adewaleafolabi: What we would be nice to see is two dying companies (Nokia & Blackberry) merge. Who knows what might come out of it but certainly not an iphone killer or even Galaxy challenger.
Both companies are a victim of their own unwillingness to embrace change

chucky234: RIM have a far better chance of survival than Nokia with its BB10 due for launch in Q1 of 2013.

Una be fool: Hehe the most hilarious tech news of all time.BIG LIE. You have no single idea of what Nokia is in terms of finance. The millions in dollars keeps on pumping in on daily basis. Nokia would never liquidate

chucky234: Where did you borrowed your lies,the fact that Nokia is cash crunched is an open secret as their market shares has on down slide in the last few years.
For you to say that Nokia has a better chance of survival than HTC shows that you don't have a clue about what is happening in the global telephony industry,almost all the manufacturers you listed above including the ailing Nokia depend on HTC for many software.
When you said patents what were you referring to?

Una be fool: Hehe the most hilarious tech news of all time.BIG LIE. You have no single idea of what Nokia is in terms of finance. The millions in dollars keeps on pumping in on daily basis. Nokia would never liquidate

jmaine:

Highly condensed ignorance . . . . . .No offense baba . . . .

kerzhim: I won't blame dem for wanting to sell dea HQ in order to raise money. Technology is rapidly growing and dey find it so difficult to match wit the likes of SAMSUNG, GOOGLE, BLACKBERRY and APPLE wen it cums to productivity. They are far behind.

jmaine:

Highly condensed ignorance . . . . . .No offense baba . . . .

jmaine:

Highly condensed ignorance . . . . . .No offense baba . . . .

jmaine:

Highly condensed ignorance . . . . . .No offense baba . . . .

jmaine:

Highly condensed ignorance . . . . . .No offense baba . . . .

chucky234: Where did you borrowed your lies,the fact that Nokia is cash crunched is an open secret as their market shares has been on down slide in the last few years.
For you to say that Nokia has a better chance of survival than HTC shows that you don't have a clue about what is happening in the global telephony industry,almost all the manufacturers you listed above including the ailing Nokia depend on HTC for many software.
When you said patents what were you referring to?

chucky234: RIM have a far better chance of survival than Nokia with its BB10 due for launch in Q1 of 2013.

emeka.D.:
they really bleeped up, why go for windows when android was there. Why cant they be like htc that builds both android and windows phones. HTC of yesterday!

chucky234: Bros which one come be condensed ignorance again,abeg lecture me small

Who go open mouth for this age, talk say Nokia no be leader in the Mobile Patent Arena . . . .They even won a patent suit against Apple which fetched them a cool $ 600 million pay packet . . .

And saying all manufacturers depend on HTC for their software is sacrilege . .Damn dude !! how did you confidently come up with that piece . . .

Though Nokia is currently reporting financial loss of over a billion dollars, They are still capable of holding their forte for a while with a cash reserve of $ 5.2 billion

Even their marriage with Microsoft . means more slush funds coming in . . .

chucky234: RIM have a far better chance of survival than Nokia with its BB10 due for launch in Q1 of 2013.

Kindly observe the percentage increase of IOS users and the hit blackberry took in market share loss. It's easily discernible that BB lost most of their customers to apple . .if you doubt . .Just buzz nairaland Ogugua88 who recently adopted the IPhone 5 after dumping her blackberry device for good ( According to her )

The Windows phone loss was marginal, offcourse this is understandable cos Nokia/Microsoft disappointed a lot of people when they discovered that the WP 7.5 devices can't be upgraded to a WP 8. forcing most peeps to wait for the next gen Lumia devices . .

And Bang, The rave the Lumia WP8 is causing will likely increase their market share, moreso when Nokia signed a deal with China mobile ( The biggest mobile operator in the world with over a billion subscriber base . .) .


Before BB will lauch their OS 10, the competition will announce more compelling devices which will make life more difficult for them . . .

berem: Please they should relocate their headquarters to Computer Village Ikeja! Business go boom die!

