Nokia set to launch first Windows Phones this year in EuropeJune 17, 2011 - 18:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - At 2011 Mobile Telecompaper conference, Vice President of Nokia Europe Victor Saeijs announced that the first Nokia WP7 devices will hit the market in 2011. As Mr. Saeijs noted, he had one in his pocket, yet chose not to share the early pre-production prototype with the audience, according to Mashable news blog.Originally, the first Windows Phone 7 devices manufactured by Nokia were slated to hit the market in 2012, but now Nokia chose to push the pace. As the blog reported, Nokia is very aware of its plummeting smartphone market share, but the only thing it can do at this point after abandoning Symbian and MeeGo and switching to Windows Phone 7 as its main smartphone platform is try to speed up its roadmap. Nokia plans to launch the first Windows Phone 7 devices in six European countries: The Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Interestingly, Finland the country Nokia is based in is absent from the list. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |