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Opera mobile store to become the default app store on legacy Nokia phones

Opera mobile store to become the default app store on legacy Nokia phones

Nokia Series 40, Series 60, Asha, and Nokia X platform device users will be redirected from Nokia Store to the well-curated Opera mobile store by early next year.
Samir Makwana · · 2 min read
360Buy to Snap Up More than $300 Million Worth of Nokia Phones in 2013, Plans Huge China Sales Push

360Buy to Snap Up More than $300 Million Worth of Nokia Phones in 2013, Plans Huge China Sales Push

Nokia (HEL:NOK1V; NYSE:NOK) is having quite a disastrous time in China of late but it’s not going down without a fight. The Finnish phone-maker has just signed a procurement deal
Steven Millward · · 2 min read
Indonesia’s Aksara Studio Builds Christmas Game for Nokia

Indonesia’s Aksara Studio Builds Christmas Game for Nokia

Indonesian game developer Aksara Studio wants to make your Christmas even more merry with its newest game for Nokia’s S40 and Symbian platforms. It’s called Christmas Hunt, and the objective
Enricko Lukman · · 2 min read
Vuclip’s Nokia App Hits 1 Million Downloads, Really Taking Off in India

Vuclip’s Nokia App Hits 1 Million Downloads, Really Taking Off in India

As we’ve said before on the blog, feature phones and their users shouldn’t be ignored – even in terms of monetization. And that’s something shown by Vuclip, which recently raised
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Report: Android Rises to 90% of Smartphone Market in China

(Pre-photoshopped image from balanceofculture.com) One of our favorite sources of stats, Beijing-based Analysys International, has come up with some China smartphone market share stats for 2012 Q3. The numbers show
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Android Triumphs Against iOS in Southeast Asia Market

According to an Ericsson ConsumerLab report, via Tech Republic, Android is the predominant OS used by 31 percent of smartphone users living in Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, followed
Enricko Lukman · · 2 min read

Indonesia Mobile Ad Market Doubles in a Year, Android Growing Fastest [INFOGRAPHIC]

Here is an interesting infographic from InMobi about the Indonesian mobile landscape, comparing the current scene up to May 2012 compared with the same point in 2011. The report reveals
Enricko Lukman · · 2 min read

Symbian is Way More Popular Than You Probably Think (in China)

It’s easy to get caught up in all the excitement about apps and increasing smartphone penetration and forget that China is not all iPhones and Mi-Ones. Search giant Baidu has
C. Custer · · 2 min read

Nokia’s SEC Filing Reveals Phone Sales Down 20% in China in 2011

It seems that 2010 was Nokia’s zenith in China, with Nokia’s new SEC filing for full year 2011 revealing that last year proved to be the start of an ugly
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

The Numbers Game

For many of us, it’s fun to dig into the specs of the latest gadgets. Power impresses us, quality impresses us; everyone wants the best smartphone. But how can we
C. Custer · · 3 min read