Varty said the apps Marketplace on Windows Phone is developing fast and as of April there were 70,000 apps in the Marketplace, with 300 new apps being added every day.
“The pace in terms of the number of apps that are coming to the platform is really positive," he said. "All the big-ticket apps are there, like Angry Birds, LinkedIn, Facebook, Groupon, Twitter, etc. But the message we need to get out to top development talent is to get developing."
Varty was recently in Dublin where he met with 20 of Ireland's top developers.
Lust for innovation
“It strikes me that developers are looking for something else and in most cases having already developed for iOS are looking for something new and that's not necessarily Android."
The key strategy Nokia is employing is to make it easier for developers to develop for Windows Phone.
“Developers and designers are inspired by the Metro interface. It's unique, it's fresh and contemporary. Plus Windows Phone is a very context-based operating systems for starters. A lot of developers are looking for something that inspires them and for ways for content to be seen and heard."
Varty said Nokia is taking a very hands-on approach to working with developers to the point of working with them on where and how they target and sell content within Windows Marketplace.
He said that as part of a joint programme with Microsoft, there is a maelstrom of activity taking place in terms of bi-monthly coder camps, student workshops, and faculty programmes.
“We have created a number of resources where you can go and collect vital tools and SDKs from the App Hub, or general tools around learning to code.
“We are also ceding more than 1,000 devices over the course of 12 months into the developer community. Developers who can demonstrate that they are working on an app via Visual Basic and that they are serious about the product they are creating will be issued with a Lumia 800."
Varty added that in terms of sales and marketing tools, Nokia is running a pilot called Marketing in a Box, which was launched at the GSM Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, earlier this year. The resource kit includes strategies on how to market apps via Facebook and Twitter, create videos on YouTube and develop banner ads.
“It's all about giving the developers the marketing tools to make their apps successful. We are currently running another pilot in the UK called Appvertise, where we are giving a selection of publishers and developers free advertising space on Marketplace with a view to marketing their new apps," Varty said.
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Motorola DEFY XT535 Arrives in Hong Kong - Softpedia
Just like most smartphones in the DEFY series, the XT535 is IP67 certified, which makes it dust and water proof (up to 1m for 30 mins). The phone’s design has been changed and now looks more like the DEFY MINI rather than the old DEFY+.
Built to last, Motorola DEFY XT535 sports a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen display (480 x 854 pixels), which features Corning Gorilla Glass coating. The smartphone is less than 12mm thin, which makes it more than 1mm thinner than the previous Motorola DEFY+ model.
Customers living in Hong Kong can now grab the original black with stylish black dust trim version, but additional color-themes might be added in the future.
The DEFY XT535 is powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system integrated with MotoSwitch user interface. The latter enables the smartphone to learn who the users talk to and which apps they use most and keeps all of that information front and center.
On the back, the device packs a 5-megapixel photo snapper with autofocus and LED flash, while in the front there’s a secondary VGA camera for video calls.
Motorola DEFY XT535 is equipped with a 1 GHz single-core processor, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM and microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB).
Another strong point of the phone is the long-lasting 1650 mAh Li-Ion battery, which is rated by the manufacturer for up 12 days of standby time or up to 9 hours of talk time.
“Motorola DEFY XT 535 takes life-proof to the next level with a sharper camera, bigger screen and faster processing power.Now you can stay connected all day long, through every adventure, and share your fun with everyone who matters most to you,” said Ritchie Ma, general manager of Motorola Mobility Taiwan Limited, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Nokia downgraded by S&P after Samsung pushes past - Yahoo Finance
HELSINKI (AP) -- Standard and Poor's on Friday downgraded Nokia's credit rating by one notch and warned that it may reduce it again unless the company's performance improves.
The rating agency said it was lowering the Finnish company's long-term corporate credit rating to BB+ from BBB- and its short-term corporate credit rating to B from A-3.
The downgrade came after Nokia Corp. posted huge first-quarter losses and a 30 percent drop in sales and a report earlier Friday estimated Samsung Electronics Co. had overtaken it as the world's largest maker of mobile phones.
"We now expect Nokia to report significantly lower margins and cash flows in 2012 than we had previously expected," S&P said. "The outlook is negative, reflecting the possibility of a further downgrade if Nokia fails to stabilize revenues and margins and significantly cut its cash losses."
Nokia CFO Timo Ihamuotila said the company was in transition, a year after it teamed up with Microsoft Corp. to incorporate Windows software in its new handsets.
"Nokia is in the middle of a transformation program which encompasses every aspect of our business," Ihamuotila said, adding that the company was "implementing a decisive action plan" to improve growth.
"The main focus of these actions is on lowering the company's costs, improving cash flow and maintaining a strong financial position, while bringing attractive new products to market," he said, but gave no details.
Nokia's share price closed down slightly at €2.74 ($3.62) in Helsinki.
Last week, Nokia announced one of its worst quarterly results ever, blaming tough competition for a €929 million ($1.2 billion) net loss as sales plunged, especially in the smartphone market. It said it expects no improvement in the second quarter.
The cell phone maker is fighting fierce competition in the top-end from Apple Inc.'s iPhone and other makers using Google Inc.'s popular Android software, including Samsung and HTC of Taiwan. It is also being squeezed in the low-end by Asian manufacturers making cheaper phones, such as China's ZTE.
Boston-based Strategy Analytics said Friday that Samsung surpassed Nokia as the world's largest seller of cell phones by volume, grabbing a 25 percent global market share against Nokia's 22 percent.
The agency's report also said that Samsung had overtaken Apple as the largest maker of smartphones selling 44.5 million units against Apple's 35 million. Nokia dropped to third place with under 12 million sold in the quarter, Strategy Analytics said.
Fitch ratings agency recently downgraded Nokia to junk status, while Moody's has cut it to near junk status.
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Woman traces stolen iPhone using iCloud - Thaindian.com
Woman traces stolen iPhone using iCloud
May 25th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattLondon, May 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Katy McCaffrey lost her iPhone during a Disney cruise holiday. She was later able to trace the iPhone and identify the alleged thief after he mistakenly sent the photos he had taken using her phone.
The suspected thief took photos using the phone and uploaded the images by mistake to the iCloud account of the phone’s owner. He then posted a string of the pictures on a Facebook album titled Stolen iPhone Adventures.
The photographs showed the suspect, a Disney Cruises liner crew member, engaging in nights out with other employees of the liner. He also took photographs of his pregnant partner, another crew member.
McCaffrey lost her phone in April, and she identified the alleged thief after reading his name on his uniform’s tag in one of the photographs taken by the suspect, who is now on administrative leave. His employers’ spokesman has stated that the iPhone will be returned to its owner when the cruises ship returns to port.
The phone’s iCloud allows phone users to store data, including pictures and music on a remote computer server. In addition, users are able to track the iPhone’s location as the phone features GPS technology.
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