Nokia fails to convince on Microsoft pact
Group’s shares fall 14 per cent after it failed to convince investors that the troubled handset maker could fight back against Apple and Google in the smartphone market
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The mobile industry’s annual gathering in Barcelona is both an exhibition of the latest wireless technologies and a talking shop for the major players from the communications world
Nokia rivals set to pounce on market share
Competitors of the Finnish group believe they can capitalise on Nokia’s vulnerability as it embarks on the lengthy task of adopting Microsoft’s smartphone operating system
Google’s One Pass to take on Apple
Google has thrown down the gauntlet to Apple with a payment service for digital content that features a more generous revenue share for publishers than Apple’s new system
Motorola plans European comeback
CEO says next challenge is to persuade European mobile operators and retailers to trust his brand again
Apple demands 30% slice of subscriptions
Apple is dictating tougher terms of commerce on its wildly successful mobile devices, demanding a 30 per cent cut of all subscriber content sold directly through its iPads and iPhones
Nokia ‘made wrong choice’, says Schmidt
Google CEO said company had extensive discussions with Nokia about the case for it using Android
Nokia’s strategic revamp
Nokia’s textbook case study under revision
Until recently, the group was the darling of every specialist publication from Supply Chain Management Review to the Journal of Product Innovation Management
Elop jumps into the arms of former boss
Nokia’s chief executive bets that Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system will enable the Finnish group to fight back against Apple’s iPhone and Android devices
Nokia and Microsoft
On paper, teaming up with Microsoft makes good sense: Nokia has a poor operating system but vast scale, while Microsoft has a great operating system but no scale
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Chip guys preview mobile future
Aside from flashy phones and tablets at MWC 2011, chipmakers have been giving us a taste of things to come with announcements on quad-core mobile chips, new user interfaces and breathtaking graphics capabilities
Review: Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play – popular known as, but mystifyingly not called the ‘PlayStation phone’ – was first seen on a SuperBowl advert, and it could be that this distinctive device is worth all the early hype
Twitter is lost in translation
Twitter may generate 130m tweets a day and be one of the most talked about websites on the planet, but when it comes to talking money its founders and new CEO are far coyer than rest of the corporate world
Review: HP TouchPad
While the world’s media were not allowed to actually touch the HP TouchPad on its launch, first impressions suggest a strong competitor to the iPad – although a summer launch and lack of apps is a handicap
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