During the last quarter, Samsung dethroned Apple as the king of smartphones in the world. Now Samsung is all set to surpass Nokia as the largest smartphone vendor in India, reports ET Bureau.
The Indian handset markets is approximately of 213 million value, and the share of smartphones is around 6%. According to some analysts, Nokia is still the leader in this segment. However, in the recent times, Samsung has shown the most aggressiveness in the mobile handset market.
“Part of the battle is …

The T-Mobile Nokia Lumia 710 is looking more and more likely to be launched this coming Wednesday basing on a new report.
The report comes via WP Central which says that the T-Mobile Nokia Lumia 710 has been confirmed via a manual of the device available via the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
The publication writes:
“As it turns out, the actual manual for the device that comes with the phone is now online via the FCC. Scrolling through it reveals fairly standard information, but for …

The market share of Apple’s iOS platform dropped to 15 percent for the third quarter of the year as Android leapt in the smartphone market share wars, a new report from Gartner reveals.

Apple iOS market share dropped in the third quarter to 15 percent as Android takes more than half of smartphone market. Image: willy-photographer / Flickr (CC)

According to Gartner in a recently-published report, the iOS market share dropped from the 16.6 percent smartphone market share it had during the …

Nokia is planning to release tablet PC running Windows 8 in the summer of 2012, reports Reuters with reference to the France Nokia head Paul Amsellem, who gave an interview to the newspaper Les Echos.
“In June 2012, we will have a tablet running Windows 8,” – said Amsellem in the interview. However, the Nokia, according to Reuters, said that the company has not announced any specific plans for the tablets. A spokesperson for Nokia said he was unable to clarify Amsellem’s …

Nokia is in the works to release a WP7-based smartphone for AT&T codenamed Champagne.
The Finnish phone maker has yet to announce the Nokia Champagne but a leaked image of the handset appeared online as confirmed by an “i’m a WP7!” app screenshot.
The yet unannounced smartphone, according to the photo, will allegedly run Windows Phone 7.10.8711, the update that Microsoft claimed to offer better performances for low-end devices and allow new screen resolutions among others.
Windows …

Samsung is now officially the world’s largest smartphone maker, followed by Apple and Nokia in second and third positions, respectively, market research and analysis firm IDC confirmed.

The unveiling of Samsung Galaxy Nexus. (Image: gilipollastv (CC), via Flickr)

According to the International Data Corporation’s report for Q3 2011, Samsung now holds 20 percent of the global smartphone market, which is 11.2 percent higher than the same period last year.
Apple, on the other hand, fell from …

Nokia will be launching its Windows Phone 7 devices next week, Microsoft’s Andy Lees has revealed.

Nokia is set to announce its Windows Phone devices next week in London at its Nokia World 2011 event. Image: Erkka P. / Flickr (CC)

The news comes via Engadget, which said that Lees – Microsoft’s Windows Phone chief – hinted of the launch of the Nokia Windows Phone devices next week at the AsiaD event.
He said that the Finnish handsets manufacturer will have “differentiating hardware …

Italy will be getting an unspecified Nokia Windows Phone running on the Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) operating system next month, a new report says.

Italy is getting a Windows Phone Mango smartphone this November. Image: iPhoneItalia

The news about this new phone rocking Mango comes from iPhoneItalia via a report from WPCentral.
The release of the Mango handset was seen from a leaked document from Italian wireless carrier Telecom Italia Mobile, the reports say.
In the document, a “Nokia …

Nokia and Samsung are getting £28 million (about $44 million) from Microsoft to market Windows Phone devices in the U.K., a report from MobileToday says.

Microsoft has given Nokia and Samsung a total of £28 million to promote Windows Phone. Image: bobfamiliar / Flickr (CC)

According to the publication, Nokia will be getting £20 million of the £28 million war chest to promote its new Windows Phone device.
Nokia and Microsoft announced in February that the Finnish company will use the …

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has remarked that the company believes that there is room in the smartphone market for its alternative smartphone ecosystem, a report from Reuters says.

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop says that Nokia believes its smartphone ecosystem has space amidst domination of Google’s Android platform and the Apple iPhone. Image: John.Karakatsanis / Flickr (CC)

The remarks from the Nokia CEO were made on Tuesday at a technology fair in Helsinki, the report notes.
In the fair, Elop is …