Archive for 'Nokia Matters' Category
Warner Music Pulls Content from Nokia’s Music Store
10 November 2007Warner Music Group has begun withholding its content from Nokia’s new online music store because it’s concerned that pirated copies of its music are available on Nokia’s Mosh file-sharing site. Nokia said it was in discussions with Warner Music about once again making its content available on the Nokia store. Mosh can be accessed from […]
Nokia, Symbian Won’t Be Googled by Android
10 November 2007Symbian, developer of the Symbian mobile phone operating system, told the BBC that Google’s dominance of the Web does not guarantee that it will succeed with its Android operating system for mobile devices. John Forsyth, VP of strategy at Symbian, said Google lacked experience in the mobile phone industry. “Search and a mobile phone platform […]
Nokia Launches UK nTunes, er, Nokia Music Store
4 November 2007Nokia, which makes more mobile phones than anyone else - almost 40% of the worldwide total in the most recent fiscal quarter, is determined to become a major supplier of products and services to users of wireless networks.
On November 1, Nokia’s UK Music Store opened. At launch, the store offered millions of tracks from […]
Nokia Claims to Be Halfway to a True Open Web 2.0 Device
27 October 2007Nokia’s development of its open Internet business model is accelerating rapidly, and the latest moves came last week, with the release of the newest model in its important Internet Tablet non-cellular range, and a partnership with Devicescape for automatic hotspot connection functionality.
Both these show Nokia throwing off its cellular-only, walled garden roots with increasing alacrity, […]