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The Japanese handset market spits out another victim. Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ), the world's largest handset maker, said it would stop selling cellphones in the country, except for its high-end luxury Vertu model, Reuters reports. The news comes days after another report from Japanese newspaper Yomiuri...
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This is worth noting giving the amount of energy that goes into mobile content use. Five of the top handset makers have launched a star-rating system to compare the energy-efficiency of cellphone chargers; most wall chargers consume the greatest share of their electricity when disconnected from the phone...
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Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) is considering launching its own MVNO in Japan, according to Kyodo News ( via Cellular-News ). The move would be allow Nokia to compete head-to-head with operators, instead of relying on carriers to adopt both their phones and its newer content business. According to unnamed sources...
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Palm ( NSDQ: PALM ), the maker of Centro and Treo smartphones, said it is trimming its workforce as it faces stiff competition from Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ), Blackberry's Research In Motion and now even Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ). Reuters reported that Spokeswoman Lynn Fox said the layoffs began last week...
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In a break from traditional conference etiquette, executives from Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ), Symbian and Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ), faced off today at the Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco , and let it be known exactly how they feel about each other. They even picked on Microsoft ( NSDQ: MSFT ), despite the...
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Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) is coming to Hollywood. The largest phone maker in the world said it is opening a new research lab in Hollywood, which will work with people in the media and entertainment industry. That will include working closely with new tech companies and creative talent and universities. Clearly...
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-- Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) Adds Contacts To Sync For BlackBerry App: BlackBerry fans with a special place in their heart for Google services rejoice. Google Sync for BlackBerry has been updated to include two-way contacts synchronization. The downloadable application previously synched users' calendars...
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Eastman Kodak has filed a pair of lawsuits against LG (SEO: 066570) and Samsung alleging that the companies infringed on patents involving digital cameras in some of their devices. The complaints, which were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York and with the U.S. International...
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Cellphone makers are heading straight into a cold, dry winter as sales are expected to drop to their lowest point since the beginning of the decade, WSJ reports . Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ), Qualcomm ( NSDQ: QCOM ) and Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD ) have all come clean and warned that the outlook looks grim for the...
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AT&T ( NYSE: T ) Mobility starts selling Nokia's 6650 smartphone today, a small, but significant step for the Finnish handset maker. Though Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) is the world's leading handset maker with a total market share of 39 percent, it has struggled to crack the US market, where it was...
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Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) is spending $150 million to promote its cutting edge Nseries smartphones, and is appointing Wieden & Kennedy to handle the account after Interpublic Group had handed it since January 2005, AdAge reports . Previously, Wieden managed Nokia's $260 million global ad budget for...
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Can the iPhone eventually replace handheld gaming devices such as the Nintendo DS and Sony's Playstation Portable? Laying out the case for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, the WSJ.com notes the two devices, with their big screens, powerful graphics processors, and accelerometers, have stirred up some...