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Nokia readies Linux OS for low-end smartphones

Computerworld - 30 Sep, 2011
By Mikael Ricknäs IDG News Service - Nokia has underlined the importance of low-cost smartphones and now it appears that the company is developing a Linux-based OS for smartphones that will cost less than $100 without subsidies. ...

Microsoft limits number of Windows Phone apps that can be published in a day

The Seattle Times - Janet I. Tu - 30 Sep, 2011
Windows Phone has been attracting more app developers of late, which is good for growing the number of apps in its Marketplace. But it's also getting more "bulk app publishing" -- where a developer publishes a large number of very similar apps in a ...

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 - ‎Sep 29, 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 ...

Leaked Nokia Windows Phone Sounds As Awesome As We Hoped with Curved AMOLED ...

Gizmodo - 30 Sep, 2011
T-Mobile Germany briefly displayed a poster of an unannounced Nokia Windows Phone. From it we've learned that in addition to having Nokia's Drive navigation system, the phone will also feature a 3.7-inch curved AMOLED display. WinRumors was sent photos ...

Nokia Windows Phone 7 handset turns on 3D voice navigation

Pocket-lint.com - Ben Crompton - 30 Sep, 2011
As Nokia prepares to unleash its first iteration of Windows Phone 7 handsets upon the world, reports have come in that the Finnish phone giant is preparing its own voice navigation and 3D maps software for the Mango OS. The reports that come in from ...

Nokia's Windows Phone devices to feature 3D maps and voice-controlled navigation?

Ubergizmo - Tyler Lee - 30 Sep, 2011
Are you curious as to what Nokia's upcoming Windows Phone handsets will be bringing to the table? Well according to Microsoft, Nokia apparently has special permissions to modify Windows Phone a little bit more than what other manufacturers like Samsung ...

T-Mobile Poster Reveals Nokia Drive For WP7, Confirms Sabre?

TechCrunch - 30 Sep, 2011
Chris Velazco is a mobile enthusiast and writer who studied English and Marketing at Rutgers University. Once upon a time, he was the news intern for MobileCrunch, and in between posts, he worked in wireless sales at Best Buy. ...

Microsoft and Samsung Broaden Smartphone Partnership

VAdvert Press Center (press release) - 30 Sep, 2011
Microsoft announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., to cross-license the patent portfolios of both companies, providing broad coverage for each company's products. Under the terms of the agreement, ...

Microsoft Lowers App Developer Limit from 20 to 10 Per Day, Hopes to Reduce ...

ITProPortal - Erica Thinesen - 30 Sep, 2011
Microsoft has taken a stricter stance against the spammy apps being submitted to its Windows Phone Marketplace app store. In a blog post, Microsoft said that it was lowering the limit on the maximum number of apps that can be submitted by a particular ...

More Job Losses At Nokia Ahead Of Windows Phone 7

Techie Insider - Richard Pike - 30 Sep, 2011
Nokia has been facing some tough times this year after the announcement of the Microsoft and Nokia partnership which would bring the Windows Phone 7 OS to all the Nokia handsets in an exclusive relationship. Nokia is now revealing that there will be ...

Microsoft India Offers Free Windows Phone Devices To Student Developers

Penn Olson - Vikas Sn - 30 Sep, 2011
In a bid to promote its new mobile operating system and attract young app developers, Microsoft India is offering free Windows Phone devices to students under a program called 'i unlock joy'. ...

Rumor: Nokia's Windows Phone 7 to ...

Neowin - 30 Sep, 2011
While Samsung and HTC have recently announced their upcoming smartphones based on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 operating system, the world is awaiting what Nokia will do with its WP7-based devices. There have been hints and rumors about what Nokia has ...

MS names Nokia WinPho models in compo blunder

Reg Hardware - Caleb Cox - 30 Sep, 2011
Microsoft has inadvertently leaked the names of forthcoming Nokia Windows Phone handsets by including them in the terms and conditions of a competition. The Nokia Sabre, as well as the familiarly-named Nokia Sea ...

Mango for WIndows Phone 7 Adds Multitasking and Voice Command

International Business Times - Anthony Myers - 30 Sep, 2011
Windows Phone 7 will become Windows Phone 7.5 as soon as the Mango update to the operating system completes it's launch over the coming months. It's the first major upgrade since Windows Phone 7 ...

Nokia Drive for Mango adds voice control but AT&T ignoring Searay say tipsters

SlashGear - 30 Sep, 2011
Nokia is reportedly readying a voice-control update for its mapping software, with the new PND app set to debut on the company's first Windows Phone handset. According to WinRumors' tipster, a T-Mobile Germany product display â€" temporarily erected at ...

 

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