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  In depth: Nokia's great Windows Phone hope - Beauty without brawn

  Nokia may sell more cellphones than any other company in the world, but it's been all but excluded from the United States for years -- and it's seen its global sales steadily shrink as the iPhone and Android smartphones have become the darlings of buyers in an increasing number of countries. Nokia's relevance has been fast receding, and its Symbian, Maemo, and MeeGo efforts became a pattern of failure for a company that just didn't get it. In response, a year ago, Nokia bet its future largely on Windows Phone 7, Microsoft's answer to Apple's iOS and Google's Android.

  By Galen Gruman | 10 April, 2012 20:13

  Tags: Apple, Computer Hardware, consumer electronics, consumerization of IT, Google, Microsoft, mobile, Mobile OSes, mobile technology, Nokia, smartphones, symbian, Windows Phone

• Why Nokia is toast

  It's hard to remember now, but there was a time when Finland was at the center of the cell phone universe. As cell phones overtook pagers, then smartphones overtook cell phones, Nokia was the hottest company in the industry.

  By Mike Elgan | 15 February, 2011 02:56

  Tags: Apple, consumer electronics, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Nokia, Phones, smartphones, symbian

• Tablet revolution reality check

  With so much chatter about tablets this year, you might think that the handheld, rectangular devices being unveiled represent a significant innovation. The reality is that so much of what we're seeing is not a whole lot different than what we saw in previous years; these products offer only a few new twists. But those new twists could make the difference between tablets' remaining a niche item and their finally busting out to the mass market in a meaningful way.

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 17 January, 2011 17:41

  Tags: Apple, apple ipad, CES, Fujitsu, Google, hardware systems, hewlett-packard, HP, laptops, Microsoft, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, research in motion, RIM BlackBerry, symbian, tablet PC, tablet PCs, tablets

• Improved user interface key issue for Symbian

  Unlike the iPhone and products based on Google's Android OS, Symbian's user interface hasn't been developed for smartphones with touchscreens. But that is about to change, said Lee Williams, executive director at the Symbian Foundation, who along with his colleagues gathered at the Symbian Exchange & Exposition on Tuesday and Wednesday.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 29 October, 2009 03:23

  Tags: smartphones, symbian, Symbian Foundation

• Nokia S60 touch browser needs too many touches

  The Palm Pre, iPhone, and Android browsers were designed specifically for touchscreen phones. In contrast, the S60 browser that Nokia's touchscreen phones use goes back to an older S60 interface that did not focus on touchscreen use. This fact may explain some of the S60 browser's lingering limitations.

  By Daniel Ionescu | 15 September, 2009 00:21

  Tags: mobile browsers, mobile phones, Nokia, smartphones, symbian

• Smartphone OS smackdown: WebOS vs. the world

  Does the world need another smartphone operating system? Apple's iPhone OS is still booming; Google's Android is increasingly promising; and three longtime contenders--Microsoft's Windows Mobile, RIM's BlackBerry OS, and Symbian's S60--are undergoing serious renovation to keep up with the times.

  By Harry McCracken | 05 June, 2009 23:27

  Tags: Google Android, iPhone, Palm Pre, RIM BlackBerry, smartphones, symbian, webOS, Windows Mobile

• The smartphone forecast for 2009

  The Palm Pre and the Apple iPhone 3G S are the smartphone standouts of 2009, but they're not the only news. Operating systems are receiving updates, new devices are debuting, and app stores are growing by the day. Here's what to look for from the six big operating systems in smartphones today.

  By Ginny Mies | 10 June, 2009 22:11

  Tags: Apple, Google Android, iphone 3.0, iPhone 3G S, n97, Nokia, RIM BlackBerry, smartphones, symbian