Amazon has another great holiday smartphone deal for you: The online retailer is dropping the price of Nokia’s N900 to $530 minus another $50 (after mail-in rebate) for a $480 take home price. The N900’s US retail price is $649 without the carrier subsidies making this pretty little smartphone quite the splurge. This unlocked cell phone has not been
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Nokia’s High-end Smartphone Future with Maemo, not Symbian
Finland’s Nokia is still the largest mobile handset manufacturer in the world, but its influence in the high-end (and high-profit) smartphone market is increasingly falling short of competitors like RIM and Apple, in part because Nokia can’t seem to capitalize on features and capabilities consumers want in a smartphone. But Nokia is determined to forge ahead in the smartphone marketplace—and the company is placing its best on the Linux-based Maemo mobile OS, rather than the tried-and-true Symbian OS that has powered most of the company’s devices for years. At a gathering in London, Nokia marketing executives told Maeomo developers that Nokia plans to drop Symbian from its high-end N-series Internet-capable mobile devices by 2012.
Top 5 Most Wanted Tech Industry Mergers
Teamwork has always been a successful way to get a job done. Case in point: Paul McCartney’s solo albums are all well and lovely on their own, but it was the collaborative efforts of four kids from Liverpool that first birthed a musical revolution. And while the technology industry has had its own fair share of notable collaborations (the most recent arguably being Microsoft and Yahoo’s much-debated Internet search partnership) we often find ourselves asking: What would happen if other leading trailblazers in the space (say, Dell and HP) could let bygones be bygones and tie the knot to the benefit of high-tech innovation worldwide? Tempted by the possibilities, we asked several of today’s leading tech experts which consumer electronics behemoths they themselves wish would get a clue, stop butting heads and join forces. For all you dreamers out there, here are the results:
How Apple Trounced Nokia with the iPhone
This week, I saw an interesting video in which Nokia showcases its “vision” for 2015. As you watch it, there are very few things the iPhone doesn’t do today. Nokia’s vision is to end up in five years where Apple currently is, effectively forecasting a future where Apple is dominant. Today Apple passed Nokia as the most profitable cell phone vender, and Samsung dropped Symbian (Nokia’s operating system) support. Nokia clearly isn’t having a good week, but that is actually more Nokia’s fault than Apple’s.
We’ve seen giants like Nokia toppled several times – both General Motors and Novell come to mind, for instance. Let’s talk about why this happens.
Global Smartphone Market Grew During Third Quarter
There’s been a lot of talk and ruminating in the technology industry about what segments might prove to be “recession-proof” during the current economic downturn. Initial speculation centered on the video game market as consumers were seen to be “cocooning” at home rather than opting for more expensive forms of recreation and diversion. But it looks like the smart money may have been on the smartphone market: according to research firm IDC, worldwide shipments of smartphones actually grew 4.2 percent during the third quarter of 2009 to a total of 43.3 million units.
Rihanna to Help Nokia Promote New X6 Phone
What do you get when you cross one of today’s hottest R&B singers with mobile giant Nokia— the X6. Nokia teamed up with Grammy-winning recording artist Rihanna to kick off the Nokia’s new smartphone. Rihanna and her label, Island Def Jam Music Group/Universal Music Group International, are doing some media multitasking—promoting Rihanna’s new album, Rated R, and Nokia’s new phone, the X6. This dynamic pairing includes a live streaming of Rihanna’s Nov. 16th London concert onto the X6, as well as exclusive music offerings and mobile applications.
Nokia Booklet 3G Available November 15th at Best Buy
Nokia’s Booklet 3G netbook is slowly building attention in the tech community with features like a 12-hour battery life, Windows 7 operating system, Bluetooth, 3G/HSPA and WiFi capabilities and a 10.1-inch screen. Other cool features include a hot-swappable SIM card slot so you can swap your mobile account with someone else to use the integrated 3G/HSPA, integrated SD card slot for media, and a front-facing webcam. So what right? Well, a 12-hour battery is kinda a big thing. In fact there isn’t another netbook out there that has features like this and lasting power like the Booklet 3G. You also get a lot of cool connectivity features for a small price tag.
Nokia Siemens Networks to Lay Off Up to 5,700
Nokia Siemens Networks said Tuesday it will lay off up to 5,700 workers globally as part of a move to cut annual costs by euro500 million ($740 million).
The mobile network equipment maker — a joint venture between Finland’s Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG of Germany — said it will reduce its five business units to three by January, and strengthen its business through partnerships and acquisitions.
The savings program could include cutting 7 to 9 percent of its current global work force of some 64,000 employees, the mobile network equipment maker said.
Nokia to Disengage N-Gage Gaming in 2010
Finland’s Nokia has announced it plans to shut down its struggling N-Gage mobile gaming service in 2010, rolling games and other entertainment offerings into its broader Ovi Store, where it also offers mobile applications, music, and other mobile content. Nokia plans to keep N-Gage running for most of the next year, shuttering the service in September 2010. However, Nokia will be migrating the N-Gage Arena and community features to the Ovi Store, and does not plan to launch any new gaming titles for N-Gage.
