Tag: Nokia
Nokia share price plummets
Finnish mobile giants Nokia saw their company share price plummet by 15% on Tuesday, hitting the lowest point its reached since 1998. The drop came after Nokia were forced to re-assess their quarterly profit forecasts, admitting that it may barely…
Ovi killed off in favour of pure Nokia branding
Nokia are to kill off the Ovi brand as part of the ongoing shake-ups for the Finnish mobile stalwarts. Ovi Maps, the Ovi Store and all other services with the Ovi prefix will now become Nokia Maps, Nokia Store and…
Nokia patiently ponders tablet strategy to set itself apart
Nokia boss Stephen Elop is keen to not just be another brick in the tablet wall, according to comments he made to Finnish TV network YLE: "There are now over 200 different tablets on the marketplace, only one of…
Nokia disconnects people with 4,000 sackings
4,000 Nokia employees will find themselves polishing their CVs, as the fading telecoms giant is trimming down to face the future. Most jobcuts will fall to Finland and Denmark, as well as Britain where 700 positions will be cut….
Photorealism comes to Nokia's 3D Ovi Maps
Nokia have updated their Ovi Maps service to add an impressive amount of detail to the Google Maps competitor, bringing photo-realistic 3D views of 20 major cities to the table. London, San Francisco, Oslo, Copenhagen and Helsinki among others…
Nokia QWERTY E6 handset has 1 month standby battery
Setting their sights on the BlackBerry business user, Nokia have just outed their latest full QWERTY handset, the Nokia E6. Replacing the E71 and E72 as Nokia's QWERTY handset of choice, it also packs in an 8MP camera, and…
Five gadgets under threat of extinction
This great photograph has just landed in the Shiny mailbox – a tricky photo to take, requiring a top-end camera, surely? Apparently not. This picture was taken using a mobile phone, specifically the Nokia N8. The photographer is Jason…
New WP7 OS, new Pure font for Nokia smartphones
Out with the old and in with the new over at Nokia HQ. It's not just Symbian going through the wringer as the Finnish mobile giants gear up for the launch of their first Windows Phone 7 device, but also…
2012 setback for Nokia Windows Phone 7 handsets
Those holding out for some Nokia/ Microsoft mobile lovin' following the two firms' recent partnership had best not be holding their breath. Nokia India boss D. Shivakumar has now stated that the project is following a 12 month timeline that…
Nokia "shoot and tag" automatically bookmarks videos for easy viewing
It would have been a lifesaver on those family holidays, after which everyone had to watch Dad's video: hours of crowd shots and camera fumbling interspersed with only the occasional glimpse of anything remotely interesting. But now there is…
