Tag: stephen elop
Nokia reveal £800 million operating loss
Despite the promising launch of Nokia's first set of Windows Phone 7 devices with their Lumia range, it's still tough times for the Finnish company. Revealing that their smartphone fightback is far from over, they've announced an operating loss of…
Nokia boss Stephen Elop slams Google/Motorola deal
Motorola and Google execs may be toasting each other's health following this week's big buy-out, but Nokia CEO Stephen Elop believes it could be damaging for the Android OS as a whole. He's suggested that by making Motorola a…
MeeGo no-go for Nokia
MeeGo looked set to be the new OS hope for Nokia's flailing smartphone divison prior to the Windows Phone 7 tie up. But now it looks as though the Finnish phone giants will be passing up on using MeeGo altogether….
Nokia boss Elop denies $19 billion Microsoft buy out
Nokia boss Stephen Elop has described the rumours that Microsoft are to buy the Finnish mobile phone firm for $19 billion as "completely baseless." Speaking at the D9 conference, Elop told the All Things Digital delegates that there was…
Nokia patiently ponders tablet strategy to set itself apart
Nokia boss Stephen Elop is keen to not just be another brick in the tablet wall, according to comments he made to Finnish TV network YLE: "There are now over 200 different tablets on the marketplace, only one of…
Xbox Live headed to Nokia Windows Phone 7 handsets
Nokia are now to make Windows Phone 7 smartphones, which means the Finnish handset manufacturer will now also have Xbox Live compatible software in their hardware. "Microsoft will bring a great software platform and the brands consumers want, like Bing,…
Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop: We explored Android
Nokia's Investor Event kicked off in London this morning among the flurry of news surrounding the new partnership between the Finnish handset manufacturer and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform. Nokia will now officially be using Windows Phone 7 as their…
Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop: "Our platform is burning"
A leaked memo from Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop has appeared online, and makes for a surprisingly, brutally, honest read on the state of the Finnish company's fortunes, saying that his team's "platform is burning". Elop blames a "lack of accountability…
Nokia Android phone rumours heat up once more
More evidence to suggest Nokia are looking to migrate from Symbian to Android has come to light, after CEO Stephen Elop noted that the Finnish company are beinning to fall behind the competition. Profits for the three month period ending…
Nokia working on an entire Windows Phone 7 range?
More fuel has been added to the long-blazing rumour fire that Nokia will be producing Windows Phone 7 devices in the near future. Eldar Murtazin, the Russian mobile blogger who first outed Nokia's flagship N8 device, has spoke with sources…
