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Nokia breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Vietnam
Posted On Monday, April 23, 2012 By temp. Under BoyGenius Tags: boygenius, business, factory, manufacture, nokia, plant, smartphones, vietnam
As previously reported , Nokia on Monday held a groundbreaking ceremony that kicked-off development of the company’s first manufacturing facility in Vietnam.

Developer earns over $1,000 per day with a Windows Phone game
Posted On Thursday, April 19, 2012 By admin. Under BoyGenius Tags: apps, boygenius, fourbros studio, gaming, microsoft, mobile, nokia, smartphone, taptitude, windows-phone
While Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform may not be as big as Apple and Google’s offerings, it is still possible for app developers to find success on the emerging operating system. A year ago, FourBros Studio launched a free game called Taptitude on the Windows Phone Marketplace. The game, as of today, has earned the company over $100,000 in revenue and boasts more than 300,000 users, Business Insider reported on Thursday
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European carriers say Lumia phones can’t compete with iPhone and Android
Posted On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 By temp. Under BoyGenius Tags: Europe, lumia 710, lumia 810, lumia 900, mobile, nokia, smartphone, windows-phone
Nokia’s attempt to regain the traction in the mobile market is turning out to be more difficult than the company once thought. Four major wireless carriers in Europe have said that Nokia’s Lumia smartphones are “not good enough” to compete with Apple’s iPhone or Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones , Reuters reported on Tuesday. Nokia bet big on Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform last year, however the gamble has yet to pay off according to the report
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Smartphone sales estimated to surpass 1 billion by 2014
Posted On Friday, April 13, 2012 By temp. Under BoyGenius Tags: apple, boygenius, credit suisse, huawei, iphone, mobile, nokia, sales, samsung, smartphones
Credit Suisse estimates that annual global smartphones sales will surpass 1 billion units in 2014, Reuters reported on Thursday. Global sales are predicted to grow nearly 46% to 687.9 million units this year, and then to reach 1.05 billion units in 2014
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Nokia CEO calls multi-core processors a waste of battery life
Posted On Friday, April 13, 2012 By admin. Under BoyGenius Tags: dual core, lumia 900, microsoft, mobile, nokia, quad-core, smartphones, windows-phone
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop reportedly stated that multi-core mobile processors are a waste of battery life in a recent interview with a Chinese newspaper.
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Nokia trims Q1 outlook, confirms more than 2 million Lumia phones sold
Posted On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 By admin. Under BoyGenius Tags: boygenius, business, earnings, loss, nokia, profit
Nokia on Wednesday lowered its outlook for the first quarter of 2012, noting that performance from its devices and services division will have a greater negative impact on its quarter than previously expected.
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AT&T is going big with Nokia’s Lumia 900, but reports of a $150M marketing blitz are inaccurate
Posted On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 By temp. Under BoyGenius Tags: advertising, at&t, boygenius, exclusive, lumia 900, marketing, marketing budget, microsoft, mobile, nokia, smartphones, windows-phone
Nokia’s new Lumia 900 smartphone is getting a huge push at AT&T, but the carrier’s marketing budget for the new flagship Windows Phone won’t quite add up to sky-high figure suggested on Monday. Ad Age
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Nokia’s Lumia 900 tops Amazon sales chart
Posted On Monday, April 9, 2012 By temp. Under BoyGenius Tags: amazon, boygenius, Launch, lumia, lumia 900, microsoft, mobile, nokia, sales, smartphones, windows-phone
Nokia’s first U.S. carrier-backed flagship smartphone to launch in years now occupies the top two spots on Amazon.com’s list of best-selling cell phones. The new Lumia 900 Windows Phone, which became available on April 8th, features a 1.4GHz processor, a 4.3-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display,
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Nokia’s Lumia 900 tops Amazon sales chart
Posted On Monday, April 9, 2012 By admin. Under BoyGenius Tags: amazon, boygenius, Launch, lumia, lumia 900, microsoft, mobile, nokia, sales, smartphones, windows-phone
Nokia’s first U.S. carrier-backed flagship smartphone to launch in years now occupies the top two spots on Amazon.com’s list of best-selling cell phones
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Walt Mossberg picks iPhone over Lumia 900
Posted On Thursday, April 5, 2012 By admin. Under TUAW Tags: apple, at&t, iphone, lumia, lumia 900, lumia900, nokia, smartphone, the-end, tuaw
Nokia handed out its new Windows Phone-powered Lumia 900 to several high-profile reviewers including Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal . Mossberg says the tile-based user interface of the Lumia 900 is "a refreshing change", but concludes that the phone has too many drawbacks to beat the iPhone
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