Nokia CEO Stephen Elop quickly stepped in today to quell rumours that Microsoft would acquire Nokia’s phone division. Speaking to Bloomberg, he called the rumours “baseless” and added “We have a great plan for our future, and we’re focused on executing that plan. The rumors are all over the place. There’s no basis for them.” Elop went on to indicate […]
Microsoft
Microsoft buys Nokia’s phone division for US$19 billion?
Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin is hinting via Twitter that Microsoft has agreed to buy Nokia’s mobile phone division for US$19 billion. One small software company decided last week that they could spent 19 bln USD to buy a part of small phone vendor. Thats it. A few weeks ago, Murtazin first revealed that the two companies had begun negotiations over […]
HTC remains committed to Windows Phone 7
Microsoft confirmed yesterday that HTC will be one of the manufacturers to release new devices powered by the Mango version of Windows Phone later this year. HTC CEO Peter Chou later confirmed to Reuters that the company is already hard at work on those devices. “We have some Windows Mango phones. We are very committed to Windows phone products,” Chou […]
Nokia Windows Phone 8 to come with dual-core ST-Ericsson chipsets?
While Nokia may have dropped hints about Qualcomm alternatives for future Windows Phone devices, STMicroelectronics CEO Carlo Bozotti has basically confirmed that ST-Ericsson will be one of two chipset suppliers for Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 phones. Nokia will start off by using the U8500 chipset. This is a dual-core SoC currently running at 1.2GHz that supports HSPA+, GPS, Wi-Fi, and […]
Android and iOS continue to gain market share in Q1 2011
Gartner earlier this week released its Q1 2011 “Market Share Analysis: Mobile Devices, Worldwide” report. Smartphones continued to outpace the overall mobile communication market which saw shipments of nearly 428 million devices. “Smartphones accounted for 23.6 percent of overall sales in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 85 percent year-on-year,” said Roberta Cozza, principal research analyst at Gartner. […]
Nokia to sell phone division to Microsoft?
Microsoft and Nokia recently struck up a new partnership over Windows Phone. That relationship could get quite a bit closer sometime later this year. According to industry insider Eldar Murtazin, Nokia will begin discussions to sell its phone division to Microsoft next week. The outcome of these negotiations will not be made public but, according to Murtazin, “both companies are […]
Microsoft acquires Skype
Skype today announced that it is being bought out by Microsoft in a deal worth US$8.5 billion. Skype will become a new business division within Microsoft, and Skype CEO Tony Bates will assume the title of president of the Microsoft Skype Division, reporting directly to Ballmer. “Skype is a phenomenal service that is loved by millions of people around the […]
RIM and Microsoft announce BlackBerry search partnership
Research In Motion and Microsoft announced a new partnership earlier this week at BlackBerry World 2011. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took to the stage during co-CEO Mike Lazaridis’ keynote speech to announce that Bing would be the new default maps and search features on upcoming BlackBerry devices. It will apparently be integrated at the OS level with devices shipping for […]