Nokia hands Symbian development to Accenture

Release Date 22 Jun, 2011 in Inquirer

Nokia hands Symbian development to Accenture Inquirer - Chris Martin - 22 Jun, 2011 FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia has finalised its plans to outsource Symbian development and support to the global IT management consulting firm Accenture. The agreement means that Accenture will develop and support Symbian until 2016. ...
Nokia: Maps future of mobile comms ZDNet Asia - Kevin Kwang - 22 Jun, 2011 Mapping tech from Navteq acquisition will help Nokia establish Windows Phone as third platform of choice, says senior company exec who believes there's still room for third ecosystem, ...
	Nokia's new flagship N9 gets mixed reviews AFP - Philip Lim - 22 Jun, 2011 SINGAPORE �" Nokia's latest attempt to win back market share with its N9 phone received mixed reviews Wednesday but analysts said the real test will come when it releases new models using the Windows Phone 7 operating system. Fans lauded the N9's ease ...
Nokia completes outsourcing deal with Accenture, including transfer of 2800 ... Washington Post - 22 Jun, 2011 By AP, HELSINKI �" Nokia Corp. says it has completed a deal to outsource its Symbian software development to Accenture that includes the transfer of 2800 Nokia workers to the global management-consulting firm. The Finland-based company says Accenture ...
Nokia Completes Job Cut Talks In Some Finnish Units Wall Street Journal - Sven Grundberg - 22 Jun, 2011 STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)--Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. (NOK) Wednesday said it has completed job cut negotiations at some of its divisions in Finland. Nokia said the talks to cut jobs have been completed in ...
Nokia Finalizes Symbian Outsource Agreement With Accenture Wall Street Journal - Sven Grundberg - 22 Jun, 2011 STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)--Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. (NOK) Wednesday said it has finalized its agreement for management consultancy firm Accenture PLC (ACN) to take control for the development and support of Nokia's Symbian software. ...
Nokia and Accenture finalize Symbian software development and support services ... Reuters (press release) - 22 Jun, 2011 Espoo, Finland - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have finalized an agreement for Nokia to outsource Symbian software development and support activities to Accenture. Plans of the agreement were first announced on April 27, 2011. ...
Nokia's MeeGo phone won't launch in India? Times of India - 22 Jun, 2011 NEW DELHI: Nokia on Tuesday took the wraps off N9, its first �" and probably last �" MeeGo phone, in Singapore. However, it seems that the company may not bring the device to India when it launches N9 before the end of this year. ...
	Nokia unveils first MeeGo phone China Daily - Shen Jingting - 22 Jun, 2011 SINGAPORE - Nokia Corp on Tuesday unveiled its first mobile phone based on the MeeGo operating system (OS), while the chief executive officer insisted that the company is maintaining its focus on the Windows phone ...
MeeGo's Promising 'Debut' in Nokia's New N9 BusinessWeek - Kevin Tofel - 22 Jun, 2011 When Nokia unveiled its newest phone on Tuesday, June 21, it wasn't a Windows Phone 7 device. The Nokia N9 uses the MeeGo operating system, which Nokia originally intended to succeed its aging Symbian OS. With Nokia having adopted ...
Nokia's N9 Beautiful, But Not Businesses-Ready InformationWeek - Eric Zeman - 22 Jun, 2011 The first--and last--MeeGo handset is a gorgeous piece of hardware that will have little impact on Nokia's smartphone ambitions. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Nokia reminded the mobile industry on Tuesday why it is the number one maker of cell phones ...
David Prosser: Another distracting sideshow at Nokia The Independent - 22 Jun, 2011 Outlook It just might be worth investing in a Nokia N9, the new smartphone launched yesterday by the Finnish mobile phone company �" but not because it is a credible rival to Apple's iPhone, which is what its engineers had originally hoped. ...
	Nokia's new N9 MeeGo phone (hands-on) CNET - Aloysius Low - 22 Jun, 2011 Finnish mobile giant Nokia introduced its latest smartphone, the Nokia N9, today. We at Crave Asia managed to try the new MeeGo smartphone at the Nokia booth at CommunicAsia in Singapore. Here are our early impressions of this ...
Nokia's N9 is Windows phone preview Reuters Blogs (blog) - 22 Jun, 2011 Would-be smartphone buyers don't fancy buying into an apps ecosystem with no potential for growth. And Nokia's announcement that it would abandon its Symbian OS platform in favor of Microsoft's Windows phone software should have been a lesson. ...
Nokia N9's MeeGo is the platform that could have been Washington Post (blog) - Hayley Tsukayama - 22 Jun, 2011 Nokia announced its N9 smartphone in Singapore Tuesday.When Nokia debuted the N9 smartphone at a Singapore event, there were oohs and aahs over the phone's hardware, but the real news about the N9 is its MeeGo software, ...
