Nokia is planning on cutting almost 285 jobs in the process of developing its manufacturing plant in Salo, Finland. “Salo is a crucial part of Nokia’s global manufacturing network. Plans involving changes to employees are always painful, and they are set in motion only after thorough consideration. However, with these plans our aim is to [...]

The Symbian Foundation has just announced that Symbian, the worlds most popular smartphone operating system, is now officially open source. In 2008, Symbian Software Limited was acquired by Nokia for USD 410 million, and in April 2009 a new independent non-profit organisation called Symbian Foundation was established. The foundation includes Nokia, AT&T, LG, Motorola, NTT [...]

SAP, Nokia and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) have announced that the respective antitrust authorities have approved the establishment of their joint venture, Original1 GmbH. Original1 began business operations on February 1. Established to deliver unique product authentication and anti-counterfeiting services across the globe, Original1 is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and headed by Claudia Alsdorf, former [...]

DigiTimes have reported that Nokia is planing to speed up the development of the Symbian platform by launching Symbian^3, which will feature multi-touch functions, in the third quarter of 2010. Apparently the Finish giants are looking to scrap Symbian^2 altogether and continue to push the Symbian development even further with the release of Symbian^4 by [...]

The Nokia N97 has just received a new firmware update taking it up to v21.0.045 (PR2.1). To get this software through your device you can follow our quick and easy guide which will give you everything you need to know. The Nokia N97 supports UDP (User Data Preservation) therefore all your data will remain intact, [...]

The Nokia Beta Labs have just released a fix to the pre-Beta touch version of Nokia Image Exchange that was released earlier. The original version unfortunately had some issues that needed immediate attention. Therefore today’s update should make the application more stable, with which they have also included some UI polish.