Nokia is currently the leading phone manufacturer surpassing the #2 phone manufacturer by almost 3 times of market share percentage.

Although Nokia is the #1 in global market share, it only has 6% of market share in the USA. The latest Nokia Nseries device available with a carrier in the USA was the N75 from AT&T. Read more »

At the N96, N78 and N82 Black launch event in South Africa, we had the chance to speak with Henri Mattila, Head of NSeries Go to Market Sales for Middle East and Africa.

We asked a lot of crucial questions regarding the phones, their competitors, and Nokia’s strategy for NSeries. We didn’t get some of the answers that we were really looking for, as some were more appropriate for the Product Managers, but Henri’s arguments provide a perspective of where Nokia is going, and where it’s coming from.

• We got to know why consumers aren’t getting more battery juice for the N96;
• Why only N95 8GB and N96 get movies;
• Why Dual LED instead of Xenon flash on the N96;
• Why isn’t there optical zoom on the N96’s camera;
• Nokia doesn’t think we need more than 3.6mbps on HSDPA speeds;
  
• If N96 and N78 are toys for us to play while Touch UI devices are coming;
• Why the N82 Black came so late.

Check the full interview after the jump.

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All About Symbian’s reviewed the Nokia E71 after it was launched in London. Ben Smith from SMS Text News was there and asked important questions to the product managers. Both phones are still S60 v3.2 Feature Pack 1 but have ported few features from FP2, such as transitions.

In Steve’s point of view, the device has a solid built, feels good to the finger, is 50% faster than E61i, but lacks in multimedia features.

Do check out the review and the interview itself as they highlight important bits about these two phones.

At the HTC Touch Diamond launch in South Africa, I had the opportunity to have a little chat with Kevin Chen, General Manager of HTC for MEA and CIS. Besides having an in-depth explanation on the innovations that the Touch Diamond brings, Chen told me that HTC is planning to unveil a device with Google Android Operating System by Q4 of this year, and a Windows Mobile 7 by Q1 of next year, atleast that’s what’s on the planned release schedule from HTC.

Continue reading the article as I share with you the knowledge that Kevin Chen provided me.

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It is a possibility according to an interview with Pierre Perron, Sony Ericsson France General Manager:

“Mobifrance: Xperia X1 loads Windows Mobile. Are all models of this range will work with this operating system?

Pierre Perron: Not only, we work with all operating systems. We even share important in the UIQ platform. However, with Xperia, we send users “Experiencers.” This clientele demanding that wishes to all the technology and innovations in their mobile terminal without compromise. The range will be enriched Xperia
Other smartphones running Windows Mobile or Symbian or UIQ or other which will complement this range. “

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