Nokia says Symbian is here to stay

Release Date 24 Feb, 2011 in TechRadar UK

Nokia asks users what excites them about the Microsoft deal Inquirer - David Neal - 24 Feb, 2011 A POLL conducted by Nokia to find out what most excites its users about the recent deal with Microsoft drew what we can only assume was a disappointing answer - not much. The Finnish phone firm, which recently hopped into bed with ...
Microsoft bricking lesson bodes badly for Elop's Brave New Nokia Register - Andrew Orlowski - 24 Feb, 2011 Not to heap more misery upon Nokia employees, but if you are a depressed Finnish employee, we recommend you stop reading now and turn to this adorable story about a rabbit adopting some kittens. ...
Nokia's Window of opportunity - for competitors Business Times (subscription) - Victoria Ho - 24 Feb, 2011 NOKIA'S recent announcement that it would make Microsoft Windows its primary smartphone platform has got the industry abuzz over the news. At Nokia, shares dropped 14 per cent in response and a reported 1000 employees walked off their ...
	Symbian is here to stay, says Nokia CNET - Damian Koh - 24 Feb, 2011 Nokia stalwart Symbian isn't quite making its exit yet even though the world's largest phone maker is switching to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 as its primary smartphone platform. "Just because we're changing our direction in terms of ...
	WP7-loving Nokia faces muddy future, says analyst Silicon.com - 24 Feb, 2011 Microsoft-Nokia deal a clear win for Ballmer as Mighty Finn faces uphill battle to differentiate... By Natasha Lomas, 24 February 2011 17:30 The Microsoft-Nokia strategic partnership for Windows Phone 7 (WP7), announced earlier this month, ...
Video - Boxing Up The Nokia N8 Symbian^3 Smartphone SymbianOne (press release) - 24 Feb, 2011 Nokia Develeoper Summit - You'll discover how Nokia can help take your app from creation to market faster �" with practical advice, technical sessions with Nokia experts, and hands-on coding labs using new, powerful and easy tools. ...
Goodbye Apple. Goodbye Nokia istockAnalyst.com (press release) - 24 Feb, 2011 As predicted here smartphones have grown exponentially in usage so that they are now the dominant internet device for large swathes of the world's population. Certainly their arrival has acted as the mechanism that has facilitated the uprisings in the ...
Betting the Farm: the Marriage of Nokia and Microsoft: In-Stat Perspective Telecom Reseller (press release) - 24 Feb, 2011 Scottsdale, Ariz. July 23, 2011�"Attending the Mobile World Congress is a blur for an analyst. It is four solid days of meetings with the mobile industry's trend setters, while they provide the latest and greatest information on their offerings. ...
	Nokia C5-03 CNET UK - Damien McFerran - 24 Feb, 2011 The Nokia C5-03 is an ill-advised combination of outdated software and under-performing hardware. There are much better mid-range phones available, for less money. Nokia's recent headline-grabbing shift to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform might ...
	Nokia makes U-turn on Symbian Computing - Derek du Preez - 24 Feb, 2011 Nokia has said Symbian will not be discontinued despite a recent partnership with Microsoft to make Windows 7 the main operating platform for its phones. This is a U-turn on the phone manufacturer's original stance. ...
Will webOS go down as Nokia's 'might-have-been?' FierceWireless - Phil Goldstein - 24 Feb, 2011 I've been slowly digesting the news (and a lot of tapas) from last week's Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Spain. And here is one of my conclusions: I wasn't that impressed with the devices I saw. However, among the few that did impress ...
Nokia Can't Rescue Microsoft's Mobile OS Datamation - 24 Feb, 2011 A number of tech pundits have voiced doubts about the recent Microsoft-Nokia alliance, opining that it's a partnership of two wounded giants. Paul Rubens details his concerns. Microsoft and Nokia are both drinking at the last-chance saloon as far as ...
Nokia and open source �" a trial by fire The H - 24 Feb, 2011 by Richard Hillesley Richard Hillesley has a look at Nokia's curious relationship with open source, finds out where it all went wrong and has a conversation with a survivor of its effects. Nokia's partnership with Microsoft is remarkable for any number ...
Understanding Nokia's smartphone strategy decision All About Symbian - Rafe Blandford - 24 Feb, 2011 In this in-depth feature we look at the thinking behind the smartphone portion of Nokia's new strategy, which was announced on February 11th and sees, in essence, a transition from Symbian to Windows Phone. We consider Nokia's three options and explain ...
Nokia: "Symbian is here to stay" despite Windows Phone 7 partnership Tech Digest - Gerald Lynch - 24 Feb, 2011 Nokia may have put most of their eggs in Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 basket, but they've not totally given up on the Symbian OS they've been working with for the last few years. ...
