your new product, setting up a contest via social channels like Twitter and Facebook has become commonplace. However, as new channels pop up,…

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Nokia Sold 2 Million Lumia Devices In Q1, But Lowers Outlook

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia this morning announced that it has lowered its first-quarter 2012 outlook for the key Devices & Services business unit, despite selling over 2 million Lumia…

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Nokia No Longer The Most Valuable Finnish Company

Troubled Nokia is troubled. As pointed out by Horace Dediu on Twitter, the company no longer even wears the crown of most valuable company in Finland anymore. In fact, Finnish…

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Nokia Executive Bails After 27 Years

Beleaguered Nokia has lost yet another senior executive. Robert Andersson, a senior vice president of the consumer electronics giant, has decided to leave Nokia to join TeliaSonera, Europe’s 5th largest…

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The Cesspool That Is Windows Phone Marketplace, In Pictures

A few months ago, I switched to a Nokia Lumia 800 running Windows Phone as my primary phone. The phone and OS have its flaws, but most people would agree…