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Microsoft ad shows the Apple and Android brawl you've been waiting for

by John-Michael Bond (Apr 29th, 2013)

Microsoft was late to the mobile phone game and has struggled to snatch market share away from their competitors at Apple and Android. They face a big problem: every smartphone has their own selling points, but they've mostly got the same basic features. So how do you set yourself apart? ...

Former Color employee talks about Apple's Lala deal

by Mike Schramm (Jan 18th, 2013)

Aubrey Johnson is a former employee of Color, the startup recently acquired by Apple and founded by Bill Nguyen, who sold another company to Apple called Lala. Over on his personal blog, Johnson has put up a post that walks right through the story of how Apple picked up Lala, from the reasoning ...

Hands-on review of Nokia Here maps app

by Mel Martin (Nov 20th, 2012)

Nokia released HERE Maps for iOS this morning, and in baseball parlance I would call it a swing and a miss. People are eager for a viable alternative to the much maligned Apple Maps app, but HERE Maps is no holy grail. Nokia is not new to the mapping business. They own NAVTEQ, which powers a ...

Nokia Here Maps app soars in App Store popularity (updated)

by Steven Sande (Nov 20th, 2012)

Nokia's Here Maps app (free) just made it to the App Store, but it is already making waves for iOS users looking for an alternative to Apple's Maps. Update: See a hands-on review of Nokia Here Maps by TUAW's Mel Martin. For iPhone 5 users, Here Maps is an especially welcome addition to the ...

Nokia's mapping app Here now available in iOS App Store

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 20th, 2012)

Last week, Nokia announced that it was bringing a mapping solution to iOS and now that app is available in the iOS App Store. Nokia Here is a free, universal app that's powered by Nokia's NAVTEQ mapping data. It includes a garden variety of views like map view, live traffic view, public ...

Nokia announces Here, a new maps service coming to iOS

by Mike Schramm (Nov 13th, 2012)

Apple's already had plenty of maps-related woes, and here comes what might be even more trouble. At an event in San Francisco, Nokia has announced a brand-new maps service called Here, and in addition to releasing across Nokia's usual platforms, the service also has an iOS app that's already ...

Tim Cook apologizes to iOS 6 Maps users

by Michael Rose (Sep 28th, 2012)

The "letter from the CEO" tradition at Apple has continued into the Tim Cook era, as Apple's chief executive has released a letter to customers regarding the ongoing iOS 6 Maps issues. While the challenges and shortcomings of Maps have been obvious to most (with a few notable exceptions), ...

Photo shootout: Lumia 920, Nokia 808, iPhone 5, HTC One X and Galaxy S III

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 27th, 2012)

One smartphone feature that has steadily improved over the years is the camera. Once a novelty, the camera is now an important selling point that can influence a person's buying choice. Engadget recently had the opportunity to test the top camera-enabled smartphones at Nokia's Tampere, Finland ...

Nokia points out Lumia 920's superiority to iPhone 5

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 20th, 2012)

While people line up for the iPhone 5 in droves, Nokia is busy pushing out promotional material that shows how its upcoming Lumia 920 handset is better than the iPhone 5. The Finnish manufacturer posted the above chart on its UK Facebook page with the tagline, "Good things come to those who ...

Apple vs. Samsung verdict: How Wall Street is reacting

by Steven Sande (Aug 27th, 2012)

It's the first full day of Wall Street trading since Friday's Samsung patent infringement verdict, and the markets and analysts are reacting pretty much as expected. AAPL opened trading today at $679.99 a share (up about 2 percent), peaked briefly at $680.87, and is currently moving around the ...

Inside the process of creating navigational maps

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 25th, 2012)

PC Pro UK has a fascinating article about the navigational maps we use on our devices and how they are made. This behind-the-scenes look examines how the four biggest digital map providers maintain their vast repository of information. Nokia-owned Navteq has a database that includes 24 ...

Apple revises nano-SIM design to address Nokia concerns

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 9th, 2012)

SIM card maker Giesecke & Devrient attended CTIA and talked to The Verge about the nano-SIM it's designing using Apple's proposed standard. G&D said Apple listened to Nokia's complaint about its design and modified the shape so it would be almost impossible to jam it accidentally into a ...

AT&T spending more to launch the Lumia than it did on the iPhone (Updated)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 10th, 2012)

AT&T is investing heavily in the Nokia Lumia 900 and spending more money on the Windows Phone handset launch than it did on the iPhone, according to a report in Ad Age. The wireless carrier may be spending as much as US$150 million to advertise the phone, which is an AT&T exclusive. ...

Walt Mossberg picks iPhone over Lumia 900

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 5th, 2012)

Nokia handed out its new Windows Phone-powered Lumia 900 to several high-profile reviewers including Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal. Mossberg says the tile-based user interface of the Lumia 900 is "a refreshing change", but concludes that the phone has too many drawbacks to beat the ...

Nokia Lumia 900 vs iPhone 4S camera test

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 4th, 2012)

Nokia and AT&T are launching the Lumia 900 this weekend and reviews for the Windows Phone hit the Internet last night. CNET had a review unit and used that opportunity to compare the 8-megapixel Lumia with another 8-megapixel shooter, the iPhone 4S. Jessica Dolcourt traveled around San ...