	Nokia Windows Phone: Dual-SIM Smartphone NokNok.tv - 24 Feb, 2011 We've been looking at some of the useful features that Nokia can bring to Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system �" from music to cameras. Another way that Nokia could take the OS forward would be the introduction of dual-SIM smartphones. ...
Nokia boss: “Symbian is here to stay” DialtoSave - 24 Feb, 2011 Nokia may be adopting Windows Phone 7 as its primary smartphone platform, but that doesn't mean it's all over for the Finn's ailing Symbian OS. That's according to Vlasta Berka, general manager for Nokia, who spoke at the E7 launch event in Singapore. ...
Nokia says Symbian is here to stay TechRadar UK - Kate Solomon - 24 Feb, 2011 Despite promising to keep selling and updating current Symbian-based handsets over the next year, Nokia had said that it would not be making any new Symbian phones. Basically, it sounded as though Symbian was going to go gentle into ...
	Is Microsoft buying Nokia? An analysis of the acquisition endgame VisionMobile (blog) - 24 Feb, 2011 In a surprising move, Nokia and Microsoft decided to enter a strategic relationship for the OEM's smartphone business. While the marriage appears promising at the outset, Research Director Andreas Constantinou argues that the only way for that marriage ...
Nokia to use new UI for Symbian on N8 Siliconindia.com - 24 Feb, 2011 By SiliconIndia Bangalore: Nokia introduces the new user interface (UI) for Symbian operating system and they will use it on the handset N8. MyNokiaBlog has revealed the information that Nokia's flagship N8 will run on the new UI. ...
Symbian “here to stay” says Nokia Manager Techwatch - Darren Allan - 24 Feb, 2011 Symbian is the ailing operating system Nokia had been relying on, until recently when the Finnish company's strategy changed radically with the Microsoft deal. The news that Nokia is partnering with MS to produce budget-friendly Windows ...
	Nokia, Microsoft in pact to rival Apple, Google WXYZ - Matti Huuhtanen - 24 Feb, 2011 HELSINKI (AP) - Technology titans Nokia and Microsoft are combining forces to make smart phones that might challenge rivals like Apple and Google and revive their own fortunes in a market they have struggled to keep up with. ...
	"Symbian is here to stay," says Nokia UberGizmo - George Wong - 24 Feb, 2011 Remember when we posted about the speculations of Nokia Windows Phone 7 devices being delayed? We asked what the company was going to do in the meantime. Well Nokia has recently announced the answer to the world. ...
	Nokia N8: How To Back Up Your Phonebook NokNok.tv - 24 Feb, 2011 If you've got hundreds of contacts in your Nokia N8′s phonebook, it's always a worry that you may lose your handset, and struggle to get in touch with your friends. There's no need to worry, however, as it's easy to back up your Nokia N8′s phonebook ...
Concept of Nokia WP7 (Windows Phone 7) Revealed openPR (press release) - 24 Feb, 2011 (openPR) - Nokia has just unveiled the concept of Windows Phone 7 (WP7) bringing the emerging partnership between Nokia and Microsoft to the spotlight. Pictures of the upcoming technicolor phones from Nokia are enough to arouse curiosity among the ...
RCom store points to Symbian's survival Rethink Wireless - Caroline Gabriel - 24 Feb, 2011 Windows Phone 7 may be Nokia's primary operating system now, but devices are a year away, and in the meantime Symbian remains central - especially in the emerging markets where the Finnish firm still has great strength and growth. ...
Nokia plays catch-up with new partnership nebusiness.co.uk - 24 Feb, 2011 IT'S been another interesting few weeks in the tech world. Two days after the allegedly- leaked memo from Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop described his company as "standing on a burning platform" for its failure to develop a smartphone to compete ...
Nokia: “Symbian is here to stay” Know Your Mobile (blog) - Richard Goodwin - 24 Feb, 2011 Nokia has confirmed that Symbian isn't going anywhere, even though the company has partnered up with Microsoft. Nokia has also claimed that it will sell 150 Symbian-powered mobile phones in 2011. "Just because we're changing our direction in terms of ...
Nokia Redefines Success with the Nokia E7 HardwareZone.com - 24 Feb, 2011 Nokia announced today the arrival of the highly anticipated Nokia E7 in Singapore, adding on another star to Nokia's portfolio of business smartphones. Nokia's business mobility strategy has rapidly evolved and broken new ground in recent years, ...
	Nokia Will Need Marketing Savvy -- and Spend -- to Crack US Market AdAge.com (subscription) - 24 Feb, 2011 Nokia is so far behind in smartphones that its new CEO equated the world's largest mobile-phone maker to a man trapped on a burning oil rig, staring down into the freezing ocean. Nokia is on this precipitous ledge because of many missteps across the ...