Apple's Siri tells users Nokia Lumia 900 is 'best smartphone ever'

When asked to find the "best smartphone ever," the Siri personal assistant software on the iPhone 4S will tell users to check out the competing Lumia 900 smartphone made by Nokia.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 77

Apple-revised nano-SIM design to address Nokia objections ahead of standards vote

SIM card maker Giesecke & Devrient is showing off Apple's new nano-SIM design, which has been modified to resolve Nokia's objections to it, at the CTIA tradeshow in New Orleans, La.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 48

Samsung overtakes Apple to claim smartphone market share lead

Despite strong growth year-over-year, Apple ceded its spot as the world's top smartphone vendor in the first quarter of 2012 as Samsung boosted both smartphone and feature phone shipments to record levels.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 68

Nokia has earned more from iPhone than selling Lumia Windows Phone 7

After Microsoft was found to be making more from licensing its patents to Android handset makers than from selling its own Windows Phone 7, it's now clear Nokia has earned more from licensing patents to Apple than it has selling its own Lumia Windows Phone 7 devices.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 16

Nokia reports $1.7 billion loss, "challenging" market for new Windows Phone 7 Lumia

Nokia reported net sales down 29 percent compared to the year ago quarter, along with a 1.3 billion Euro loss ($1.7 billion US) on what it called "mixed" sales of new Lumia phones running Windows Phone 7.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 0

Nokia warns of 'disappointing' smartphone sales in first half of 2012

Nokia on Wednesday issued a warning to investors that it was lowering its outlook for the first half of 2012 after the first quarter of the year proved "disappointing."

Katie Marsal 14 years ago 82

Briefly: New Apple Store downtime sign; Lumia 900 free after data glitch

Apple's Online Store was down on Tuesday night and the company took the opportunity to roll out a new "We'll be back" sign. Also, Nokia is now offering a $100 credit on its $99 Lumia 900 flagship smartphone after a software bug affecting data connections was discovered.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 61

AT&T to spend $150M on Lumia launch, more than it did with iPhone

In order to help bolster launch sales for Nokia's new Lumia 900 handset, exclusive U.S. carrier AT&T is willing to spend up to $150 million in ad money, more than it spent on Apple's iPhone.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 87

Briefly: iPad refunds; HonHai raising wages; Nokia Lumia estimates

Apple has begun emailing customers in Australia with an offer to return LTE-capable third-generation iPads by April 25 if they expected the tablet to work on local 4G networks. Also, Apple partner Foxconn's parent company Hon Hai has announced plans to raise wages at its headquarters in Taiwan, and analysts are concerned that Nokia's Lumia 900 Windows Phone launch in the U.S. will flop.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 25

Apple's iOS, Google's Android grow to 80% of US smartphone market

Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile platforms continued to grow over the last three months, accounting for 80.3 percent of the U.S. smartphone market.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 76

Nokia kicks off Windows Phone 7 campaign with Antennagate teaser spot

In an effort to draw attention to its new Lumia branded Windows Phone 7 phones, Nokia has joined AT&T in preparing for a high profile launch, apparently starting with new spots that attempt to resurrect 2010's Antennagate.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 134

ETSI postpones nano-SIM vote as battle rages on between Apple and Nokia

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute will not hold a vote today on a new nano-SIM standard, as two competing camps led by Apple and Nokia have not been able to come to terms.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 46

RIM claims Apple using proxy votes to win nano-SIM standard

In a letter sent to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute on Thursday, RIM alleges that Apple is trying to sway the nano-SIM standard vote by having company representatives change their affiliation to cast proxy votes.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 55

Nokia to refuse licensing SIM patents if ETSI chooses Apple design

Finnish handset maker Nokia has said that it will elect not to license essential SIM-related patents to a new nano-SIM standard if the European Telecommunications Standards Institute chooses Apple's design over its own.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 93

Nokia calls Apple nano-sim pledge 'attempt to devalue' competitors' IP

Ahead of a European standards-setting organization vote on competing nano-SIM proposals from Nokia and Apple, the Finnish handset maker has dismissed Apple's offer of royalty-free licenses as seemingly "no more than an attempt to devalue the intellectual property of others."

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 67

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