Nokia

From Burning Platform to Windows Phone When we rewrite the history of the first decade of the smartphone revolution, 2011 will likely be known as Nokia’s “Lost Year.” It was a strong player before 2011 and likely a strong player after. The year started with new CEO Stephen Elop, fresh out of Microsoft, taking the

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at ATT’s Developer SummitMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance at ATT’s Developer Summit Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show to say that the operator would be the first to offer LTE Windows Phones, including the HTC Titan II and a phone from Nokia. “We’re thrilled to announce the first

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop in London in October 2011 introducing the company’s first Windows Phones, the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710. (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) LAS VEGAS–The Consumer Electronics Show is expected to be the big coming out party for the U.S. launch of Nokia’s new Windows Phone smartphones. Nokia announced its first Windows Phone smartphones

Nokia has been going through quite a bit of change over the past year, and we’ve been following the company through their ups and downs. Nokia has been known as the world dominating leader of cell phones ever since GSM standard started. Period. The problem is that now Nokia has a lot of challengers in

Nokia has acquired Oslo, Norway-based Smarterphone, a company that builds a mobile operating system for so-called feature phones. The news of the purchase, which was actually completed last November, comes straight from investment firm Ferd Capital, which pumped 6.5 million euros into Smarterphone since 2007. Other backers of Smarterphone – which was formerly known as

HELSINKI/TAIPEI — Struggling phone maker Nokia Oyj basked in brightening prospects for its much-hyped Windows phone on Thursday as it prepared to strengthen the hand of new boss Stephen Elop by replacing its old-guard chairman. Shares in the Finnish company, which has been losing ground to rivals in the fast moving market for “smart” mobile phones,

More than a year after the first Windows Phones launched in the United States, one of them may finally get star treatment. Nokia’s Lumia 900, codenamed “Ace,” will launch in March on ATT as a “hero” phone, Ed Oswald of Betanews reports, meaning it’ll get extra advertising and a big sales push at ATT stores.