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Wednesday 9 October 2013
Nokia, BlackBerry to retire old platforms differently
Nokia and BlackBerry are to take different approaches to retire their old mobile operating platforms due to varied market conditions, according to industry observers.
Thursday 15 November 2012
Android takes 90% smartphone platform market share in China
Google's Android platform has taken a 90% share of the smartphone platform market in China. However, as iPhone 5 and many Windows Phone 8 models will be introduced to the China market...
Monday 5 November 2012
Android marks 4th anniversary with 75% market share in 3Q12, says IDC
Total Android smartphone shipments worldwide reached 136 million units in the third quarter of 2012, accounting for 75% of the 181.1 million smartphones shipped in the quarter, according...
Friday 24 August 2012
Digitimes Research: Android to account for 70% of handset market in 2H12
Observing from the competition between handset operating systems in the second half of 2011 and in 2012, Android, which already accounted for more than 60% of the handset market in...
Wednesday 11 April 2012
China market: Original Symbian user base to be shared by other platforms
As Nokia has shifted from Symbian to Windows Phone, the market share for Symbian in China slipped from 42.5% in the first quarter of 2011 to 18.7% in the fourth quarter based on surveys...
Wednesday 15 June 2011
Taiwan market: Nokia launches X7 smartphone
Nokia has launched its first Symbian Anna-based smartphone, the X7, in the Taiwan market with a suggested retail price of NT$15,800 (US$547).
Friday 8 April 2011
Android to command nearly half of worldwide smartphone OS market by year-end 2012, says Gartner
Worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units in 2011, a 57.7% increase from 2010, according to Gartner. By the end of 2011, Android will move to become the most popular...
Friday 11 February 2011
Nokia provides financial targets and forecasts linked to new strategy
Nokia has outlined a new strategic direction, including changes in leadership and operational structure to, for the company-wide overhaul.
Tuesday 21 December 2010
Taiwan handset makers doubt competitiveness of reported Nokia-Microsoft cooperation in smartphone
In response to reports that Nokia is negotiating with Microsoft about the possibility of adopting Windows Phone 7 (WP7) with integration of Nokia elements for its new smartphone models,...
Wednesday 15 December 2010
Nokia willing to help Taiwan application developers tap China, other overseas markets
Viewing that there have been many software developers based on the Qt cross-platform application framework, Nokia hopes to help them develop Symbian- and MeeGo-platform applications...
Friday 19 November 2010
Nokia says Ovi Store downloads hit 3 million a day
Nokia has announced that its Ovi Store has reached three million downloads per day, a milestone spurred by overall global demand and a recent update that gives users of Nokia's new...
Wednesday 10 November 2010
Commentary: End of Symbian Foundation is a blessing in disguise
With the Symbian operating system (OS) transforming from a closed platform to an open platform developed by a dozen players, and now once again back under the control of Nokia, it...
Thursday 2 September 2010
China market: Symbian losing dominance, market share falls to 50-60%
With Research in Motion (RIM), Apple and a slew of Android-based handset vendors making more aggressive moves in the China market, Symbian operating system's (OS) dominance of the...
Thursday 4 February 2010
China market: China Mobile Android-based OMS 2.0 to also support Windows Mobile and Symbian
China Mobile's next-generation OMS 2.0 (open mobile system 2.0) operating system is expected to support Windows Mobile and Symbian platform APIs (application programming interfaces)...
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Nokia to skip Symbian v2 to v3 in 3Q10, says Nokia Taiwan executive
Nokia plans to speed up the development of the Symbian platform by jumping over version 2 to offer version 3 featuring multi-touch functions in the third quarter of 2010 and then...