kellystech: Dear Nokia,
I fear the next time I write you, it will be to say goodbye.
I’ve noticed you’ve run into a bit of trouble lately with your handset business. It seems as though you could use some advice from someone who cares. Allow me to start from the beginning.
You had one clear message when you announced your first Microsoft powered Lumia phones: these are the real Windows Phone devices. And you weren’t just blowing hot air. Microsoft backed you up. They even appeared on stage to help drum up excitement and drive that message home.
You seemed to hold a special place in the manufacturing line for Microsoft. Where RIM and Apple make their own hardware, Nokia, you would be that for Microsoft. You made sure Microsoft felt comfortable with that decision by going all in on Windows Phone, too. Then came the announcement of the Microsoft Surface.
Instead of the Lumia Surface, or Lumia 10 (for ten inches), Microsoft announced they’d be making their own hardware. Ouch. Sorry, Nokia. Apparently, even though you pledged allegiance to Microsoft, they still couldn’t trust you to deliver. You aren’t good enough to make their flagship tablet. But at least you still have phones, right? Yeah, about that.
This past week, HTC teamed up with Microsoft to announce both the Windows Phone 8X and Windows Phone 8S
. HTC is calling itself “the new face of Windows Phone.” Which is totally cool with Microsoft. I mean, c’mon, Windows Phone is the name of both devices.
Shouldn’t you have Windows Phone in the title of your devices? Like the Windows Phone Lumia? Microsoft is getting behind HTC now. You can keep doing their thing, but HTC is where it’s at
. Again, sorry, Nokia. Microsoft couldn’t trust you with tablets, and now they can’t trust you with phones. So what now?
Elop, we know you made some rather unfriendly comments towards Android in the past. But we’re willing to forgive you. And so is Google. I’m sure they’d love to work with you.
Look. We’ve seen the article in Reuters
. Reporting that you, Elop, have until early 2013 to turn things around. To prove that betting the farm on Microsoft was the right thing to do. Do you really want to keep waiting? You placed everything you have in Microsoft, and they just proved they aren’t willing to place everything they have in you. How many more times do you have to be stabbed in the back by Ballmer and company before you realize it’s time to get out?
You don’t even have to do everything Google wants. If you don’t like how Android looks, change it. You can still lean on the massive ecosystem and developer support Google has amassed. No other platform can offer that to you. That’s the truth. Any other platform you could flock to would either limit what you can do with software or offer no developer and user support.
Nokia, Elop, you can make Android your own. It has a huge, robust ecosystem. It’s already the winning platform in terms of marketshare. The cost of admittance is free. What else do you want? You’re not Microsoft’s number one anyone. You’re playing second fiddle to HTC now.
I can promise you a Nokia manufactured Android device would sell like crazy. Look around you. Google search “Lumia Nexus
.” The demand is there. You just have to snatch the opportunity. You can still make Windows Phone devices if you want; both Samsung and HTC have a hand in Android and Windows. You’re just running out of time.
I hope this made some sense to you. You’re a master craftsman of hardware. You have some of the most talented engineers on the planet working for you. You have a loyal following. You know how to command the marketplace. Don’t waste it all waiting for Windows Phone to take off. I’d hate to see you go. We’d all hate to see you go.
Sincerely,
Dustin EarleyNext

jedisco:

Clearly states?? Maybe I forgot my glasses.
But if Nokia pointing out others that have done thesame and rented it back is what you mean by clearly stating that they're going to rent it back then that is lacking.

The loss making company is looking to sell
and lease back the building that employs
1,800 people in a move that could raise
€200m-€300m, according to estimates.

Una be fool: Hehe the most hilarious tech news of all time.BIG LIE. You have no single idea of what Nokia is in terms of finance. The millions in dollars keeps on pumping in on daily basis. Nokia would never liquidate

kerzhim: I won't blame dem for wanting to sell dea HQ in order to raise money. Technology is rapidly growing and dey find it so difficult to match wit the likes of SAMSUNG, GOOGLE, BLACKBERRY and APPLE wen it cums to productivity. They are far behind.

afam4eva: Are they that poor that they would have to sell their headquarters?

jedisco:

Man your whole article screams novice, novice, novice!
The fact that Nokia has financial problems is not in convention. My question is how many of the other OEMs apart from Samsung and Apple are doing any better.

Did you just say that almost all manufacturers depend on HTC for software??
You're not just a novice but a blind one. You should get yourself informed and fast.

Now let me enlighten you. Nokia controls almost 50% of very important mobile patents. Their only worthy competitor is Motorolla and that was the major reason Google bought them for almost $12B. Samsung also has quite a number as regards the AMOLED screen technology and LTE.
So as regards patent talk on mobiles, HTC is absolutely no where

jmaine:
Nokia signed a deal with China mobile ( The biggest mobile operator in the world with [color=#990000]over a billion subscriber base . .)

jmaine:

Who go open mouth for this age, talk say Nokia no be leader in the Mobile Patent Arena . . . .They even won a patent suit against Apple which fetched them a cool $ 600 million pay packet . . .