	Smartphone for dummies Stuff.co.nz - Chris Gardner - 22 Jun, 2011 Nokia's secret is out. The world's largest cell phone manufacturer, which has around a third of the world's cell phone market, has announced it will release a simple smartphone - the Nokia N9. The smartphone market is dominated by Google's Android ...
Nokia announces 'new era', launches four new phones Economic Times - 22 Jun, 2011 SINGAPORE: Mobile phone-maker Nokia on Tuesday announced the "beginning of a new era" for the company with the launch of four new mobile phones, including a full-screen touch-based smartphone. "Earlier this year, we outlined a comprehensive strategy to ...
	Nokia unveils new smartphone The Hindu - 22 Jun, 2011 AFP FUTURISTIC: Nokia Senior Vice-President, Design, Marko Ahtisaari, displaying a Nokia N9 smartphone at the CommunicAsia exhibition and conference in Singapore on Tuesday. Nokia unveiled its latest smartphone, N9, at the Nokia Connections 2011 on ...
Nokia handset launches appease market MarketWatch - Chun Han - 22 Jun, 2011 SINGAPORE -(MarketWatch)- Nokia Corp. /quotes/zigman/162154/quotes/nls/nok NOK +3.59% Tuesday launched several new mobile handsets in the high-end and lower-end of the market, appeasing investors who have punished the stock in recent weeks ...
Will Nokia Launch Its First Windows Phone on Oct. 26? PC Magazine - Sascha Segan, Alex Colon - 22 Jun, 2011 SHENZHEN, CHINA�"Nokia set the date for its annual Nokia World conference on October 26-27 in London, fueling speculation that this will be the venue for the company to announce its first Windows Phones. Right now there aren't many ...
Nokia unveils sleek N9, for Windows next? The Seattle Times (blog) - Brier Dudley - 22 Jun, 2011 Nokia introduced a gorgeous new touchscreen phone that hints at the kind of hardware that could come with Windows Phone software later this year. The N9 unveiled at a conference in Singapore is running the Meego software that Nokia is phasing out in ...
The Tragedy of Nokia's N9 Smartphone TIME - Jared Newman - 22 Jun, 2011 The Nokia N9 might've been the smartphone you dreamed of in a parallel universe, where Android and the iPhone hadn't already gobbled up the market and where third-party app developers didn't make or break platforms. ...
	Nokia launches N9 in bid to connect with future gulfnews.com - Derek Baldwin - 22 Jun, 2011 Nokia unveiled its new N9 smartphone yesterday in Singapore with several innovative features including a new Swype feature instead of a home button as well as an activities home page similar to social media ...
	Nokia's Hot-Looking N9 Shows Hope for Windows Phone Wired News - Charlie Sorrel - 22 Jun, 2011 Look what Nokia went and did. With pretty much everybody writing the company off as already dead, the Finns have come up with the rather hot-looking N9 smartphone. The specifications sound impressive. ...
Nokia tries N9 ahead of Windows Hindustan Times - 22 Jun, 2011 Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop unveiled a new smartphone on Tuesday that uses software the firm plans to ditch, a move analysts said would probably condemn the device to obscurity. At a telecoms conference in Singapore, Elop reiterated that Nokia ...
MobileTechRoundup show #242; WWDC, Nokia, and other sensational topics ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - 22 Jun, 2011 In this week's show Kevin and I discussed WWDC, some new HTC devices, the Nokia and Apple lawsuit, and much more. Matthew Miller started using a Pilot 1000 in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, ...
	Nokia unveils first MeeGo handset BBC News - 22 Jun, 2011 The N9 is the first MeeGo phone Nokia will produce but it could prove hard to sell. Nokia has unveiled a smartphone based around a technology that it has already started to sideline. The N9 handset uses the MeeGo operating system even though Nokia has ...
Has Nokia Got It Right With the N9? Wall Street Journal (blog) - Nick Clayton - 22 Jun, 2011 Nokia must be pleased. For the first time in recent memory, with the unveiling of the N9 smartphone in Singapore, it has done something without receiving overwhelmingly negative comment. And that, in itself, is a big surprise. ...
	Anna To Come In August Techtree.com - 22 Jun, 2011 Nokia's loyal users must be happy with the announcement of the N9. Finally, they have something to brag about. Although the new flagship will run on MeeGo, the Symbian camp shouldn't lose heart as Nokia has once again shown its commitment to the ...
	Nokia unveils N9 as Symbian 'Anna' gears up for release ZDNet UK - David Meyer - 22 Jun, 2011 Nokia has unveiled its only commercial MeeGo handset, the N9, while also providing details about when the 'Anna' update to Symbian will appear. Nokia has unveiled the MeeGo-based N9 handset and outlined the ...