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New Nokia device codenamed EOS should be the first Windows Phone device with the PureView camera as the Model 808, but also with optical image stabilization as Lumia 920 has.The device should be equipped with,  for this category, physically huge sensor of very high resolution.

If you have not heard of Jolla you are not alone and do not be too disappointed either. The company was founded by a few former Nokia employees that were not happy with the decision to tie the companies (Nokia’s) fate to Windows Phone. Instead they wanted to see if they could take the MeeGo OS and make it a reality and so they introduce SailFish. SailFish is an Android compatible OS that like many others is Linux based. The question is; is this new phone and Nokia inspired OS going to show us what could have been, or will it be just another phone in an Android Sea?

Nokia could be in a tad bit of trouble with their decision to buddy up to Microsoft. It seems that investors are not willing to wait for their investment in Windows Phone to pay off and we can’t blame them. When Nokia made this decision it was more than a little controversial as Window Phone represented a mere fraction of the market and had not shown any growth potential to warrant making it the exclusive OS for Nokia. Many felt that it was only Stephen Elop’s close connections to Microsoft that enabled the deal as Elop was the head of Microsoft’s Business Division prior to taking the top spot at Nokia.

Looks like HTC was not really guilty in the story about the use of microphones that were designed exclusively for Nokia. Contrary to previous allegations, the company now can sell the device HTC One in the Netherlands.

Nokia today announced its financial statement that shows a total loss of $150 million compared to the previous quarter, but the news for them are not as bad as they seem. The company earned a revenues of $8.7 billion, and has sold 5.6 million Lumia devices, representing a jump of 30 percent in sales and earnings on them.

Apple has filed a patent application for a future "smart" mobile phone with a transparent body and a flexible screen "wrapped" around the entire body of the device. The patent application that is named "Electronic device with wrap around display" describes the phone or other electronic device that has a screen all over the body, and users should have all the interaction with the device using the touch screen without any physical buttons.

Apple is still the leading manufacturer of "smart" mobile phones in the U.S., and they were even able to take away part of the market from manufacturers of the devices based on Android, according to a new report by ComScore. Entire market of "smart" mobile phones in the U.S. continues to grow, and in January, 127 million people in the U.S. owned a smartphone, an increase of 7% compared to October.

HTC and Android in general emerged as the winners in a patent dispute in Germany, which was launched by Nokia against the company The court in Mannheim ruled that HTC did not violate Nokia's two disputed patents, marked EP0812120, which describes a technology called “Method for using services offered by a telecommunication network and telecommunication system, and a terminal for it”, and EP1312974 entitled “An electronic display Device and method of lighting control themselves.”

Nokia and Microsoft made an agreement back in 2011 under which Microsoft will pay the Finnish manufacturer for support of their platform, while Nokia will pay Microsoft a license to use Windows Phone. During the term of the agreement, Microsoft's payments slightly surpassed what Nokia has paid, but a good part of the "bonus" Finnish manufacturer already used.

Do you remember the time before smartphones and tablets when manufacturers competed for who would make a smaller cell phone and when the size of your cell phones was even a question of prestige? At that time people were not thinking about the latest iPhone or Galaxys but about miniatures such as the Nokia 8210.