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The Wall Street Journal this morning had a short article pointing out the somewhat obvious reasons why location-based services on cell phones are still not mainstream . It also helpfully pointed out that carriers were working on it. To recap, LBS services need three main things: a way to get location...
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Today, T-Mobile is introducing web2go SM, an improved web browsing experience intended to make it easier to view and navigate the web from basic voice phones and smartphones alike. Additionally, it provides improved search with Yahoo! oneSearch, a customizable home page and a simplified shopping and...
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Nokia, the Finnish mobile phone giant, has revised downwards its sales predictions for the last three months of 2008.
Blaming the global slow down and currency fluctuations, Nokia said in a press release that it expected to sell only 330 million phones this quarter instead of the 350 million it predicted...
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The latest numbers released by Canalys indicates that once again Nokia has kept the top sport in regards to smartphone shipments for the third quarter of this year. Of course, that’s probably not a news bulletin considering Nokia’s dominance of the mobile phone market in general. What is...
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It is always interesting to see how companies try and promote their services and engage with their target market.
First up is Nokia’s Comes With Music, previously we have had a lot of coverage here on MIR however this post is written in the position as head of sales and promotions at my student...
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If you’re a Ferrarri fanatic, chances are you’ve probably come across the many Ferrari branded devices and gadgets brought to the consumers by different companies. Nokia’s Vertu range had just added itself to the array by announcing the Ferrari Ascent Ti.
Bearing a sturdy titanium body...
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Truphone, the service that allows you to make cheap long distance phone calls using VoIP technology on a mobile phone, is now available to users of BlackBerry devices as a beta offering. This product is called Truphone Anywhere for Blackberry.
London-based Truphone’s service, which typically uses...
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Google’s answer to the App Store, the Android Market, is now open for users of the G1 phone to download applications. It has launched with some pre-selected content but from Monday October 27th, Android Market will be open for developers to upload their own apps. Developers will be charged a one...
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Times are tough even for the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer. As if the stock market needed anymore bad news, Nokia reported on their earnings for the third quarter of this year and the news was pretty grim. Nokia saw numbers drop from quarter to quarter and year over year.
Net sales...
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Nokia posted a 30.5 percent drop in earnings today on sales of 12.2 billion euros ($16.5 billion). The company saw its market share erode by 2 percent from the previous quarter and blamed price cutting by competitors for taking buyers.
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Wow! Doesn’t time just fly by? I’ve been away for a month – organising myself with school and the various activities I’m involved in, and it feels like forever! Never fear though, because now I’m back. Well, for once a week that is!
Now school’s are a hostile environment (well, at least mine is...
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If the iPhone without 3G or Wi-Fi was bad enough, here’s some more bad news for the mobile users in China. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, which has been more widely referred to as the “Tube” is all set to hit China, albeit without 3G or Wi-Fi. The lack of 3G may be due to the lack [.....