Nokia hanging up on Symbian in US, Canada

Release Date ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ in CNET

	Sales of Windows Phone drop in second quarter The Seattle Times - Janet I. Tu - ‎Aug 11, 2011‎ Worldwide sales of smartphones running Microsoft Windows Phone have dropped so much that they now lag behind sales of phones running Samsung's Bada, which are sold in the international and emerging markets. Sales of phones running Microsoft's mobile ...
	How Nokia plans to take US with Windows Phone 7 Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - ‎Aug 11, 2011‎ Nokia has a few tricks up its sleeve for introducing its upcoming Windows Phones to North America. The mobile phone giant, quickly losing grip on one of the hottest markets in tech, plans to use Microsoft's new smart-phone operating system to reverse ...
Nokia: 'We're way ahead' of 'outdated' Apple and Google ZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - ‎Aug 11, 2011‎ Summary: Nokia is betting everything on Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, but is it too little, too late? Nokia claims that its next-generation smartphones will offer a better interface ...
Gartner: Windows Phone Struggles, Samsung's Bada Makes Gains PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - ‎Aug 11, 2011‎ Smartphones continued their climb toward mobile phone dominance during the last quarter, with shipments jumping 74 percent from the same time last year. And while Android edged closer to 50 percent global market share, ...
	Windows Phone 7 global market share dips below Bada? Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - ‎Aug 11, 2011‎ Another day, another bad showing for Windows Phone 7. Microsoft's new mobile operating system has done nothing to reverse the company's slide in the global smart-phone market �" last quarter was the software giant's worst for mobile sales since the ...
Nokia's US Plan: Windows Phone 7 Stands Alone InformationWeek (blog) - Paul McDougall - ‎Aug 11, 2011‎ Counting on Microsoft partnership to pay off, Finnish phone maker cuts Symbian products from US smartphone lineup. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek Nokia will no longer sell smartphones and feature phones based on the Symbian operating system in the ...
Windows Phone 7 and Microsoft smartphone market share plummets, says new ... Computerworld (blog) - ‎Aug 11, 2011‎ Microsoft's market share of the smartphone market has taken a nosedive compared to a year ago, says a new Garnter report, which says that it fell to 1.6% of the market in the second quarter of 2011, compared to 4.9% a year previous. ...
Windows Phone Is Such A Dud, It Finished Behind Bada Last Quarter (MSFT, GOOG) San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - ‎Aug 11, 2011‎ While most Samsung smartphones run Android (and a few run Windows Phone), Samsung also ships some feature phones and smartphones running its own operating system, particularly in Europe. Last quarter, Samsung sold 2 million Bada smartphones, ...
The Coolest, Trendiest, and Craziest Phones Nokia Ever Sold in the US PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - ‎Aug 11, 2011‎ Nokia said today that it's winding down its Symbian and feature phone sales here in the USA Take a look at some of the manufacturer's top phones over the years. By Sascha Segan That's it. When Nokia introduces its first Windows Phone handsets later ...
New Nokia WP7 Phone Appears In A Leaked Video Techtree.com - Chethan Rao - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ The authenticity of the video is still being questioned since there is no word from either side of the camp. The first Nokia WP7 phone was recently revealed by the company's CEO Stephen Elop. The handset, codenamed Sea Ray, garnered much attention from ...
	Nokia N9 'will not launch in UK' Telegraph.co.uk - Matt Warman - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ Nokia's latest handset, the 'all-screen' N9, will not launch in Britain, the company has confirmed. Reports last month suggested that the flagship device, the only Nokia modiel to use the Meego software ...
	Microsofts biggest mobile failure and success: Android Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ Back in 2007, when Apple released the first iPhone, anyone could have told you it had the potential change the mobile business as we knew it. The intuitive, visual and app-centric platform was in stark contrast to the text-based, bland and bulky ...
Nokia-branded Windows Phone leaks, but it's probably an early concept Washington Post - Chris Ziegler - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ So far, we've seen three Windows Phone designs out of Nokia: two colorful renderings from February and the more recent Sea Ray (and actually, considering how similar they are, the Sea Ray might just be the ...
Nokia's plans for Windows Phone win in North America The Seattle Times - Janet I. Tu - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ A lot is riding on Nokia's partnership with Microsoft as the Finnish phone-manufacturing company produces its first Windows Phone, expected later this year. Nokia chose Windows Phone as the OS for all its smartphones going into the future but both it ...
