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Nokia has unveiled N9, its latest smartphone of N-series. The phone features a curved design, a 3.9-inch AMOLED display and storage of 16 GB and 64 GB.
The smartphone will be made available in three colors – black, cyan, and magenta. The 8-megapixel camera of N9 will be equipped with autofocus feature and “HD-quality video capture.”
The N9 will run on MeeGo, the Linux-based mobile operating system, that Nokia declared as future go-to platform last year. That time, a Nokia …

Symbian Anna icons (Photo Credit: Nokia Conversations)

Nokia finally announced the release dates for the Symbian Anna software update for current Symbian^3 devices and forthcoming units.
While newly manufactured smartphones, such as the Nokia E6 and Nokia X7, will arrive with the software update out of the box, present flagships need to wait a bit longer for Symbian Anna.
According to the Finnish giant, the Nokia C6, C7, E7, and 12-MP shooter N8 will officially hit the shelves in July …

Nokia has no option but to come up with new plans after loosing a majority of its Asian markets to Android smartphones and unbranded handsets. Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) Chief Executive Officer Stephen Elop, will now present the future strategy of the company at Nokia Connection 2011 in Singapore.
Along with the new plans, Elop will also unveil some new models at the event.
Asia is home to India and China, two largest markets of the world, and analysts project the growth in these regions to exceed 40 …

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Apple and Nokia have reached a settlement for their legal dispute over wireless phone patents. Apple as per the deal will pay patent licensing fee to Nokia, reports CNET.
With this deal, the long-running legal dispute between Apple and Nokia will come to an end. Both companies have agreed to withdraw their complaints filed with the US International Trade Commission.
The dispute started …

Apple will be paying royalties to Nokia as the two companies announced that they have settled a long-drawn legal dispute over patents, a press release from the Finnish phone maker revealed on Tuesday.

According to Nokia, it has sign a patent license agreement with Apple resulting “in settlement of all patent litigation between the companies.”
“The financial structure of the agreement consists of a one-time payment payable by Apple and on-going royalties to be paid by Apple to Nokia for …

Microsoft opposed Nortel Networks Corp.’s proposed bankruptcy sale of over 6,000 patents and told a judge Google, the proposed buyer, will only violate unfair competition laws.
Microsoft followed HP, Nokia Oyj, and other tech firms in filing protests to the suggested auction of the patent collection, where Google remains the leading bidder.
Microsoft and HP want governing bodies to modify the terms of the planned sale to safeguard the rights of licensees and bodies that set standards.
If the …

South Korea’s Samsung and California-based Apple are poised to overtake Nokia this quarter in the phone niche the Finnish company created 15 years ago, a market research firm has revealed on Monday.
Research firm Nomura released a research note on Monday saying that, “Nokia looks set to relinquish its smartphone crown to Samsung and Apple.”
Nokia, which has seen its stocks tank recently, is under attack from smartphones powered by the Google-developed Android mobile operating system and …

Microsoft’s new partnership with Nokia has claimed another casualty as a major Finnish daily has reported that Nokia’s technology chief will be leaving the company.
The Helsingin Sanomat reported on Thursday that Rich Green has taken a leave of absence from Nokia. The catch is that he will not be returning to the Finnish phone giant when his leave expires.
Citing two “independent” sources, the Helsingin Sanomat reported that Green just took a leave of absence from Nokia which will …

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, the former Microsoft executive, has dismissed rumors that his former company will be buying the devices and services unit of Nokia saying that rumors about the buyout are “baseless”.

The news comes after remarks made by Elop at the D9 conference hosted by All Things D on Wednesday in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
It has previously been rumored that Microsoft is in talks with the Finnish phone manufacturer to buy its devices and services unit.
The rumor came via …