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Link: Nokia posts $1 billion operating loss for Q2 2012, net cash up $125 million →

Aaron Souppouris summarizes Nokia’s Q2 report on the Verge. Nokia remarks that Q3 won’t be much better, either. Yikes.

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Weekly Download #36: Nokia’s Abysmal Quarter, More on Instagram, Sony, Nest, Apple & Gaming, Patents

In this episode, Chris and Tarun discuss Nokia and what “restructuring” means, more on the Instagram+FB deal; Sony’s downfall story and how it relates to similar Apple competitors; Nest vs. Honeywell; Apple and a potential partnership with Valve; our favorite … Continue reading

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Link: WP7 Can’t Beat iOS & Android in Europe →

The flagship Nokia phone isn’t doing so hot in Europe. Sean Ludwig reports for VentureBeat: “No one comes into the store and asks for a Windows phone,” an anonymous European mobile executive told Reuters. “Nokia have given themselves a double … Continue reading

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Link: AT&T Lumia Launch a “Plop” →

Raimo Lenschow, a Barclays analyst quoted in this AllThingsD piece by John Paczkowski: Our admittedly anecdotal check of 10-15 stores did not find a single one that was open — a significant barrier to sales. We found promotional materials for … Continue reading

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Link: Now That’s a Lot of MegaPixels →

Sharif Sakr talks about the Nokia 808 PureView Smartphone: Now that Carl Zeiss-lensed camera: it handles continuous-focus 1080p, but is claimed to have an incredible sensor resolution of over 41-megapixels when shooting stills — or 34-megapixels for 16:9 images. It … Continue reading

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Link: Everything But The Kitchen Sink →

Ed Oswald: The Ace will launch in late March, sources confirm, along with a marketing campaign that will run in the neighborhood of $100 million.

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Link: Nokia 800 “Searay” →

I really like the design of this phone. It looks polished and really puts focus on the interface, rather than the phone design itself. Note how the buttons don’t seem intrusive; the speaker/mic bar is large to give a focus … Continue reading

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Link: A View From The Top →

Erik Slivka, Macrumors: Samsung and HTC lead the Android pack and have experienced very strong growth, but each company’s smartphone shipments remains about half that of Apple’s. People vote with their wallets.

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