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Nokia Sold 1.3 Million Lumia Phones in 2011: Will it Save the Company?

Nokia Sold 1.3 Million Lumia Phones in 2011: Will it Save the Company?

Nokia, once a top handset manufacturing company, is now struggling to maintain its position in the market. The Finnish company is looking to regain its lost glory with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 handsets and it seems its strategy may eventually pay off. Reportedly, Nokia moved about 1.3 million Windows Phone powered Lumia 710 and Lumia [...]

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Smartphones to Gain Market Share in 2012

Smartphones to Gain Market Share in 2012

Now that we are done with holiday festivities, it is time to start predicting trends for new year. The new year is likely to be a bumper year for 3G and 4G phones. According to a latest report released by ABI Research, these phones are likely to account for about half the handsets to be [...]

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Nokia Bids Adieu to Symbian, Welcomes Belle

Nokia Bids Adieu to Symbian, Welcomes Belle

Nokia is going for a makeover. The company is not only busy working on Windows Phone 7 handsets, but it is also trying to revive its home-brew mobile OS Symbian, though, it would be changing the moniker to Belle. Nokia Belle, which was earlier known as Symbian Belle, was introduced in early 2011 on Nokia [...]

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iPhone Retains its Top Spot in UK

iPhone Retains its Top Spot in UK

While smartphone market is expanding in Britain, iPhone 4S is clearly the number one smartphone available to buy. According to market research firm GfK, the iPhone 4S commanded 25 percent market share in the four weeks ending on Dec 9. However, iPhone 4S is not the only star in Apple’s crown. Its older phone models [...]

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Is Microsoft Planning to Buy Nokia Smartphone Business

Is Microsoft Planning to Buy Nokia Smartphone Business

Nokia has recently introduced a series of new phones which have received mainly positive reviews, but the outlook for the company is still bleak. In the meantime, Microsoft and Nokia are going ahead with their collaboration and now, it is being rumored that the Redmond company may actually be planning to buy the smartphone division [...]

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UK Goes on iPhone Frenzy: Sales Triple in October

UK Goes on iPhone Frenzy: Sales Triple in October

UK sure loves iPhone 4s, for the coveted phones’ sales volume tripled in the month of October. According to market research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, iPhone 4S constituted 42.8 percent of the total smartphones sold in the country during the month of October. Android’s market share stood at 35 percent for the same time period. [...]

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China is the Largest Smartphone Market in the World

China is the Largest Smartphone Market in the World

Move over, United States of America, it’s China’s turn to shine. The world’s most populous country is now also the biggest market for smartphones. According to Market Research firm Strategy Analytics China witnessed the shipment of 23.9  million smartphones during the third quarter of the year, up 58 percent sequentially. In contrast, the US markets [...]

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Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone 7 Preview

Nokia’s fall from grace over the last 5 year’s has been quite spectacular, before the world of iPhone’s and Android’s Nokia was the king of mobile phones. But, as with many large companies, they took their eye off the ball and Apple stole a march on them with the advent of the smartphone. Now, it’s [...]

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