Nokia Squares Up to Software Rivals by Buying Symbian and Moving to Open Source

Earlier this morning, Nokia announced it would buy the 52.1 percent of Symbian shares it doesn’t already hold, merge the company with its own S60 organisation and create the Symbian Foundation. This new entity will introduce an open-source licence model for the Symbian operating system and the S60, UIQ and MOAP platforms. The move’s a [...]

Posted By Geoff Blaber On June 24th, 2008

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It’s Going to Be an Eight-Megapixel Christmas

If the rumours I’m hearing are correct, there will be at least six mobile phones featuring eight-megapixel cameras appearing in the second half of 2008.
The relentless megapixel “arms race” shows no sign of letting up and it leaves me wondering, “Why?”
My personal experiences suggest there’s still a lot of work to be done in improving [...]

Posted By Ben Wood On June 11th, 2008

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Orange Shakes Up Its Organisation in the UK

On 4 June 2008, Orange announced it will create 500 jobs in the UK by bringing call-centre work back from India and taking on more staff for its retail shops. It will also cut about 450 management and administration roles. The reorganisation is part of a focus on what Orange calls “the 21st century customer”. [...]

Posted By Shaun Collins On June 5th, 2008

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