The N8, Nokia’s super-smartphone intended to rival the BlackBerry and iPhone, has run into battery problems.
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Apple’s iPhone operating system software stumbled in the third quarter, losing year-over-year quarterly market share for the first time, as Google’s Android mobile operating system pulled further ahead, according to a Gartner R…
Apple (AAPL) surged into the world’s top-five mobile phone vendors in the third quarter, thanks to sales of the Apple iPhone.
The consumer technology giant jumped into fourth place, ahead of Research In Motion (RIMM), Bloomberg News reported.
“The entrance of Apple to the top five underscores the increased importance of smartphones to the overall market,” Kevin Restivo, an analyst…
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Apple Becomes One of Top Five Mobile Phone Makers originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:01:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Media, Nokia, Research In Motion, Apple, Retail
Handset maker Nokia Corp. (NOK) said Thursday that will lay off 1,800 workers as it seeks to cut costs in its Symbian Smartphone operation.
CEO Stephen Elop said that Nokia “faces a remarkably disruptive time in the industry, with recent results demonstrating that we must reassess our role in and our approach to this industry,” The Associated Press reported.
The news came as the…
Continue reading Nokia to Cut 1,800 Jobs, Posts Strong Profit
Nokia to Cut 1,800 Jobs, Posts Strong Profit originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:44:00.
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The chief software architect was the perfect visionary foil to strategy-obsessed CEO Ballmer. His entrepreneurial mind pushed the stodgy software giant to innovate in cloud computing and more. That’s a role Microsoft will sorel…