Vertu Constellation Independent investment positions Vertu for future growth Espoo, Finland – Nokia has agreed terms for EQT VI, part of the leading private equity group in Northern Europe, to acquire Vertu, the global leader in luxury mobile phones, from Nokia. Nokia believes that this is the best option for the next step in Vertu’s journey of delivering excellence, enabling the brand to focus on increased opportunities for growth in the luxury category. “With its strong brand, undisputed category leadership and attractive...
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Vertu Windows Phone 8.0 with 64GB internal storage Nokia today announced that they’re selling their luxury handset division Vertu. However, this doesn’t stop Vertu from making a Windows Phone device. In fact, today we get the first evidence that a Vertu device running Windows Phone 8.0 is coming. The leaked image show that it packs 64GB internal memory, together with a Cloud Storage option using SkyDrive. Could this cloud storage option be coming to every Windows Phone 8.0 device? Hit View Post to see the cloud storage evidence. ...
Nokia Scalado Nokia today announced plans to acquire Swedish imaging specialists firm Scalado AB. Press Release: Espoo, Finland and Lund, Sweden: Nokia is announcing plans to acquire world-class imaging specialists as well as all technologies and intellectual property from Scalado AB. “Nokia has been working with Scalado for more than ten years and they’ve contributed to many of our leading imaging applications,” said Jo Harlow, executive vice president, Smart Devices at Nokia. “This transaction would enable us to combine our leadership...
Nokia 808 PureView in white The Elisa Shop in Lasipalatsi in Helsinki was the first to start the sales of the Nokia 808 PureView in Finland today. The Nokia 808 PureView retails for 549 EUR here in Finland off-contract. Other retailers will hopefully see their Nokia 808 PureView shipments arrive soon. ...
Check out the quality! The video above was filmed with the Nokia 808 PureView at a car wash. You’ll see automatic lightning, continuous autofocus and Rich Recording in action, which all combined result in an amazing video quality! I just can’t wait to get my hands on a real and working Nokia 808 PureView (a dummy unit arrived at my store today). ...
3D Nokia Maps New rumors indicate that Microsoft will replace Bing Maps with 3D Nokia Maps in Windows Phone 8. This also means that offline navigation will come to the whole platform, and not just Nokia’s Lumia smartphones. Another rather interesting rumor regarding Windows Phone 8 is Skype integration in the phone book itself. This will essentially narrow the line between a regular phone call and Skype/VoIP call. What do you reckon operators will say about this? I think it’s awesome! We’ll get much more information on...
Voddler for Nokia Lumia Voddler was today released for Windows Phone. However, the app is exclusive for Nokia’s Lumia series, and will not be available for other WP devices out there. The movie streaming service works now in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Spain. Users will get a four-month subscription to Voddler Plus for free (usually 7.90€ a month). You’ll be also get two complimentary Voddler tickets to use for Voddler Movie Night, which can be used to “set up film nights with your friends and synchronize your...
