We're in Barcelona for the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2011. Here's our report at the beginning of day two, covering everything from LG's 3D mobile phone and MACH's innovative roaming billing to Steve Ballmer's keynote speech.
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Mark Bridge writes:
Next week is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – I’m sure don’t need me to tell you that! – and Nokia has given us plenty to talk about when we get there.
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Today, following plenty of rumour, Nokia has announced plans for a partnership with Microsoft that’ll see Windows Phone being used as Nokia’s main smartphone platform.
Symbian will become what the company describes as a “franchise platform”, with plans to almost double the current base of 200 million Symbian owners to around 350 million in the next few years. MeeGo is becoming an open-source mobile operating system project, although Nokia still plans to ship a MeeGo-related product this year.
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First there was the announcement about today’s Nokia Strategy and Financial Briefing in London, then there was the appearance of what appeared to be a message from Nokia CEO Stephen Elop… and finally there’s an official statement.
We’ve reproduced the text of the statement below:
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Microsoft has confirmed that the 'phantom data' problem affecting a small percentage of Windows Phone 7 customers is being caused by Yahoo! Mail.
The company, which recommends adjusting email settings on the phone to reduce the amount of data used, says a Microsoft/Yahoo fix will be rolled out in the coming weeks.
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