Tag: nokia
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Is the First Nokia Android Smartphone Actually the Sharp Aquos P1?
Finnish company Nokia recently announced that it will be making a comeback to the smartphone market with its own branded handsets. With this it would break away from the five year partnership with Microsoft and use of the Windows Phone OS, embracing the more widely distributed Android platform. Despite having no fixed release date, we […]
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Microsoft Lay-offs Signal End of Nokia Mobile Division
Microsoft has let go another 1,800 employees of its Nokia mobile division based in Finland signalling the end is near for the combined smartphone brand. After first dealing with the Finnish company in 2011 to launch the initial Nokia-made flagship smartphone, the Lumia 800, Microsoft completed its total buyout the mobile maker in 2014 embarking on […]
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Nokia Really Really Doesn’t Want People To Think They Are Making Smartphones
A report last week stated that Nokia was planning to start making smartphones again, when it’s non-compete with Microsoft ended on December 31st, 2015. But Nokia released a statement yesterday that flat-out denies the report, describing it as false and inaccurate. The statement is blunt, to the point and should put a stop to all […]
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Nokia May Re-Enter Phone Market in 2016
Nokia are stealthily about to sneak their way back into the mobile market, following some deals with Microsoft that lead to their Lumia branch becoming absorbed into the computing giant. Several foul ups a few years ago led to Nokia being thoroughly outpaced by Apple and Google’s handsets, leading to the sell off of their […]
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Apple Reuse and Recycling Program Now Taking Android Smartphones Too
Apple has announced that its Reuse and Recycling trade-in, which allows you to trade in your old hardware for store or online credit, program will now extend to other makes of smartphones too. Up until now Apple has limited its Reuse and Recycling Program to its own hardware. Now it will give a store credit […]
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Microsoft Lumia 430 Hits Low Costing Just £50
Microsoft’s most inexpensive Windows Phone handset to date, the Lumia 430, will launch this April costing the equivalent of just £50. No longer buddied up with Nokia, Microsoft has driven the Lumia brand to previously unexplored areas of the market and now brought it down to a budget-friendly price platform with the Lumia 430 – a […]
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Microsoft Lumia 535 SIM-Free Now Only £89 at Argos
If you’re looking for a nice no-frills mobile handset or wanting to try out a Windows Phone for the first time it’s quite possible that UK retailer Argos has what you’re looking for in the form of the Lumia 535 which right now is on a deal for just £89. The Lumia 535 is an […]
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Microsoft has not killed Nokia! – £18 Nokia 215 Budget handset launched
Just when you thought you had seen the last of Nokia, BAM, Microsoft bring the brand back in a new Ultra Affordable package. Microsoft may have killed of Nokia in favour of its own Microsoft Lumia branding, but the world’s most well long established Mobile phone brands will not be disappearing from our lives, as […]
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Windows Phone 8 Denim Update Available for Some Lumia Handsets
Microsoft has delivered a Christmas treat for a handful of Nokia Lumia smartphone owners by releasing its Denim update for Windows Phones a little bit early, allowing those lucky enough to get it the chance to capture those special festive moments in glorious 4K video. Denim will start out today on Lumia 830, Lumia 930, […]
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Jolla Tablet campaign easily crosses funding goal
As I’m sure a lot of you will be aware, Jolla the company behind the Jolla Phone have intentions on producing their own tablet device. While the concept of design and features are there, the product itself is not yet ready and the company was hoping that it can rely on the “power of people” […]
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Nokia’s HERE launches Predictive Traffic feature
HERE is the new name for the formerly known Ovi Maps, and also more recently Nokia Maps. It’s a Nokia business that collects location content such as road networks, building, parks and also traffic patterns which it then sells or licenses as mapping content to the likes of Garmin, BMV, Oracle and also Amazon. One […]
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Down But Not Out – New Nokia N1 Tablet
Although Nokia have hung up their coats in relation to making smartphones, they’re definitely not giving up on mobile devices in general. The Eurasian tech event in Helsinki known as Slush 2014, has announced the Nokia N1 tablet. Also See: Samsung Galaxy Note Edge Confirmed for Carphone Warehouse Despite running Android, the Nokia N1 seems […]