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Behind the scenes history of MeeGo reveals Nokia’s abandoned tablet and Verizon N9

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Finnish site Taskumuro has produced an incredibly detailed behind-the-scenes history of Nokia’s wonderful, yet doomed, MeeGo OS. Talking to current and ex-employees of the phone maker, it learned that a tablet (codenamed Senna ) and CDMA Nokia N9 for Verizon were both in development before Stephen Elop killed the project dead around the time of the ” burning platform ” memo. The report also claims that the company’s decision to develop Maemo (later MeeGo ) in tandem with Symbian led to a developer turf-war, that the Swipe UI was cooked up at the 80/20 Design Studio in New York and the team had planned an Apple-esque strategy of releasing a single phone every year. . . . → Read More: Behind the scenes history of MeeGo reveals Nokia’s abandoned tablet and Verizon N9

How would you change Nokia’s Lumia 900?

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While this regular feature is called How Would You Change , in the case of Nokia’s Lumia 900 , it seems more apt to change the question to “What Killed It?.” The flagship was designed to break the US from its traditional indifference to the company, yet only 600,000 users took the plunge. . . . → Read More: How would you change Nokia’s Lumia 900?

How would you change Nokia’s Lumia 900?

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While this regular feature is called How Would You Change , in the case of Nokia’s Lumia 900 , it seems more apt to change the question to “What Killed It?.” The flagship was designed to break the US from its traditional indifference to the company, yet only 600,000 users took the plunge. . . . → Read More: How would you change Nokia’s Lumia 900?

The Engadget Interview (captured with Lumia 920): Nokia CEO Stephen Elop on WP8 and beyond

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Do you know what’s better than one interview with Stephen Elop ? . . . → Read More: The Engadget Interview (captured with Lumia 920): Nokia CEO Stephen Elop on WP8 and beyond

Engadget Live: ‘Ask me anything’ Q&A with Nokia CEO Stephen Elop

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It’s time to open the book! We’re live from Nokia’s headquarters in Espoo, Finland, with Stephen Elop. The smartphone maker’s CEO has set aside 30 minutes to answer your questions about anything and everything Nokia. . . . → Read More: Engadget Live: ‘Ask me anything’ Q&A with Nokia CEO Stephen Elop

How would you change the Nokia Lumia 710?

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While Nokia’s Lumia 710 may have been imagined as the Jan Brady of the Lumia line, this supposedly awkward middle child does plenty of things right. . . . → Read More: How would you change the Nokia Lumia 710?

Former Nokia Exec: Elop is struggling, shouldn’t focus so heavily on Windows Phone

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Former Nokia executive Lee Williams admits that he’s a bit of an “arm chair quarterback,” but won’t let such labels stop him from offering up some seriously pointed criticism of Stephen Elop , telling CNET that the CEO is “struggling,” due in part to a lack of “overarching vision.” Williams cites the company’s shift in focus to Windows Phone as a cause of the companies woes, adding, It might have made sense to introduce a product or two into the portfolio based on Windows Phone. What I do not think they should have done is pretend it is a one horse race, and that one software system is all you need . . . → Read More: Former Nokia Exec: Elop is struggling, shouldn’t focus so heavily on Windows Phone

Stephen Elop: Nokia Lumia coming to China on March 28th

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China recently greeted its first Windows Phone (on pre-order, anyway), but if Stephen Elop has his way, Nokia will be hot on HTC’s heels. The company’s CEO has revealed that Nokia will unleash its Lumia handsets upon the People’s Republic on March 28th. While Elop offered no clues to suggest which models will be available, recent regulatory approvals hint that the Lumia 800 and 710 are both top candidates — though personally, we’d be shocked if the Lumia 610 didn’t rear its head sooner rather than later . . . → Read More: Stephen Elop: Nokia Lumia coming to China on March 28th

Nokia releases Q4 2011 earnings report: operating profits drop, Lumia sales break one million

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Nokia released its latest quarterly earnings report today, following up on a somewhat disappointing Q3 with a similarly bleak Q4. The Finnish manufacturer finished 2011 with a little more than €10 billion ($13.1 billion) in net sales — 11 percent higher than Q3, but 21 percent lower than 2010, when Nokia raked in about €12.7 billion (approximately $16.7 billion). Operating profit, meanwhile, rose by 90 percent over Q3, but is still down on the year by a whopping 56 percent; this quarter, in fact, saw an operating loss of €954 million (about $1.3 billion). . . . → Read More: Nokia releases Q4 2011 earnings report: operating profits drop, Lumia sales break one million

The Engadget Interview: Nokia CEO Stephen Elop at CES 2012 (video)

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We had the opportunity to spend a few minutes with CEO Stephen Elop here are CES 2012 and talk about all things Nokia — including the freshly minted Lumia 900 . The man requires no introduction, so hit the break and watch our video interview. . . . → Read More: The Engadget Interview: Nokia CEO Stephen Elop at CES 2012 (video)

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