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Mobile device maker HMD Global has announced a $230M Series A2 — its first tranche of external funding since a $100M round back in 2018 when it tipped over into a unicorn valuation. Since late 2016 the startup has exclusively licensed Nokia’s brand for mobile devices, going on to ship some 240M devices to date. […]

Google, Nokia, Qualcomm are investors in $230M Series A2 for ...

This entry was posted in Android antitrust brazil China Europe Fundings & Exits huawei india Microsoft Mobile Nokia qualcomm smartphone smartphones and tagged google on August 11, 2020 by Natasha Lomas

Light’s push into smartphones was an inevitability. Sure, the startup turned heads with its pricey L16 camera, but these days mobile photography is almost exclusively the domain of the handset. Early last year, the answer arrived in the form of the trypophobia-inducing Nokia 9 PureView. In a category where manufacturers raced to add more cameras, the […]

Imaging startup Light is exiting the smartphone business

This entry was posted in hardware Mobile Nokia Startups on June 12, 2020 by Brian Heater

Nokia announces a big leadership change, an AT&T streaming service expands and we look at how our jobs may have to evolve during to the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 2, 2020. 1. Rajeev Suri to step down as Nokia CEO; Pekka Lundmark to take over The company, like its rivals Sweden-based […]

Daily Crunch: Nokia’s CEO is stepping down

This entry was posted in Mobile Nokia on March 2, 2020 by Anthony Ha

As Samsung (re)unveiled its clamshell folding phone last week, I kept seeing the same question pop up amongst my social circles: why? I was wondering the same thing myself, to be honest. I’m not sure even Samsung knows; they’d win me over by the end, but only somewhat. The halfway-folded, laptop-style “Flex Mode” allows you […]

Do phones need to fold?

This entry was posted in Android Gadgets hardware LG Motorola Nokia Samsung Electronics smartphones Sony TC and tagged iphone samsung on February 22, 2020 by Greg Kumparak

Nokia, one of the omnipresent firms at major tech trade conferences, won’t be attending this year’s Mobile World Congress, it said Wednesday citing concerns of outbreak of coronavirus. The Finnish company has become the latest to back out of MWC. In recent days, scores of firms including Amazon, Vivo, and Sony have withdrawn their participation […]

Nokia pulls out of MWC over coronavirus concerns

This entry was posted in Asia Gadgets hardware Nokia on February 12, 2020 by Manish Singh

You’ve probably heard murmurs about Google’s forthcoming Ambient Mode for Android . The company first announced this feature, which essentially turns an Android device into a smart display while it’s charging, in September. Now, in a Twitter post, Google confirmed that it will launch soon, starting with a number of select devices that run Android […]

Android’s Ambient Mode will soon come to ‘select devices’

This entry was posted in Android Apps Mobile Nokia smartphones Sony Xiaomi and tagged google on November 26, 2019 by Frederic Lardinois

On September 17, HTC announced that cofounder Cher Wang would be stepping down as CEO. In her place, Yves Maitre stepped into the role of Chief Executive, after more than a decade at French telecom giant, Orange. It’s a tough job at an even tougher time. The move comes on the tail of five consecutive […]

HTC’s new CEO discusses the phonemaker’s future

This entry was posted in 5g AT&T augmented reality China Ericsson hardware HTC huawei Internet of Things Mobile Nokia smartphones Verizon Virtual reality and tagged apple facebook google on October 4, 2019 by Brian Heater

A UK parliamentary committee has concluded there are no technical grounds for excluding Chinese network kit vendor Huawei from the country’s 5G networks. In a letter from the chair of the Science & Technology Committee to the UK’s digital minister Jeremy Wright, the committee says: “We have found no evidence from our work to suggest […]

No technical reason to exclude Huawei as 5G supplier, says ...

This entry was posted in 5g Asia China Ericsson Europe huawei Internet of Things Mobile national security Nokia privacy Security TC United Kingdom on July 15, 2019 by Natasha Lomas

The escalating US-China trade war that’s seen Chinese tech giant Huawei slapped on a US trade blacklist is causing ripples of shock across Europe too, as restrictions imposed on US companies hit regional suppliers concerned they could face US restrictions if they don’t ditch Huawei. Reuters reports shares fell sharply today in three European chipmakers, […]

Trump’s Huawei ban also causing tech shocks in Europe

This entry was posted in Android China Europe Google Play Government huawei Jolla Mobile Nokia smartphone smartphones and tagged google on May 20, 2019 by Natasha Lomas

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has announced a new entry level smartphone at an event in Delhi. The entry-level smartphone is targeted at the Indian market and looks intended to woo feature phone owners to upgrade from a more basic mobile. It runs Google’s flavor of Android optimized for low-powered smartphones (Android Go) which supports lightweight […]

Xiaomi outs Redmi Go, a $65 entry-level smartphone for India

This entry was posted in Asia india Mobile mobile phones Nokia qualcomm smartphone smartphones Xiaomi on March 19, 2019 by Natasha Lomas

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