Fighting cheap Androids. Seppo Aaltonen, Nokia phone Strategy Lead: ~9 million apps downloaded to S40 each day #MWC13
Nokia mobile phone division was the only part of Nokia that managed to stay more or less sustainably profitable through most of 2011-2012 transition. But without its own set of challenges. For the last 2 years Q1 was particularly difficult quarter for Nokia’s low end handset division. In 2011 Nokia was late to react to [...]
MWC 2013: Dual SIM Nokia 301 and ultra-cheap Nokia 105 unveiled
Apart from announcing the Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 WP8 handsets, Nokia has also introduced two new featurephones at MWC today. These are both candybars, being called Nokia 301, and Nokia 105. The 301’s highlight feature is its 3.2MP rear camera with “clever software features” (like panoramic photos, sequential shots, self-portrait mode, and self timer). [...]
New, redesigned 9.7 inch iPad 5 coming in Q3?
It’s only been about three months since Apple launched its iPad 4, but the Cupertino giant is already getting ready for its next-generation 9.7 tablet, probably called iPad 5. As rumored before, it looks like the new 9.7 inch iPad will resemble the 7.9 inch iPad Mini design-wise. Research firm TrendForce assumes that Apple will [...]
Apple iPhone 5 now the world’s best-selling smartphone, Samsung Galaxy S III slips to third place
As of Q4 2012, Apple’s iPhone 5 is the best-selling smartphone in the world – according to Strategy Analytics. The research firm has it that Apple shipped a total of 27.4 million iPhone 5s across the globe during the quarter, accounting for 12.6 % of the smartphone market share. At the same time, the Cupertino [...]
This is the Apple iWatch. Directly from Cupertino R&D labs
A couple of weeks ago there were a lot of rumors that Apple is working on iWatch to be released in a few months. But except for the name, the size of the team and the flexible display to be used in the device, little has been known about it. Today we can confirm the iWatch is [...]
5 Features Samsung Has to Introduce in the Galaxy S IV to Wake up the Mobile World
A little background. I like to get to the office in the morning and knock out a blog post as early as possible. Except lately, this has been a lot more difficult than it has been for the past few years. Why? Because from where I am sitting, the tech world in general, and the [...]
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini in the making?
Last year, when Samsung introduced the Galaxy S III Mini, many didn’t see the point in having such a handset, when there are already devices like the Galaxy Ace. Still, it looks like Samsung believes that was a good idea, and wants to repeat it this year. As you may all know, Samsung should announce [...]
Apple’s wearable computing/personal items sensor network integrated with your iWatch or iPhone
Wearable computing as the next big thing where Apple could make a huge contribution and finally get the market going, has been chatted up on the interwebs for years. We here, on UV, have speculated about it too, saying that Apple should kill its iPod line and create an iPod Tricorder. It seems that Apple [...]
Forget Everything you Know about RIM, BlackBerry 10 will be Different. Here’s Why!
I know, I know, I said that about Windows Phone too and Microsoft has yet to prove itself as far as the market is concerned. True, but at the risk of portraying myself as the guy who always roots for the underdog, I still believe both Windows Phone 8 and BlackBerry 10 have a good [...]
If only Nokia had a Steve Jobs
Six years ago this month, January 2007, Steve Jobs stood before the world and announced the iPhone. His words were few and telling: “Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything” Accuse Steve Jobs of showmanship if you like, but in this case he was absolutely correct about iPhone’s [...]
Nokia finally had a profitable quarter (Q4 2012), but its smartphone market share is still falling
Right on time, Nokia published its earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2012 and that year as a whole. In terms of sales numbers, there are absolutely no surprises here, since the company already gave us the highlights a couple of weeks ago. The Finns managed to sell 4.4 million Lumia Windows Phones, and [...]
Nokia Lumia 920 headed to Three UK
Vodafone isn’t the only British mobile network that’s getting ready to sell the Nokia Lumia 920, thus ending EE’s exclusivity on the handset. Three UK has announced it’s going to offer the Lumia 920, too. I will do it starting February, at the same time with another Nokia Windows Phone 8 handset (the cheaper Lumia [...]
BlackBerry Z10 retail materials leak, BBM video calling confirmed in video
At the end of this month, RIM will finally officially introduce BlackBerry 10, the operating system it’s been working on for many months now – the one that will finally make full-touchscreen BlackBerry devices not feel outdated in any way. As we get closer to that event, more and more leaks are starting to show [...]
Nokia Q4 results: impressive Asha growth, 197 EUR Lumia ASP (up 23%), Symbian officially dead. Good, but not enough yet
Another quarter another pre-announcement from Nokia. Only, after a two year long string of profit warnings, we finally got an upside surprise. Nokia Q4 results will actually be better than expected. How much better did Nokia do? Based on their Q3 guidance and earlier trends, I expected Nokia to ship a total 6.3 million smartphones [...]
Apple should kill iPod, create iPod Tricorder and own wearable computing
How much weight have you lost so far this year? It’s been a week – have you gone for a run everyday, as you promised with your new year’s resolutions? Fitness, good health, good habits, these are all part of the annual promises we make. Quit smoking, always take the stairs, watch what we eat. [...]
Ubuntu jumps into the smartphone operating system game, promises first devices next year
The latest entrant into the smartphone operating system space has been announced today – it’s Ubuntu. The most widely used Linux desktop distribution is coming to a smartphone near you. This, of course, is hardly unexpected, because every company that has a desktop presence is trying its hand at mobile stuff too, since that particular [...]
South Korean carriers banned from gaining new customers in January. The reason? Device subsidies
The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) really, really hates subsidies. The telecoms regulator in South Korea has fined all of the country’s three carriers for having the nerve to subsidize mobile devices for their prospective customers. But that’s not the best part. See, the KCC has also banned those three companies from gaining any new customers [...]
An iPhone Christmas! Spending Apple’s $200 billion cash hoard on…
As 2012 draws to a close, Apple, maker of iPhone, iPad and Mac is valued at approximately $500 billion. To some, this is low, given that Apple’s smartphone, tablet, MP3 and laptop business lines are among the most popular, most highly coveted in the world. Undervalued or not, it’s hard to overstate Apple’s size. It [...]
Following Samsung, now LG is trying to trash Apple (and the iPhone) in ads
Samsung has released quite a few ads that directly make fun of Apple – or at least they’re trying to (see this one, for example). And now LG has started doing the same thing, although only in South Korea, its home country. Korea Times has it that, yesterday, LG placed ads “in all major local [...]
Before iPhone, Apple wanted to put RF Modules into our hand bags, shoes, clothes and cars to connect iPods
An interesting take on the mobile connected future Apple envisioned, just popped-up in the USPTO database, in the form of newly awarded patent. When exploring ways of getting a foothold into mobile device market, Apple asked a question: Why do cellular radios have to be coupled with the rest of the mobile phone? Came up [...]
