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Helsingin Sanomat on Stephen Elop >> My Nokia Blog

guardiantech — 2013-09-30T20:29:27+00:00

The article [in the Finnish paper] stated that the strategy work [considering whether to keep Symbian or what to do otherwise] was open and thorough. Elop made the last call for WP and according to colleagues did not show personal preference towards WP. Board approved.
Nokia couldn’t have multi-OS strategy since they didn’t have enough software competence.

Meego phones are now "unicorns", as the Polish man using one on the flight to Geneva remarked to me the other day.

The mobile market in Russia (PDF) >> MTGSM

guardiantech — 2012-07-10T21:49:41+00:00

Seems that smartphones make 26.7% of sales, but 560.9% by value. Average smartphone prices are falling; Nokia dominates, followed by Samsung. Symbian leads the pack (37.8% of units sold in Q1 2012) over Android (35.1%). The iPhone has about 7% of the market. If you wondered where all the Symbian sales are, here's your answer.

Nokia Belle update goes live: no laser gun :< >> Nokia Connects

guardiantech — 2012-02-09T14:52:38+00:00

Symbian users, behold:

This widely anticipated update for Symbian brings a load of new features. Instead of three home screens, you now will have six. This will let you personalise even more and keep all of your favourite things a press away. The improved Nokia Belle interface also adds HD video recording capabilities at 30 frames per second, a new notification bar which lets you see if you have any missed calls, messages emails or reminders etc, as well as the ability to turn on and off processes like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

Requires connection to a PC. Seems to be available widely in the UK. (Thanks @rquick for the link)

Symbian is still top mobile OS – finished 2011 with resurgence >> Royal Pingdom

guardiantech — 2012-01-03T22:00:34+00:00

"Using StatCounter’s figures for mobile operating systems we charted the main mobile operating systems during 2011. To summarize, Symbian finished stronger than it started, iOS dropped a little bit, Android gained a lot, and BlackBerry was all but decimated."
Strictly, not decimated, but substantially cut. As or Symbian - hard as nails, eh?

Nokia to Exit Symbian, Low-End Phone Businesses in North America >> AllThingsD

guardiantech — 2011-08-10T06:29:38+00:00

"Nokia plans to stop selling both feature phones and Symbian-based smartphones in the United States and Canada as it tries to put all of its muscle behind the company’s huge bet on Windows Phone."