Nokia plays strong Linux hand withTrolltech buy
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Shifts towards open source for handsets and tablets Analysis Nokia may be strengthening its ties with major internet brands to boost its Ovi web services portal, but for a company of this scale, there must also be an agenda to set its own standards in the evolving mobile internet market on which it has staked its future. The Finnish giant's latest software acquisition, of Norwegian Linux player Trolltech, gives it a strong vehicle to launch its own bid to dominate mobile open source standards, an area where Google and Intel have already made aggressive moves. This sees the handset giant making its strongest commitment yet to Linux in its Series 60 smartphone market, and setting Trolltech's Qt platform against other would-be dominant mobile web systems like Google Android and Intel Mobilin.â¦
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The world's top handset maker Nokia  will reveal strong fourth-quarter earnings fueled by bumper  Christmas demand, but sales will have been curbed by the rise  of the euro versus the dollar, analysts said.
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Nokia third quarter profits surged outstripping analyst expectations, boosting the company's share of the global phone market to almost 40 per cent.
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Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker, reported a 57 percent rise in earnings per share in the October-to-December quarter, with booming demand in emerging markets boosting its global market share to 40 percent.
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Robust demand for new cheaper phones boosted third-quarter earnings at Nokia Oyj, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, with the better than expected result sending its shares sharply higher.
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NTT DoCoMo, which recently announced that three of its phones will be based on Linux, invests in US vendor MontaVista Software. By Mobile Pipeline News.
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NEW YORK - Nokia is developing a smartphone that will incorporate Good Technology&#39;s GoodLink wireless e-mail service, a deal that should broaden Good&#39;s penetration and boost its market share against leader Research in Motion.
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A new mobile Linux platform from Azingo joins an increasingly crowded market of Linux phone software.
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Nokia posted better-than-expected results for the third quarter yesterday, possibly marking a turnaround in the cellphone giant&#39;s fortunes after it failed to pick up on the popularity of clamshell phones earlier.
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By MATTI HUUHTANEN    HELSINKI, Finland  -- Nokia said Thursday its third-quarter revenue and profits would be better than expected, citing an increase in mobile phone sales. The news pushed its shares up nearly 6.5 percent in trading...
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The promise of a buyback, not the latest earnings report, is holding up Nokia's value.
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Shares in Nokia surged on Thursday after the world's largest handset maker reported a surge in profits and expanding market share.
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Plus: Linux demand lifts Red Hat profit...Strong sales of phones, other gadgets boost PalmOne profit...Lawson expects quarterly loss.
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Nokia has offered to buy Trolltech, the Norwegian developer of a widely used application framework, for 844 million Norwegian kroner ($153 million) in cash. Nokia hopes the Trolltech development team will give its own software efforts a boost.
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Recent reports that Nokia is in talks to buy Palm surprise some analysts, who nonetheless said some type of buyout might make sense.
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has upgraded the security and functionality of its Secure Access System virtual private network (VPN) platform.
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Flogging cheap mobiles is easy Nokia's swallowed an estimated 39 per cent of the global mobile phone market in its third quarter, sending profits rocketing 85 per cent.â¦