No more wondering or speculation , Nokia’s CEO just announced on the Q3 earnings call that its first MeeGo device won’t be coming this year. In no uncertain terms, Stephen Elop said that Nokia’s, “First MeeGo device will be a 2011 event.” A device rumored to be the N9 , pictured above. In general communications about new Nokia products will be made far closer to product availability. Elop added that his first impressions of Nokia’s MeeGo work “inspires both confidence and excitement.” Stephen Elop: Nokia’s first MeeGo device ‘will be a 2011 event’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The former flight attendant who made headlines for his on-the-job meltdown at Kennedy airport is back in the news. Prosecutors in Queens say Steven Slater’s apartment was burglarized Tuesday while he was making a court appearance. (Oct. 21)
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A bomb ripped through a passenger bus on Thursday in the southern Philippines, killing at least eight people and wounding 6 in an attack authorities blamed on an extortion gang with links to Muslim militants. The bus was travelling with more than 50 passengers…
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Mexican security forces Wednesday burned 134 tons of marijuana seized in Tijuana. The drugs were believed to belong to the Sinaloa cartel. (21 October 2010)
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Things are turning upside down in Espoo today. Besides, earnings and reported job cuts of some 1,800 employees, Nokia also announced that it’ll be streamlining its development strategy to unify environments for Symbian and MeeGo. Nokia’s new approach calls for the adoption of Qt, and only Qt , as its application development framework from today onward. Here’s what that means for new N8 owners: You can buy a Nokia smartphone confident that any improvements introduced later to the Symbian platform, such as the user interface, can be made available to download on your device as well. No need to wait for Symbian^4 – the improvements we were planning for Symbian^4 will be introduced as and when they become available. In fact, we will no longer be talking about Symbian^3 or Symbian^4 at all – it will be one constantly evolving and constantly improving platform. Sounds like a smart move to us. After all, it’s Symbian’s UI, and not the OS, that we have the most trouble with — an issue that Nokia readily concedes . So the faster they can improve it — even pieces of it — the better. Nokia also announced support for HTML5 web content and applications for the Symbian and MeeGo platforms in both Qt and the browser. Click through for the press release and to hear Rich Green, Nokia CTO, discuss the new strategy. Continue reading Nokia ends talk of Symbian^4, adopts HTML5 in Qt framework Nokia ends talk of Symbian^4, adopts HTML5 in Qt framework originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Nokia reports improved earnings for Q3 2010, will still ‘streamline’ up to 1,800 employees out of a job
October 21, 2010 No Comment
Nokia’s quarterly results have just been made public and the company’s devices plus services sector has actually improved its income relative to last year: €7.2b of revenue was collected over the past three months versus €6.9b in the same period a year ago. Operating profit has also pepped up, going from the previous €785m to €807m. You’d think this would augur well for Stephen Elop ‘s beginning at the helm , but the new man in charge is also presiding over a fundamental restructuring of operations at Nokia, which is expected to result in the redundancy of up to 1,800 employees globally. There are no specifics to tell us who’ll be losing out, but the aims are the boilerplate tasks of increasing efficiency, simplifying operations, and reducing time to market. Anyway, we doubt the great people of Finland will be pleased. Continue reading Nokia reports improved earnings for Q3 2010, will still ‘streamline’ up to 1,800 employees out of a job Nokia reports improved earnings for Q3 2010, will still ‘streamline’ up to 1,800 employees out of a job originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: B. Alter You have to love the Romans: they promenade stylishly down their glorious streets, they park their Smart cars on the sidewalks, and now they have bicycle-sharing. Sort of…. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Michelle Obama has teamed up with local schoolchildren and world-class chefs for a fall harvest day in the White House garden. The first lady munched a baby turnip, dug up giant sweet potatoes and snipped pumpkins during Wednesday’s harvest. (Oct. 21)
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About 700 clowns attended the Fifteenth International Clown Convention in Mexico City on Wednesday, where attendees set a new national record with 15 minutes of consecutive laughter. (Oct. 21)
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