Linked by nej_simon on Wed 4th Jul 2012 22:05 UTC
The only MeeGo device to ever be released, the Nokia N9, has been updated to MeeGo/Harmattan 1.3. Among the improvements are improved performance, updated applications, improved NFC support, improved copy/paste, and more. In other news, the team behind MeeGo and Maemo is now leaving Nokia, probably making this the last update for the N9.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 21:38 UTC
At an event earlier today, Microsoft unveiled the next Xbox - the third model, but confusingly named Xbox One. The big focus was TV, integrated Kinect, and all the other stuff we all expected to be forced down our throats. I think it took them 25 minutes to actually come to what should be the core of the story: gaming. Nothing groundbreaking in the gaming department, except for how Microsoft intends to handle the used games market and borrowing games from friends: pay up, buddy!
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/20/13 11:29 UTC
The day has finally come! Jolla has finally announced the launch device for its Sailfish operating system - and by god this is a looker. It's decidedly different from other phones out there, but it has good specifications and carries a relatively reasonably price tag - EUR 399, and it's up for pre-order today, shipping in the fourth quarter of this year.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 21:33 UTC
Why does Google get so much credit in the technology industry? Why, despite the company's many obvious failings, do many geeks and enthusiasts still hold a somewhat positive view on the all-knowing technology giant? A specific talk at Google I/O this week provides the answer.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/11/13 21:41 UTC
"Windows is indeed slower than other operating systems in many scenarios, and the gap is worsening." That's one way to start an insider explanation of why Windows' performance isn't up to snuff. Written by someone who actually contributes code to the Windows NT kernel, the comment on Hacker News, later deleted but reposted with permission on Marc Bevand's blog, paints a very dreary picture of the state of Windows development. The root issue? Think of how Linux is developed, and you'll know the answer.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/08/13 14:22 UTC
This is one of those news items that's fun to write, fun to read, fun to comment on, and where no one will be able to say anything unkind. It's all just one big ball of awesome fluffiness. TuneTracker, the BeOS radio automation software, has just released something very special: TuneTracker System 5, the first version designed entirely and specifically for Haiku. In fact, it actually includes Haiku in the software package. Better yet, TuneTracker also unveiled several system-in-a-box products - which have Haiku and TuneTracker pre-installed.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/02/13 15:28 UTC
Exactly twenty years ago, a document was published that played a huge role in establishing the web as we know it today. Twenty years later, and this simple and straightforward document is proof of an irrefutable fact: while closed technologies can change markets, open technologies can change the world.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/29/13 21:06 UTC
Oh multitasking. That staple of computing that got thrown out the window with many modern smartphones. We got some rudimentary thing in its place - but even as multitasking on phone and tablets improves, its user-visible side remains cumbersome. Windows 8 has a neat implementation, and now it's time Android follows in it footsteps.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/24/13 22:24 UTC
They're here! Whether that excites you or not remains to be seen, but the Galaxy S4, which will most likely become the best selling Android smartphone of the year by a huge margin, has been reviewed by all the major sites, and there's lots of interesting conclusions in there - although I think most of you will get the gist.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/18/13 11:21 UTC
Nokia has posted its quarterly results for the first quarter of 2013, and just like the quarters that came before, there's not a whole lot of good news in there. The rise in Lumia sales still can't even dream of making up for the sales drop in Symbian phones, and when broken down in versions, the sales figures for Windows Phone 8 Lumias in particular are very disappointing. In North America, Nokia is getting slaughtered.More Features »
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When you compare to Apple then even Microsoft is not good in profit margins.
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Or do you compare with Apple again? :-)
This is what I actually wrote: "... not that good with profit margins for quite some time, also when taking into account specific device segments of course (because it obviously doesn't make sense to compare S30 and iOS devices)"
(additional emphasis added)
...but hey, go ahead at slice my whole post like you did just above, jumping on carefully selected quotes just so you can feel good in proving a point.
They made huge profits year by year for more then a decade. Elop took over and within months its billions of lose.
Now the all in one question: How is that better then your unfunded personal "does not look good" impression?
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Alright. That is why Nokia was number #1 so long till Elop took over?
Fact is, those hundreds of millions weren't huge at all when compared to revenue - Nokia was balancing not too far from losses (for such big company, which such big money turnover) for many years, performing closer (in returns per investment, R&D and such) to manufacturers which were sinking or sunk (well, before those did that), than to really successful ones. Those aren't my personal impressions but their financial performance...
I point out the dysfunctions and you seem to be willing to just brush them off, in each instance, with the sacred cow of market share (in devices sold) and (overall marginal, really) profits.
Sure, even such profits could keep Nokia afloat by itself, absolutely - but unfortunately that's not how modern market place works (overall, the whole corporate, shareholders culture - you might not like it, I might not like it, but that won't make it go away)
Nokia has a long history of selling divisions BTW, it reinvented itself many times over after stumbling here and there. Maybe it's just another stage.
No. The Elop-effect is if you combine the Osborn and the Ratner effect at the same time.
So, yes, that's a new variant...
I tell you a secret. Its like that in every larger cooperation. Just read those stack-management article that was on osNews some days ago and keep in mind that inside Nokia things where not as bad like they are inside of e.g. Microsoft and yet the first one dies and the second survives.
So, it was bad like that (still, how are you so certain of lower severity than within MS?), but it's still the Canadian ...OK.
Just look how the forecasts for Nokia where before Elop took over. The common believe was that Nokia may lose 5% marketshare till 2013, not that they are dead that time!
Actually, the specific source I linked predicted pretty much just that, a very rapid downfall...
Right, as if Nokia didn't have their own activities in China...
I think you mean Vietnam? That is not where Lumias are manufactored. Nokia does not use there own factories for Lumia. I am not aware of Nokia factories in China but maybe I am mistaken.
As if Nokia doesn't make anything except Lumias? Nokia has major activities in China, probably one of few factories not in the danger of closure ...it's telling that you apparently haven't even heard about them.
A new Nokia R&D in china? Never ever. Not to my knowledge. I doubt that and think you maybe confuse Nokia with something else. Please give sources.
Very telling... see, it's clear that I follow what goes around Nokia, and you just don't, you repeat popular mythos.
Sources are at nokia.com and (particularly with regards to R&D centre) at conversations.nokia.com (which I like to follow regularly for a long time) - do a google site search there or smth...