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Enabling 'Internet Sharing' on legacy Samsung Windows Phone 7.5 'Mango' handsets

ZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - 30 Sep, 2011
Summary: Simple hack gets 'Internet Sharing' working on the legacy Samsung Focus and the Omnia 7 handsets. Since a few people have asked me about this, I thought I'd pass on this information. ...

HTC: Windows Phone 7.5 can take on Android

ZDNet UK - Kevin Kwang - 30 Sep, 2011
The launch of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 operating system, codenamed Mango, has received the thumbs-up from Taiwanese phone maker HTC. An HTC executive has talked up the prospects of Windows Phone ...

Nokia to cut 3500 jobs by 2012 in latest round of layoffs

Los Angeles Times - 30 Sep, 2011
Nokia announced it would cut 3500 jobs in its second round of layoffs in the last six months as it restructures itself to use Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system in its products. The phone maker said the newest job cuts are tied to ...

Nokia continues to develop Linux Meltemi OS for feature phones

The Australian - Chris Griffith - 30 Sep, 2011
ON the back of closing down the Symbian, MeeGo, and Maemo mobile operating systems, Nokia is reported to be continuing its development of a Linux-based operating system for feature phones called Meltemi. Modern feature phones have some of the ...

Nokia Targets Low-End Market With Cheaper OS

Forbes - 30 Sep, 2011
Since 2001, we've been educating millions of monthly readers about mobile technology and its effect on the world. Regularly recognized as an authority in the industry, we're often cited as experts in major media outlets such as the New York Times, ...

Nokia to Turn Mobile Landscape on its Head With 'Meltemi' OS

Fox Business - Zach Epstein - 30 Sep, 2011
Nokia is again developing a proprietary smartphone operating system after announcing this past February that it would abandon both Symbian and MeeGo in favor of Microsoft's Windows Phone platform. Citing multiple anonymous sources, ...

Nokia Cuts 3500 Job, Said To Focus On Low-End Software

Forbes (blog) - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎
I've covered European business and technology news for Forbes since 2006, and as London bureau chief since 2008. I'm using this blog to explore some of the disruptive technology and ideas coming out of this region. Before all this I tracked the highs ...

Nokia Aims Software At Low-End Phones

Wall Street Journal - Christopher Lawton - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎
Nokia Corp., having abandoned its ambition to develop a high-end operating system, is shifting its programming efforts toward creating software for its low-end phones, according to people familiar with the matter. ...

Nokia is developing a low end operating system

Inquirer - Kate O'Flaherty - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎
By Kate O'Flaherty FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia is developing a low end operating system (OS) using Linux-based Meltemi. According to the Wall Street Journal, the move follows the firm's decision to abandon efforts to produce the high end Meego OS that it ...

Is Meltemi the full touch S40 OS from Nokia

Moneycontrol.com - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎
Nokia took their own sweet time in transitioning to the world of touchscreen mobiles. It started off with S60 5th Edition, then moved onto Symbian^3, Anna and now, Belle. They've even thrown in a MeeGo OS-based phone, the N9, which should be launching ...

Nokia developing low-end phone operating system - WSJ

Reuters India - Sakthi Prasad, Anshuman Daga - ‎Sep 28, 2011‎
A staff member displays a Nokia N9 smartphone at a news conference in Espoo, June 21, 2011. REUTERS - Nokia Oyj is shifting its programming efforts toward creating software for its low-end phones, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar ...

Nokia Oyj developing low-end phone operating system: Report

Economic Times - ‎Sep 28, 2011‎
Nokia Oyj is shifting its programming efforts toward creating software for its low-end phones, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. Nokia, which abandoned its ambition to develop a high-end operating system, ...

The Nokia N9 - The Nexus One That Became a Nexus 6

Forbes - ‎Sep 28, 2011‎
I live in London, but really live in a welter of RSS feeds, virtual worlds and my own and other people's ideas - so nothing unusual there. Technology is a way to navigate this modern mess, or failing that a way to drown in it more pleasantly. ...

Mango is a sweet upgrade for Windows Phone 7

USA Today - Edward C. Baig - ‎Sep 28, 2011‎
A year or so after Microsoft gave the boot to its creaky Windows Mobile software in favor of Windows Phone 7, the revamped operating system for smartphones still seems radically fresh. By Edward C. Baig The Windows Phone ...

Nokia N9: last of the line

The Guardian - ‎Sep 28, 2011‎
Nokia chief Steven Elop is betting on the success of Window's software in the company's next generation of smartphones. Photograph: Markku Ulander/AFP/Getty Nokia has started shipping the N9, which is expected to be the company's final smartphone ...

