It’s long been known that Nokia’s had a hard time selling its popular devices in the U.S. But its latest smartphones coming have a series of enhancements that it hopes will make it more competitive. The phones will run the latest version of the open source operating system, “Symbian^3,” which…

The International Trade Commission will have first dibs on deciding whether Nokia (NYSE: NOK) or Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) are infringing on each others’ patents, a federal judge has decided. Yesterday, a Judge in Delaware agreed to put the patent claims between Apple and Nokia on hold, pending a resolution before…

One of the more obvious opportunities in mobile is getting the smartphone past the affluent, early-adopters—and Nokia (NYSE: NOK), the largest handset maker in the world, has a plan for how to do just that. Today, it unveiled the C-series smartphone product line, which Nokia describes in a blog post…

At least three reports were distributed today by companies that use internal data to make sweeping statements about the state of the industry. While the data can often be influenced by the company’s strengths, the reports can typically be useful for gleaning some relevant information on where the trends are…

Palm’s recent launch with Verizon Wireless has failed to generate any momentum for the company, putting the company’s long-term prospects into question. So, what can Palm (NSDQ: PALM) do? Given that its new webOS is a worthy contender and stacks up nicely against the iPhone, Android and others, it must…

The biggest news events at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona were Microsoft’s Windows 7 unveiling and Google’s massive proliferation of handsets, but there was a lot of other interesting things to explore throughout the show floor. NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) was showing off a phone made from wood…

For the first time this year at Mobile World Congress, an entire building was roped off for application developers with each day of the inaugural App Planet being hosted by another player—Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Research In Motion and Google’s Android. While the rest of…

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Intel (NSDQ: INTC) unveiled the MeeGo platform today, which is the combination of Intel’s Moblin platform and Nokia’s Maemo operating systems. Together, the two companies will provide the Linux-based operating system for a variety of devices, including netbooks, mobile phones, connected TVs and in-car systems. The…

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week will reveal in gory detail just how complicated the industry has become. If you don’t believe me, just consider this short list of ironies: Google’s Eric Schmidt will give one of the show’s first keynotes despite the company releasing its first phone only…

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will not be showing off any new phones next week at Mobile World Congress in Spain, but rather will focus on its content and services strategy. Bloomberg quotes an unnamed source as saying it will be the first time in at least a decade that the company…

—Telmap/4th Screen: The mobile mapping and navigation company Telmap has partnered with agency 4th Screen to offer geo-targeting technology for location-based advertising services. 4th Screen will use the services on its Mpression ad platform as well as in its deals to sell mobile ads on behalf of O2, Virgin Media…

U.S. consumers are continuing to base their phone-buying decision on how well the device sends text messages, which is leading to an increase in the number of Qwerty keyboards and touchscreens sold, reports NPD Group, a market research firm. “Regardless of whether they opt for a data plan, consumers want…

The legal guys over in Finland must be clocking up a lot of overtime these days: on top of the Apple ITC battle over patent infringements, now Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has another legal wrangle over in the U.S., this time over a class-action lawsuit around delays and discounts in its…

Nokia’s defensive move to make its Ovi maps and navigation free is already seeing strong customer response. Since launching Jan. 21, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) said today that people have downloaded the service 1.4 million times, and the one million mark was hit in just a week. The rate of downloads…

San Francisco-based Greystripe has added Nokia’s Ovi store to the list of mobile platforms that can tap into its mobile ad network. Likewise, Greystripe said it is adapting 1,200 game titles from its Gamejump.com entity for the Ovi store. Previously, Greystripe was supporting both the iPhone App Store and the…

One more publishing deal in Asia involving a UK publisher: Pearson is forming a JV with Nokia to deliver mobile education services. Called Beijing Mobiledu Technologies, the JV is an extension of Nokia’s Mobiledu service, which was launched in 2007 and provides English-language educational content directly to mobile phones, from…

Despite Apple’s mindshare, Research In Motion and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) continue to dominate the smartphone market on a global basis. Strategy Analytics said that global smartphone shipments increased 30 percent to a record 53 million units in the fourth quarter, compared the same period a year ago. While the appetite…

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) confirmed yesterday that it will provide an update on its mobile business at Mobile World Congress in Spain, which is now just two weeks away. In the company’s second-quarter conference call, Bill Koefoed, Microsoft’s General Manager of Investor Relations said: “We also continue to make progress in…

Some much-needed good news from Nokia, which reported gains in mobile market share and a 65 percent increase in profits for Q4. Net profits were €948 million ($1.3 billion), compared to €576 million ($806 million) for the same quarter a year ago, even while sale dropped down to €12 billion…

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q408	Net Inc. vs Q408
Nokia	Release		-5.3%	64.6%

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