Microsoft Nokia paid $ 250 million on behalf of HR

So they believed, was that Nokia to use Microsofts Windows Phone OS for its shiny Smartphone Finnish for fun? How about the fact that Microsoft is really worth almost of his original paid Nokia operating system Symbian and start using WP? It appears that Microsoft has Nokia $ 250 million for Q4 only right to strike deals. Two companies always refuse to provide any figures by placing only that Nokia has received "significant investment."

Number of revealed will not final, but not for one that Microsoft is not something other than "bribe law" Nokia operating system to use. This was the agreement, which are mutually beneficial. Nokia announced, "our broad strategic agreement with Microsoft platform includes payments from Microsoft technical support to the U.S., as well as the software license from us to Microsoft. We have the structure of the fees, royalties of competing software, including commitment fees, royalties, minimum software. " What this means, first, go to the use of the operating system of WP, Nokia will start paying fees of Microsoft for each unit of Nokia of WP. It seems to be reliable.

The exact value of the fees to pay is not clear, it is known that it will be considerably less than the HTC and Samsung pay Microsoft of WP on their mobile phones.

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Nokia phones 108.5 million in the first quarter of 2011 sold

Financial results first quarter 2011 worldwide are ready and we can look at them. Now let's try to figure out what the company during the first three months of the current year has been reached.

In accordance with the financial results was Nokia's first quarter 2011 sales to 9 percent, total EUR 10.4 billion (approximately EUR 15 billion USD). The result of this was, however, down 18 percent, compared to Q1 2010.

Profit from the Finnish company consists of 439 million euros (about 640 million dollars), which is 10 percent lower than in the same quarter in 2010 and 50 percent less than in Q4 2010.

Nokia mobile phones 108.5 million in the first quarter of 2011, and 1% more than in the same quarter a year ago and sold 12 percent less than in the fourth quarter of 2010. 24.2 million were Smartphones, which is 13 percent, compared with the same period a year ago and of 14 percent compared to Q1 2010 of these 108.5 million.

A total of 374 million phones were sold in the last quarter of the mobile industry, so Nokia 108.5 million consists of 29 percent. 92.3 million 374 million sold worldwide were of these phones, Smartphones, so Nokia 24.2 million Smartphones has 26% of smartphone market, which has 41 percent less than in the first quarter of 2010 and 31 percent less than in Q4 2010.

In Q1 2010, the average price of the Nokia 62 euro (approximately $ 90.5), while in the 4 quarter of the year 2010 at about 69 euros ($ 100.6). The average price of the Nokia Q1 2011 includes 65 € ($ 94.7). As for smartphones, Nokia, their price dropped to 147 euro (about $ 214), which is 6% less than in the previous year.

If the financial results, like the rest of the year? Nobody knows, although Nokia by many of the future expected. "We look forward to a more difficult second quarter," says Nokia CEO Stephen Elop. Yesterday we signed the agreement with Microsoft, so let's wait and see, where partnerships will lead them.

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Nokia Ovi store: get 1.6 million per day

Posted by nokiamania in april-21-10.
It was reported that Nokia Ovi store applications Finnish manufacturer, which has recently been redesigned and optimized to get a load of 1.6 million programs available for download on a daily basis. Ovi store offers content in more than 80 countries most successful Publisher game designer, Digital Chocolate products – its interest in the amount of 4.5 million downloads.

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