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Nokia Slashing R&D Staff
ADOTAS – Maybe they can go out for drinks and grousing with the AOL people laid off during the Huffington Post integration. Six thousand Nokia research and development people are likely to get the sack when the Finnish smartphone-maker forgoes its long-running and long-despised Symbian mobile operating system for the [...] more...
Analyzing Android Desire in GetJar’s Survey
ADOTAS – When GetJar’s App Meter report appeared on Tuesday, a lot of media outlets hooked onto the stat that 41% of users surveyed said they would switch to Android for their next smartphone. I skipped over that information in my coverage — I thought interactive ad people would be more [...] more...
Microsoft and Nokia Swear Mobile Blood Oath
ADOTAS – I’m kinda surprised RIM didn’t jump in and make it a triumvirate of mobile sufferers: struggling mobile players Microsoft and Nokia have formed a “broad strategic partnership” that includes Nokia adopting Windows Phone 7 as its principal smartphone operating system. Investors were so excited that Nokia shares on the [...] more...
Google Mocks as Nokia Shelves MeeGo Smartphone
ADOTAS – It’s a late response to a departing Nokia exec’s comparison of handset-makers employing Android to Finnish boys wetting their pants for warmth, but on Twitter, Google Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundotra has a zinger regarding a rumored partnership between Microsoft and Nokia: “Two turkeys do not make an eagle.” That’s [...] more...
Android Tops Nokia in Worldwide Smartphone Shipments
ADOTAS – In addition to its impressive U.S. growth, Android is making waves in international waters — according to Canalys, more smartphones employing Google’s Android operating system were shipped in fourth quarter 2010 than reigning champion Nokia Symbian. Android, shipped 33.3 million handsets in the quarter (33% share of all [...] more...
With Exec Departure, Nokia MeeGo Rollout in Doubt
ADOTAS – Nokia’s Symbian boasts the largest smartphone OS share in the world, but next to no traction in the U.S. Indeed, Nokia’s share has been slipping while Android and the iOS are making inroads globally. It doesn’t help matters that the Finnish handset-maker has been bleeding execs in the past [...] more...
Nokia Buoys App Store With Motally Acquisition
ADOTAS – Ask just about any American which mobile operating system has the largest percentage of smartphone market share in the world and he or she will likely answer BlackBerry — maybe a few delusional souls will reply iPhone. Wrong on both accounts — earlier this month BBC News reported [...] more...
Symbian Users Are Still Clickin’
ADOTAS – While all the media focus is on the sexier mobile operating systems and their alluring apps, Nokia’s Symbian OS still leads the world in mobile click-through rates, according to the latest data from mobile ad and optimization company Smaato, while Android is losing ground fast. Based on information from [...] more...
Greystripe Bolsters Nokia App Store With Ad Network Support
ADOTAS – Everyone’s always talking about Apple’s App Store or the Google Android Market, but Nokia users are people too — consumers even! They have needs, especially for apps, and Greystripe is satisfying their yearning by migrating 1,200 Gamejump.com Java titles into the Nokia Ovi App Store. Launched last May, the [...] more...
Apple Of My Eye…and OS
ADOTAS — Apple might be dealing awkwardly with Steve Jobs’ illness, but its products continue to shine. IPod Touch traffic saw a large growth in Decemeber as well as with its smartphone operating system market share, according to AdMob. The iPod Touch is now the number 2 device in the AdMob Network with [...] more...
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