And saying all manufacturers depend on HTC for their software is sacrilege . .Damn dude !! how did you confidently come up with that piece . . .

Though Nokia is currently reporting financial loss of over a billion dollars, They are still capable of holding their forte for a while with a cash reserve of $ 5.2 billion

Even their marriage with Microsoft . means more slush funds coming in . . .




Below is a recent statistics of the market share in U.S just before the unveiling of the IP 5 & Lumia 920 . . .





Kindly observe the percentage increase of IOS users and the hit blackberry took in market share loss. It's easily discernible that BB lost most of their customers to apple . .if you doubt . .Just buzz nairaland Ogugua88 who recently adopted the IPhone 5 after dumping her blackberry device for good ( According to her )

The Windows phone loss was marginal, offcourse this is understandable cos Nokia/Microsoft disappointed a lot of people when they discovered that the WP 7.5 devices can't be upgraded to a WP 8. forcing most peeps to wait for the next gen Lumia devices . .

And Bang, The rave the Lumia WP8 is causing will likely increase their market share, moreso when Nokia signed a deal with China mobile ( The biggest mobile operator in the world with over a billion subscriber base . .) .


Before BB will lauch their OS 10, the competition will announce more compelling devices which will make life more difficult for them . . .

geek:

Just shy of 700 million actually, but your point remains valid. http://www.chinamobileltd.com/ir.php?menu=11

chucky234: Hahaha I laugh your empty brain,HTC has the highest LTE patents with Samsung coming closest,in 2010 HTC manufactured the first LTE device with the release of the Evo 4G.
HTC operates a software design office in Seattle in the United State where it
designs its own interface for its phones and other manufacturer.
In the Q3 2011 HTC Corporation became the largest smartphone vendor in the U.S. by 24 percent, ahead of Samsung's 21 percent, Apple Inc.'s 20 percent and
BlackBerry's 9 percent and Nokia was never on that list.
HTC Corporation also made different models for each operator in the US in 2011.
2011 HTC bought VIA Technologies' stake in S3 Graphics, thus becoming the majority owner of S3, On August 6 2011, HTC acquired Dashwire for $18.5M. In August 2011, HTC
confirmed that they will be entering a
strategic partnership with Beats
Electronics by acquiring 51 percent of
Beat's shares.
HTC was named the "Device
Manufacturer of the Year" for 2011 by
the GSMA at the Mobile World Congress on the 16th of February 2011,
Also in April 2011, the company's market value surpassed that of Nokia to become the third largest smartphone maker in the world, only behind Apple and Samsung.
.
Its also good for you to put into your empty brain that HTC is pioneer of the android and windows mobile you see everywhere today and not Nokia, HTC created the first Microsoft-powered smartphone (2002) and the first Microsoft 3G phone (2005)
Their first major product was made in
2000 and was one of the world's first
touch screen smartphones. The Palm
Treo 650 and thesad iPAQ were created by HTC.
.
Before you open your rotten mouth to yarn dust you should fu;cking ask questions,besotted goon typing garbage from his debris.

chucky234: Guy what got my attention was where he said Nokia has a better chance of survival than HTC,is HTC struggling with sales?

chucky234: For your information HTC was the first to sign a contract with China Mobile in 2010,its no big deal jare. In 2010, HTC sold over 24.6 million handsets, in China that's up 111% over 2009.

chucky234: @ Jmaine and Jedisco
Mobile phones sales are determined mainly by the total sales in the US,let's take a look at the US patent table below:
.
Samsung - 47,855
Nokia - 9,615
Motorola. - 21,027 with Motorola wireless which is been sold to google owning 17,000 of the total patents granted to Motorola in the US.
Microsoft - 19,800
Sony. - 36,508
Apple. - 4,649
.
From the above table Nokia don't control 10% of US patents let alone 50%, I will bring you the global patent chat shortly.

For your reading pleasure Sir, cos i don't know where your break dancing to . . .Please download the research report below and clear all your seeming doubt about the mobile ecosphere patent port folios . . .

chucky234: @ Jmaine and Jedisco
Mobile phones sales are determined mainly by the total sales in the US,let's take a look at the US patent table below:
.
Samsung - 47,855
Nokia - 9,615
Motorola. - 21,027 with Motorola wireless which is been sold to google owning 17,000 of the total patents granted to Motorola in the US.
Microsoft - 19,800
Sony. - 36,508
Apple. - 4,649
.
From the above table Nokia don't control 10% of US patents let alone 50%, I will bring you the global patent chat shortly.