Nokia slashes 3500 more jobs

Mobile Computing News - 30 Sep, 2011
By James • Sep 30th, 2011 • Category: Industry News, Nokia The heavy round of Nokia layoffs have yet to pass, with the company announcing that it would be reducing its headcount by 3500 odd people. The Finnish mobile phones giant says that this ...

Could Windows Phone 7 Unseat Android in the Mobile OS Space?

The VAR Guy - Dave Courbanou - 30 Sep, 2011
Did you know Microsoft gets a nice slice of Android pie every time a handset or tablet maker ships and sells an Android device? Thanks to Microsoft patents, by the end of Microsoft's 2012 fiscal year it stands to make about $444 million in revenue just ...

Nokia Sabre joins Sea Ray in Windows Phone line up?

TechRadar UK - Kate Solomon - 30 Sep, 2011
The Nokia Sabre looks set to join the Nokia Sea Ray in the company's Windows Phone launch line up, after Microsoft accidentally included the product name in a competition's terms and conditions. Naturally, the text has since been ...

HTC Radar 4G Windows Phone announced via T-Mobile

TechShout! - 30 Sep, 2011
By Administrator - If T-Mobile's recent phone launching spree is anything to go by, then the HTC Radar 4G Windows Phone smartphone as the newest addition is only meant to add to the value of the carrier's 4G network. Said to be T-Mobile's first Windows ...

Nokia Working on 'Meltemi' â€" A Symbian Replacement?

ITProPortal - Ravi Mandalia - 30 Sep, 2011
Mobile phone maker Nokia is reportedly developing an operating system for low-end feature phones. Sources have told The Wall Street Journal that the company is developing a new Linux based mobile operating system code named Meltemi which has been ...

New Nokia and Samsung Mango handsets confirmed by Microsoft

Know Your Mobile (blog) - Richard Goodwin - 30 Sep, 2011
Microsoft has let slip the names of several new (three of which are unknown) Windows Phone 7 Mango-powered handsets from Samsung and Nokia. The leak comes via the official Terms & Conditions section of a Mango app promotion that Microsoft is currently ...

Nokia Sabre plus Samsung Yukon & Wembley WP7 phones leaked

SlashGear - 30 Sep, 2011
Microsoft has inadvertently leaked product names for unannounced Windows Phone handsets, including the Nokia Sabre, as well as specifications of a new 1.5GHz Samsung device. Buried in the terms and conditions of a Microsoft Canada app promotion â€" since ...

Windows Phone 7 Apollo wish list crowdsourced by Mango users

Pocket-lint.com - Stuart Miles - 30 Sep, 2011
Microsoft is turning to its users in order to come up with the feature-set on its next operating system, codenamed Apollo, now that Mango has been released. The new Feature Suggestions page is already gaining plenty of votes with users telling ...

Nokia developing new Linux-based OS

Mobot.net (blog) - 30 Sep, 2011
Admittedly the headline above might be a little misleading. It should perhaps read: Nokia developing new Linux-based OS for low-end phones. But that headline isn't quite as eye-poppingly mental. Anyway, yes, Nokia is said to be beavering away on a new ...

Nokia Windows Phone: Time to get excited!

NokNok.tv - Alex Bentley - 30 Sep, 2011
With Windows Phone 7.5 Mango now available for download and Nokia World 2011 coming in a few short weeks, anticipation for the new Nokia Windows Phone's is higher than ever. With Windows Phone 7.5 Mango packed with ...

Windows Phone 7.5 features Microsoft SharePoint support

Outsourcery - 30 Sep, 2011
Organisations with access to Microsoft SharePoint 2010 may be keen to utilise one of the features of the tech giant's new smartphone operating system (OS). Windows Phone 7.5 allows users to set up Exchange and SharePoint access by accessing a handset's ...

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango â€" Top 5 little touches

FoneHome.co.uk - 30 Sep, 2011
By Jon on September 30th, 2011 Like many of you, we've been thoroughly enamoured with the comprehensive overhaul that is Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. Yesterday we ran through some of the major improvements that have made a big impression on us, ...

Microsoft Canada Leaks Nokia Sabre Windows Phone Name

Gotta Be Mobile - Chuong Nguyen - 30 Sep, 2011
In addition to Nokia's Sea Ray Windows Phone, which is similar to the Nokia N9 MeeGo smartphone handset from a hardware design perspective, it appears that Nokia may have another Windows Phone handset codenamed the Nokia Sabre. ...

'Nokia Sabre' Windows Phone outed

Recombu - Hannah Bouckley - 30 Sep, 2011
Details have been leaked of a second Windows Phone 7.5 handset from Nokia along with three other unreleased mobile phones. The information appeared on the competition rules on an area of Microsoft ...

 

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