February 10, 2011 by topbananas
By now I expect you have read somewhere the leaked memo from Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop? What does this mean to mobile recruiting? If you have not then Elop starts the memo with a story about a man on an oil platform in the North Sea, which is on fire. The man has a choice […]
February 2, 2011 by topbananas
5 years ago the smart phone world was very different. A lot has changed in the mobile sector in a very short time. Nokia, the inventor of the smartphone, Ericsson and Blackberry were out their as leaders in 2006. The old PDAs from Palm and Compaq / Microsoft had merged with the mobile. Then on the […]
December 6, 2010 by topbananas
In September 2010 at Nokia World conference in London, Niklas Savander Exec VP, Nokia declared loudly, “Nokia is back”. The plans showed the E7, C7, C6 and the N8 as the future of smartphone. All the phones operate on Symbian, Nokia’s own OS. “We’re not going to apologise for the fact that we are not […]
November 3, 2010 by topbananas
Nokia operates the Symbian platform for its smartphones, such as the latest N8 which competes with the iPhone and the HTC devices. The Symbian platform has the largest market penetration but poor Mobile Internet activity. Nokia look to be loosing it. This might all change, as €22m of tax payers money could go a long way! […]
October 4, 2010 by bananasarah
Nokia have announced some impressive statistics for the Ovi store, which they announced on the Official Nokia Blog on October 1st. The Ovi store has only been live since May 2009 and according to Nokia: 200,000 new users are signing up to Ovi daily. Ovi Store downloads are now topping 2.3 million per day. 70 […]
September 30, 2010 by bananasarah
“Is it nearly here yet? Is it nearly here yet? Is it nearly here yet?” The Nokia N8 has finally begun to ship, according to reports on the official Nokia blog. The post states that “The first Nokia N8 devices have left the factories in Finland and China and are now making their way around […]
September 16, 2010 by bananasarah
HTC have announced the launch of 2 brand new smartphones, the Desire HD and the Desire Z, both of which will be available in October. At the HTC press event held in London on Wednesday, the company announced the launch of the smartphones alongside an update for Sense, the UI component for Android devices that […]
September 9, 2010 by bananasarah
BlackBerry BlackBerry have announced via their official Twitter account that the BlackBerry AppWorld has reached a new milestone with over 10,000 apps: “BlackBerry #AppWorld is 10,000 apps strong and growing – what apps do you love?“ Via @Blackberry (Twitter) Nokia The official date for the Nokia N8 has been announced for the UK as Friday […]
September 7, 2010 by bananasarah
Nokia are set to make their big comeback in the smartphone market at the Nokia World Expo in London next week with the introduction of the Nokia E7 and the Nokia N8. The Nokia N8 is set to become Nokia’s flagship handset, replacing the N97. It is the first Nokia handset to use the Symbian^3 Open […]
February 8, 2013 by topbananas
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