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New Asha platform and ecosystem to deliver a breakthrough category of affordable smartphone from Nokia

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Nacsa Sándor

… by bringing premium experience to the entry-level smartphone market: Peter Skillman (Head of Ux Design for Mobile Phones & HERE at Nokia) demonstratingSwipe and Fastlane experiences on a greatly enlarged touchscreen, actually from a ladder, at the launch in … Continue reading →

Posted in "smart" feature phones, Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, consumer devices, design, Geopolitics, smartphones | Tagged affordable smartphones, Facebook, Fastlane, India, intelligent multitasking, Lumia, NAX, Nokia, Nokia Advertising Exchange, Nokia Asha 501, Nokia Asha ecosystem, Nokia Asha family, Nokia Asha platform, Nokia HERE, Nokia In-App Payment, Nokia N9, Nokia Xpress browser, Nokia Xpress Now, Nokia's operator billing network, Series 40, smarter Internet, Smarterphone, swipe, User Experience, UX | 2 Comments

$50 Nokia Asha 205 QWERTY phones and Nokia 206 feature phones with smartphone like connectivity and web experience but with more convenient keyboard interactions

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Or further steps taken by Nokia to defend its enviable position of stabilized 75+ million quarterly unit sales on the “sub-smartphone” market. This is a significant addition to the already successful:- Smartphone-like Asha Touch from Nokia: targeting the next billion … Continue reading →

Posted in "smart" feature phones, Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer devices, Geopolitics | Tagged connectivity, dual SIM, EA gift pack, EasySwap, eBuddy, Facebook, Facebook button, feature phones, Gmail, India, Nokia 206, Nokia Asha 205, Nokia Internet Radio, Nokia Life, Nokia Nearby, Nokia Slam technology, premium games, QWERTY phones, Series 40, Slam, Twitter, web experience, WhatsApp | Leave a comment

Smartphone-like Asha Touch from Nokia: targeting the next billion users with superior UX created for ultra low-cost and full touch S40 devices

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Updates: Nokia Asha 310 debuts with Dual SIM and Wi-Fi [Nokia press release, Feb 12, 2013] Nokia Asha 310 smartphone ( http://nokia.ly/158MDjy) is all about doing more. Up to 3 times more internet browsing on your existing data bundle, thanks … Continue reading →

Posted in "smart" feature phones, Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, consumer devices, design, Geopolitics | Tagged 'Next Billion' consumers, 2.5G, 2.75G, Asha, Asha 305, Asha 306, Asha 308, Asha 309, Asha 311, Asha Touch, business segments, design, design guidelines, developers, Eclipse, Eclipse MJT, elasticity, feature phones, full touch, India, Indiagames, Indian market, innovation, Inode, Inode Entertainment, Java, Java ecosystem, Java games, Java ME, Java UI components, JavaScript, JavaScript library, LCDUI, Limited Connected Device User Interface, Liverpool FC Match & News Centre app, local content, local ecosystem, local partnering, low end market, Lumia, market segments, Metro UI, mobile phones, Mobile Web Library, MWL, Nokia, Nokia Browser for Series 40 Client, Nokia Browser for Series 40 Proxy server, Nokia IDE for Java ME, Nokia Lumia, Nokia SDK 2.0 for Java, Nokia SDK for Java, Nokia Series 40, Nokia Store, Nokia Web Tools, Nokia Web Tools 2.0, Ovi Store, Pico Brothers, Positioning, pricing, pricing elasticity, proxy browser, Psiloc, S Mobility, S40, S40 browser, S40 WebApp, Series 40, Series 40 apps, Series 40 UI components, Series40 WebApp, smart devices, smarter phones, Smarterphone, smartphones, Spice Mobility, strategy, targeting, third party innovation, total cost of ownership, UI components, User Experience, UTV IndiaGames, UX, web applications, web apps, Web Developer’s Library, web optimization, World Traveler | 5 Comments

Less focus on feature phones while extending the smartphones effort: further readjustments at Nokia

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Update as of Aug 9, 2012: … Lumia direction … camera direction …… Asha positioning vs. Lumia and Android: [3:19] First of all what we’re working on with Windows Phone is to take it as low end price point as … Continue reading →

Posted in "smart" feature phones, Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, smartphones, tablets | Tagged 'Next Billion' consumers, 2.5G, acquisition, Action Shot, Android, Apollo, Asha, Asha 305, Asha 306, Asha 311, Asha family, Asha Touch, Camera Extras, competitive differentiation, consumers, Devices & Services (Nokia), distributors, entertainment, investors, location platform, Lumia, MediaTek, Meltemi, mobile phones, Mobile Phones (Nokia), net assets, net cash position, Next Billion, Nokia, Nokia Air, Nokia Browser, Nokia Browser 2.0, Nokia City Lens, Nokia Drive, Nokia Location Platform, Nokia Lumia, Nokia Transport, panorama shots, PhotoBeamer, price war, Scalado, Scalado AB, Scalado PhotoBeamer, Scalado Remove, Scalado Rewind, Scalado SpeedTags, self-timer, Series 40, smart devices, Smart Devices (Nokia), Smart Group Shot, Smarterphone, smartphones, SpeedTags, Steven Elop, swipe, The Where Platform, web apps, Windows 8, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone Lumia, Windows Phone Summit | 4 Comments

