Tag Archives: Nokia

N97: Too Little, Too Late?

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Nokia has finally reacted and announces a device to compete with the iPhone. The N97 has a beautiful touchscreen and a sliding qwerty keyboard. From the video clip Nokia posted in YouTube you can notice that Nokia bets on widgets … Continue reading →

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Apple Vs. Nokia: Less is More

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

While Nokia posted a 30.5% drop in earnings in the quarter ending on 30 September, Steve Jobs proudly announced to analysts that 6.9 million 3G iPhone units were sold in the same quarter, outselling  even RIM’s Blackberry 6.1 million units. … Continue reading →

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Handsets Two Horse Race

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Al Ries and Jack Trout wrote it in many of their marketing best-sellers: “In the long run, every market becomes a  two horse race”. Jack Welch, legend ex-CEO of GE, made popular his rule of closing every business unit where … Continue reading →

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Who is the new Smartphone King?

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Gartner published a few days ago their assessment of the Smartphone market in Q2 2008. These are the highlights by handset maker: Smartphone market grew 15.7% compared to last year. Nokia remains the number one vendor, but it is losing … Continue reading →

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Nokia to Get Full Control of Symbian

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Nokia announced today a bid to acquire 100% of Symbian. Nokia already owns 48% of the shares, and would purchase the remaining shares for 264 million euro, from their current Symbian partners Sony Ericsson, Telefonaktiebolaget, LM Ericsson, Panasonic Mobile Communications, … Continue reading →

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Nokia Still Don’t Get it

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

 ”It is the usability, stupid.” In essence, Nokia keeps developing mobile phones, when younger generations do not care about a phone but about communications in an ample sense (IM, Facebook, web, etc) and multimedia (music, music , music, clips and … Continue reading →

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My Next Phone

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Nokia must be getting more and more worried. Apple, a new entrant in the market, has stolen from Nokia the top position for high-end phones in consumers minds. The revolutionary iPhone might not have yet a market share comparable to … Continue reading →

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At last Mobile Web, thanks to iPhone

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

In January, Google disclosed that the traffic to Google from iPhones had surpassed any other smartphone, despite iPhone accounts for only 2% of the worldwide smartphones, Nokia’s Symbian 63%, Windows Mobile 11% and RIM 10%. Later in March, M:Metrics confirmed … Continue reading →

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Nokia Comes With Music

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Nokia keeps its race with Apple to reach agreements with the record labels, in order to bundle content with the sale of devices. NY Times, Nokia signs Sony BMG for Free Music Offering, reports that Nokia will offer 12-month access … Continue reading →

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Nokia disappoints, Google exceeds expectations

Posted on April 19, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Nokia Q1 results have disappointed analyst, even if revenues grew 28% YoY to reach $20 billion and net profit reached $1.9 billion, up 25% from last year. Nokia shipped 115 M handsets in Q1, 27% YoY growth, with strong performance … Continue reading →

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