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Nokia To Cut 330 R&D Jobs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:10:01 +0000

Nokia (NOK) this morning said it plans to cut 330 research and development jobs, about 2% of its global R&D staff. The cuts include up to 230 employees in Oulu, Finland, and about 100 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company said it has over 17,000 R&D staff overall. NOK today is down 36 cents, or 2.7%, to $13.25.

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Nokia to axe 330 jobs in Finland, Denmark (AFP)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:04:22 +0000

AFP - Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Friday it would shed about 330 jobs in Finland and Denmark as part of a streamlining of its research and development operations.

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Nokia sees corporate interest for netbook (Reuters)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:27:59 +0000

Reuters - Top cellphone maker Nokia has seen growing interest among companies for its first netbook or mini-laptop, a company executive said on Thursday.

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Nokia Launches N900; $649 At Retail; Good Luck With That

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:00:16 +0000

N900: Going it alone. Nokia (NOK) today announced that its N900 smart phone is now on sale in the U.S. through Nokia’s stores in New York and Chicago, through independent retailers and via Amazon.com - at $649. The phone, which runs on Nokia’s Linux-based Maemo operating system, certainly is powerful, with 32 GB of storage, 3G, multi-tasking, 3.5-inch touchscreen, full QWERTY keyboard, Adobe Flash support, 5 MP camera, Carl Zeiss optics and various other technical goodies. But without U.S. wireless carrier support, consumers face the prospect of an unsubsidized $649 retail price. So who is going to buy it? NOK today is up 24 cents, or 1.8%, to $13.92.

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Palm Shrs Rally On Speculation Nokia Could Bid

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:56:56 +0000

Palm (PALM) shares are trading higher this morning on what Briefing.com describes as “NOK for PALM” chatter. While there’s not a lot to go on here, I would note that there’s certainly a case to be made for Nokia (NOK) buying Palm; the Finnish mobile phone giant has lately seen its share of the smart phone market sag, as buyers pass on the company’s Symbian -based phones for models based on more modern mobile operating systems. Buying Palm would give the company control of the well-regarded Web OS software, which certainly offers a more compelling user experience than Symbian. Palm has a $1.7 billion market cap; throw in debt, preferred shares and a healthy premium and you might get a price tag close to $4 billion. A lot for Palm? Maybe. But too much for a $50 billion market cap company that needs to fix its huge but stumbling business? Maybe not. Would Nokia actually concede that maybe Symbian is less than ideal? We’ll see. PALM today is up 63 cents, ...

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Nokia N900: Hot and Not (PC World)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:47:00 +0000

PC World - Nokia's N900, the next tablet/smartphone/whatever to bat against Apple's iPhone, ships today. It's a big occasion for Nokia, as the N900 is its most powerful smartphone yet, and the device's Maemo 5 open source operating system is a diversion from Symbian, which Nokia tends to support.

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Nokia launches 3 phones for the CDMA standard (Reuters)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:21:13 +0000

Reuters - The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia launched three new CDMA phones on Wednesday and said it remained committed to the standard, which has long been overshadowed by the more global GSM.

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Yahoo: Is Carol Bartz Out As CES Keynoter?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:51:04 +0000

Last month, the Consumer Electronics Association announced that Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz would be giving one of the keynotes at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. But something odd is happening. In a release on Tuesday , CEA announced the addition of Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs to the keynote schedule, “rounding out an impressive lineup of speakers, including leaders from Microsoft , Intel , Ford , Hisense and Nokia .” Notice who is missing? Could be an oversight. But then take a look at the list of keynotes on the CES web site . Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer . Gary Shapiro , who runs the CEA. Ford’s Alan Mulally . Intel CEO Paul Otellini . Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasuvo . Qualcomm’s Jacobs . And Hisense Chairman Zhou Houjioan . Notice who is missing, again? So either Bartz is out, or she’s being ignored. And Carol Bartz is a hard person to ignore.

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Apple tops phone chart as Nokia, Samsung step up (Reuters)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:16:26 +0000

Reuters - The world's two largest cellphone makers, Nokia and Samsung Electronics, unveiled on Tuesday their latest rivals to the iPhone as Apple became the top profit generator in the handset industry.

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Nokia, Samsung step up smartphone battle (Reuters)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:52:17 +0000

Reuters - The world's two largest cellphone makers, Nokia and Samsung Electronics, have unveiled their latest attempts to keep pace in the battle with smartphone rivals like iPhone and Blackberry.

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Nokia CEO says starts deliveries of top-model N900 (Reuters)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:20:38 +0000

Reuters - Nokia has started deliveries of its new top-of-the-range model N900, a key product for the world's top phone maker in its battle against rivals iPhone and Blackberry.

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Nokia To Replace Up To 14M Phone Chargers For Shock Hazard

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:59:55 +0000

Here’s a shocker. Well, potentially. Nokia (NOK) this morning said it is offering to replace up to 14 million phone chargers which pose a risk of electrical shock. The company said the chargers were manufactured by a Chinese supplier called BYD, which according to the WSJ will absorb the costs of the exchange program. Nokia said it discovered that the plastic covers of the affected chargers “could come loose and separate, exposing the charger’s internal components and potentially posing an electrical shock hazard if certain internal components are touched while the charger is plugged into a live socket.” It is offering to replace the chargers at no cost to consumers. Nokia said it is not aware of any incidents or injuries related to these chargers.

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Nokia To Replace Up To 14M Phone Charges For Shock Hazard

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:59:55 +0000

Here’s a shocker. Well, potentially. Nokia (NOK) this morning said it is offering to replace up to 14 million phone charges which pose a risk of electrical shock. The company the chargers were manufactured by a Chinese supplier called BYD, which according to the WSJ will absorb the costs of the exchange program. Nokia said it discovered that the plastic covers of the affected chargers “could come loose and separate, exposing the charger’s internal components and potentially posing an electrical shock hazard if certain internal components are touched while the charger is plugged into a live socket.” It is offering to replace the chargers at no cost to consumers. Nokia said it is not aware of any incidents or injuries related to these chargers.

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Nokia Recalls Millions of Mobile-Phone Chargers (NewsFactor)

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:32:08 +0000

NewsFactor - Finnish mobile-phone maker Nokia is recalling millions of phone chargers. The Espoo, Finland-based company on Monday said chargers made by a supplier have shown some defects.

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Nokia recalls 14 mln potentially dangerous chargers (AFP)

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:22:39 +0000

AFP - Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, on Monday issued a global recall for 14 million chargers made this year because some of them could be faulty.

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Nokia recalls millions of dangerous chargers (AFP)

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:42:12 +0000

AFP - Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, issued on Monday a global recall for 14 million faulty chargers made by a subcontractor this year.

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Nokia Recalls 14 Million AC Adapters (PC Magazine)

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:51:26 +0000

PC Magazine - Anyone who bought a Nokia cell phone recently listen up: Nokia has just launched a recall program for certain Nokia-branded AC adapters.

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