Android Is More Valuable To Microsoft Than Windows Phone 7 Forbes - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7 last year with the hopes of making a major splash in the smartphone market. However, the tech giant's biggest driver of value in smartphones so far comes from Android licensing fees as Android recently captured 50% ...
	Windows Phone Wednesday: Two free Xbox LIVE games, soccer sale, and apps I like ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ Summary: Microsoft released two new free Xbox LIVE games this week and the application count continues to grow at over 27000 in the MarketPlace. My daughter Mal has been using a Windows Mobile device for ...
Motorola CEO 'Open' to Windows Phone Relationship PC Magazine - Sara Yin - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ Despite being the focus of much analyst and consumer angst lately, there is one thing Nokia has that Motorola's CEO may want in the future: an intimate relationship with Microsoft Windows Phone. During an appearance at Tuesday's Oppenheimer ...
	Nokia hanging up on Symbian in US, Canada CNET - Jessica Dolcourt - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ In preparation for honoring its commitments to make Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system Nokia's primary OS going forward, the Finnish cell phone maker will stop selling Symbian smartphones and feature phones in the US and Canada, according to ...
	Teen talk: Mal loves Mango and thinks many others will too ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ Summary: Microsoft is working on Windows Phone Mango and I have been lucky enough to get the chance to play with a device running this latest software. I gave the Samsung Focus to Mal to see what a teen's ...
Nokia's software exits the US market Register - Bill Ray - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ Nokia is to give up on its feature and low-end business in America, making the company a Windows Phone manufacturer as it makes one last pitch to become relevant in the USA. The news came during an interview with ...
Motorola: We're 'completely open' to Windows 8 ZDNet UK - Ben Woods - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ Motorola has said it will consider using Windows 8 on its tablets, noting that it would welcome getting the same treatment Microsoft gives smartphone partner Nokia. Motorola's chief executive Sanjay Jha jas ...
Nokia Outlines Windows Phone Plans infoSync World - Sindre Lia - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ Nokia's chief in the US, Chris Weber, has outlined the Finnish manufacturer's US plans for Windows Phone. Nokia's US chief Chris Weber has outlined the company's plans for Windows Phone in the US market in an ...
Nokia executive promotes its 'superphones' Inquirer - Kate O'Flaherty - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ By Kate O'Flaherty ANOTHER DAY, another desperate bid by Nokia to promote its sub-standard phones. A US executive employed by the handset maker has slated Android and IOS devices, saying that Nokia's new "superphones" will offer superior user ...
	Some of us care that Nokia is taking Symbian away ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ Summary: Nokia is in a time of major transition with its phones and unfortunately one of the early casualties is Symbian phones in the US Some of us enjoyed using these devices and for foreign travel and ...
Motorola is open to Windows Phone 7 Inquirer - Chris Martin - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ MOBILE DEVICE MAKER Motorola has expressed interest in a deal with Microsoft and its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system (OS). At the Oppenheimer Technology & Communications Conference in Boston, Sanjay Jha, chairman and CEO of ...
Nokia Explains How It Will Defy The Odds And Win In North America (NOK, MSFT) San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - ‎Aug 10, 2011‎ Chris Weber retired from his job leading Microsoft's big business sales last September, after 16 years with the company. He planned to take a well-earned rest, maybe do a bit of consulting on the side. Instead, he got tapped by Nokia CEO Stephen Elop ...
	Motorola CEO: 'Completely open' to Windows 8 CNET - Brooke Crothers - ‎Aug 9, 2011‎ Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha said his company is open to Windows 8 as a platform and expects an aggressive roll out of new Android tablets in the second half. Motorola is open to Windows 8 as a platform, said CEO Sanjay Jha on Tuesday. ...
	Never say never: Motorola considers Windows Phone six months after statement ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - ‎Aug 9, 2011‎ Summary: Motorola has had an all Android smartphone line for a couple years, but is now openly considering Windows Phone as a future platform. Will they join HTC, Samsung, and others with a dual OS ...
	Nokia to focus on Windows Phones in US Xinhua - Xiong Tong - ‎Aug 9, 2011‎ SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Nokia is planning to stop selling its low-end phones and smartphones in the United States, instead focusing on products using Microsoft's Windows Phone platform, US media reported on Tuesday. The Finnish handset maker ...
Motorola: We'd Work With Microsoft If We Could Get That Nokia Deal (MMI, MSFT ... San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - ‎Aug 9, 2011‎ In other words -- a big up-front payment of at least $2 billion, marketing assistance, freedom to customize the software, and early looks at future versions of Microsoft's phone software. A sweet deal to be sure, but it's a change in tone for Motorola ...