Hot on the heels of the announcement that Microsoft is selling its feature phone business for $350 million, Nokia decided to announce that it’s going to be re-entering the mobile market. Microsoft sold the business to a subsidiary of Foxconn by the name of FIH Mobile, and a newly-formed Finnish company by the name of HMD Global, both of which… Continue reading Nokia has confirmed that it’s returning to the mobile market
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Samsung is gonna have to start coughing up money to Nokia
Nokia may have (temporarily) pulled out of the handset market, but the company has spent more than $50 billion on research and development over the last two decades to build a massive patent portfolio, and it’s time to start collecting those licensing fees. On Monday morning, the company announced that it will generate at least $1.4 billion in revenue… Continue reading Samsung is gonna have to start coughing up money to Nokia
Nokia may have teased a new smartphone and tablet in a recent video
When Nokia sold its handset division to Microsoft back in 2014, the deal forbade Nokia from releasing its own handsets for a couple of years, which means that the company can re-enter the smartphone market later this year. Nokia has made it clear that it has every intention of doing so, and though we don’t… Continue reading Nokia may have teased a new smartphone and tablet in a recent video
Nokia has officially sold its HERE mapping business for $2.8 billion
Nokia’s location services and mapping division has apparently been sold off much quicker than was expected. Receiving approval from regulators in Asia, Europe, and the United States was originally expected to push the actual completion of the deal into 2016, but the deal ended up completing this morning. Audi AG, the BMW Group, and Daimler AG have acquired Nokia’s… Continue reading Nokia has officially sold its HERE mapping business for $2.8 billion
Nokia has unveiled its own $60,000 virtual reality camera
What now? That’s what Nokia had to ask itself after selling its handset division to Microsoft, and it’s one that the company is still trying to answer. Nokia has been exploring a number of different areas to expand in, and has dipped its toes into a handful of new markets, the latest of which is… Continue reading Nokia has unveiled its own $60,000 virtual reality camera
Renders of Microsoft and Nokia’s canceled tablet have been leaked
Now that Windows-powered tablets have actually become desirable products, it’s sad to hear that Microsoft and Nokia were working on a tablet together at some point, which went by the codename Mercury, but ended up scrapping the device for unknown reasons. The Nokia N1 showed us that the Finnish company is just as good at designing… Continue reading Renders of Microsoft and Nokia’s canceled tablet have been leaked
Nokia may have some big plans for the wearable device market
It’s going to be a while before we see a new Nokia smartphone, but there’s a good chance that the company will release its own wearable device before then. The market for wearable gadgets has really been heating up in recent months, and Nokia has made its interest in the market pretty clear, going so far as… Continue reading Nokia may have some big plans for the wearable device market
Photos of Nokia’s first true Android device have been leaked
While the renders for Nokia’s first true Android-powered smartphone that were leaked last week ended up being an unofficial fan concept, an actual picture of the device has been leaked this week. What’s funny is that the photos of the device, known as the Nokia C1, actually look pretty similar to the fan concept. Supposedly the… Continue reading Photos of Nokia’s first true Android device have been leaked
Renders of Nokia’s first true Android smartphone have been leaked
BlackBerry and Nokia are prime examples of handset makers that lost their dominant positions in the mobile market because they failed to embrace Android, and while it’s far too late from them to regain their past glory, it’s still possible for them to secure at least respectable piece of the mobile market. Rumors of BlackBerry’s first Android… Continue reading Renders of Nokia’s first true Android smartphone have been leaked
Nokia might re-enter the handset market with a new operating system
Nokia currently has a non-compete agreement with Microsoft because it sold its handset division to the company, which means that Nokia isn’t allowed to create or help create any kind of handset until the agreement expires next year. When it does expire, however, not only will Nokia start popping out its own Android smartphones, a… Continue reading Nokia might re-enter the handset market with a new operating system