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Talking Wireless with AT&T’s CTO

At Fast Company we’re using AT&T’s 3G network to do our FastCompanyLive interviews on a Nokia cell phone. Here’s AT&T’s CTO, John Donovan, to bring us up to date on the state of the art of its wireless network for cell phone ...READ»

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The n900 is a star in the Nokia family

After the disappointing N97 it was all to easy to dismiss Nokia as a fading star of mobile phone design. The flagship which failed to float was the perfect excuse for a whole horde of doomsayers to predict the end of the once-greatest ...READ»

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Nokia's N96 Smartphone Available July 31st

While most smartphone enthusiasts would agree that Nokia's [NYSE: NOK] N95 is already a few steps ahead of the competition, the N96 will blow them away – for good reasons and bad. The N96 was originally announced at Mobile Congress ...READ»

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Did Nokia's Stores Fail Because They Weren't Apple-y Enough?

Nokia's woes worsened recently when it announced it was shutting its flagship physical store on London's Regent Street. Today, reports surfaced about the closing of it's New York and Chicago stores, too. Weren't they Apple-y ...READ»

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The Surprising Secret of Successful Differentiation

A successful differentiation is not imitated by your competitors, even though it brings you unmistakable success with consumers. It seems impossible? Not quite so. I am about to reveal to you the unexpectedly simple and wonderful ...READ»

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Nokia Leaks New Smartphones

The folks over at the Talk About Nseries blog have discovered some leaked photos of new Nokia [NYSE: NOK] Nseries phones in a pretty unlikely place: a Flickr photostream. A user has uploaded detailed images of new N79, N85 and 5800 ...READ»

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Nokia's N78 Now Available

The newest addition to Nokia's [NYSE: NOK] N-series, the N78, is now available for purchase at Nokia's flagship stores in New York and Chicago. The candybar device sports HSDPA connecticity and a 3.2-megapixel camera, along with ...READ»

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Nokia Sues Samsung, Philips for Price-Fixing

Nokia is suing 11 LCD manufacturers--including Toshiba, Sharp, Philips, Samsung, and LG Display--for price-fixing. It alleges that from 1996 to 2006, these companies artificially inflated the prices of the displays Nokia uses in ...READ»

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Nokia Acquires NavTeq

Today mobile phone giant Nokia [NYSE:NOK] snapped up GPS maker NAVTEQ [NYSE:NVT] for the healthy sum of $8.1 billion. Because EU regulators and Nokia shareholders had already green-lit the deal, the completion of the transaction ...READ»

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Samsung Readies 8MP Cameraphone

Not to be outdone by Sony Ericcson's [NYSE:SNE] new 8-megapixel phone, word has it that Samsung [SEO:005930] is formulating a competitor dubbed the i8510, complete with -- you guessed it -- an 8-megapixel camera. The phone will run ...READ»

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New Nokia Touch Interface Inspires Yawns

It's been known for a while that Nokia [NYSE:NOK] is taking their newly-minted purchase of the Symbian OS and making it touch-friendly. Now screenshots have emerged of the company's Touch version of its S60 software, giving Nokia ...READ»

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Vertu Releases New Phone You Can't Afford

If you don't know of Vertu, they're a super-premium brand made by Nokia [NYSE:NOK] for their high-end customers. Phones come in a few enclosures, some encrusted with diamonds, some backed in leather, and all with personal concierge ...READ»

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Nokia’s E75 Slider On The Way

Perhaps in response to the success of HTC’s [HTCKF] slider phones, Nokia [NOK] is reportedly developing a new slider device called the E75. The designation “slider” refers to the slide-open form factor that reveals a full QWERTY ...READ»

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Nokia "Tube" Coming October 2

Without a true finger-operable touchscreen phone, Nokia [NOK] has been a little bit behind the industry eight ball. The company has made repeated promises to release an iPhone competitor called the "Tube," but it's been ...READ»

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Nokia Planning More Touchscreen Phones?

Consumers that checked out a Nokia [NOK] podcast on its new S60 Symbian operating system this week might have noticed that it featured press photos of an as-yet-announced touchscreen device. On the heels of the release of the Finnish ...READ»

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Under the Radar Conference Preview: Pixelpipe

Once you start to use even three social media services--and who among us isn't on Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr, to name three -- managing them can become a huge pain. Enter Pixelpipe.READ»

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Getting Beyond "Shrink and Pink"

Experientia's Putting People First today points to an article in the Boston Globe about the growing interest among technology developers in creating products that appeal to women. The article points to big players such as Nokia and ...READ»

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Upcycling Consumer Electronics

Many industries are riding a green wave at the moment--not nearly enough, but more and more vertical markets are looking into sustainability to attract more customers while lessening their impact on the environment. Consumer ...READ»

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CPR Can Fix Flip Phones Too

Expert service technicians at CPR are fully capable of repairing most flip phones – including all of the earliest flip phones by Nokia, and also their more recent marketplace entries. Many Americans aren’t really aware that ...READ»

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Nokia's Artistic Collaboration

Nokia is looking for new ways to compete, in a world where Apple has blurred the line between technology innovators and entertainment creators. Dave Stewart, co-founder of the 80's hit group Eurythmics, and Tero Ojanpera, Nokia's ...READ»

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The (Mobile) Empire Strikes Back: Nokia Chief's Strategy for Smartphone War

Nokia boss Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has been talking about how his firm plans to fight back in the ongoing cell-phone wars--and he sees the future in the Internet. In an interview with BusinessWeek, the 56-year-old Finn is bullish about ...READ»

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Cell Phone Sales: Powerhouse Nokia Threatened by Stalkers

Gartner released its worldwide mobile sales numbers for both hardware and smartphone OS, and they're not much of a surprise: Nokia's first in hardware sales. It's OS, Symbian, has 46.9% of the marketshare. RIM, makers of BlackBerry, ...READ»

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Today in Most Innovative Companies

Daily news of note about our Most Innovative Companies, including Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter, and Funny or Die.READ»

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Can Nokia and Intel Conquer the Embedded Devices World With MeeGo OS?

Intel and Nokia have announced what seems to be an extremely odd partnership: They're melding Intel's Moblin mobile device OS with Nokia's Maemo into a new Linux affair called MeeGo. Odd? Yes. But it might just work. The companies' ...READ»

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Nokia launches 5233, for $160 in India

 Nokia has launched a new model, the 5233 touch screen phone which is apparently the cheapest Nokia touch screen mobile you can purchase in India at $160, reports ...READ»