Nokia under transition (as reported by the company)

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Note and updates: stock price is up 3.17% as per above (those numbers are in US$) – see more: Nokia trying the first Lumia month in China with China Telecom exclusive [March 28, 2012] - Nokia seeks to retake China market share [Reuters, March … Continue reading →

Posted in "smart" feature phones, consumer devices, Mobile Internet, smartphones, tablets, Uncategorized | Tagged Accenture, advertising platforms, advertising services, Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs, Android, Apple, application store, Asia, Asia-Pacific, automotive, billing platforms, Bing search service, Blackberry OS, broadband optimization, business model, Canada, carriers, China, churn, Cisco, Competition, component suppliers, consumer proposition, counterfeit products, Customer Experience Management, Customer Experience Management (Nokia-Siemens Networks), data plan, data traffic, developed markets, Devices & Services business (Nokia), Devices & Services Other (Nokia), digital map, distribution, distribution network, dual SIM, ecosystem, emerging markets, employee reductions, Ericsson, Europe, execution, feature phones, future technology disruptions, Google, handset vendors, hardware design, HP, Huawei, IBM, imagery, India, innovation, Intellectual Property, Intelligent Sensor Network, Internet companies, iOS, iPhone, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Licensing, Liquid Core, Liquid Net, Liquid Radio, Liquid Transport, Location & Commerce business (Nokia), location-based services, Lumia, managed services, manufacturing, mapping services, market conditions, MeeGo, Microsoft, Microsoft partnership, Middle East and Africa, mobile device industry, Mobile Devices, mobile networks, Mobile Phones (Nokia), monetization models, Motorola Solutions, navigation, navigation services, NAVTEQ, NEC, network architecture, network infrastructure, network management, new revenue streams, Nokia, Nokia Asha, Nokia Lumia, Nokia Maps, Nokia Siemens Networks, non-manufacturing patent licensing entities, Open Street Map, operational structure, operator billing, operator-driven distribution, operators, Oracle, outsourcing, patent portfolio, Patents, personal navigation device, platform support payment, price erosion, price pressure, pricing, product and sales package customization, product assembly, product development, product differentiation, profit margins, profitable growth, research, Research in Motion, restructuring, RIM, sensors, Series 40, smart devices, Smart Devices (Nokia), smartphones, social media, software expertise, software royalty, sourcing models, strategy, subscriber growth, Symbian, telecommunications infrastructure, TomTom, transition, trends, United States, unlicensed products, User Experience, value-added services, Vertu, visual media, war of ecosystems, Windows Marketplace, Windows Phone, wireless broadband, wireless carriers, ZTE | 6 Comments

Nokia’s strategy for “the next billion” based on software and web optimization with super low-cost 2.5/2.75G SoCs

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Preliminary reading: Smarterphone end-to-end software solution for “the next billion” Nokia users [Jan 9-11, 2012] With today’s news that Nokia reportedly to release 2.5G, 2.75G chip orders to Taiwan firms [Feb 14, 2012] (see below among the SoC-related set of … Continue reading →

Posted in "smart" feature phones, consumer devices, Geopolitics, HTML5 et al | Tagged 2.5G, 2.75G, Africa, Amazon Silk, Asha, Asha phones, China, Eastern Europe, feature phones, Geolocation, ILI Technology, India, Indonesia, Itasca, JavaScript, Life Tools, Maps, Maps for Series 40, Mary McDowell, MediaTek, Middle East, Mobile Devices, Mobile Web Library, MStar, MStar Semiconductor, Nokia, Nokia 7110, Nokia Browser, Nokia Maps, Nokia Mobile Devices, Nokia Store, Novarra, Novatek Microelectronics, Opera Mini, Ovi Store, Russia, S40, S40 browser, Series 40, Sitronix Technology, smart rendering, smarter phones, smartphones, SMS messages, South America, touchscreen, traditional keypad mobile phones, Vietnam, Web App | 4 Comments

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New Asha platform and ecosystem to deliver a breakthrough category of affordable smartphone from Nokia

$50 Nokia Asha 205 QWERTY phones and Nokia 206 feature phones with smartphone like connectivity and web experience but with more convenient keyboard interactions

Smartphone-like Asha Touch from Nokia: targeting the next billion users with superior UX created for ultra low-cost and full touch S40 devices

Less focus on feature phones while extending the smartphones effort: further readjustments at Nokia

Nokia’s strategy for “the next billion” based on software and web optimization with super low-cost 2.5/2.75G SoCs

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