Esato News Archive

Motorola cuts 800 jobs before it's being included in the Google family
Motorola Mobility has decided to cut the work force with 800 employees as a preparation for the Google acquisition

Sony confirms acquisition of Ericsson's share of Sony Ericsson
Sony today confirmed what the market has spoken of the last couple of weeks. The buyout of Ericsson from the 50-50% joint venture

Nokia announces Lumia 710 and Lumia 800 Windows Phone smartphones
Nokia has announced the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 smartphones which are the first two models from the Finnish company to run on Windows Phone 7.5 operating system

Nokia adds Windows Phone look to Nokia web site
Someone at Nokia is obviously fan of the new Windows Phone 7 interface with grids and thumbnail-sized icons as the new web interface looks like its made by Microsoft

Siri co-founder leaves Apple
Dag Kittlaus, the previously CEO and one of the co-founders of Siri has decided to leave Apple. Siri is an intelligent search feature found in the new iPhone 4S which has received tributes from most of the technology media

Samsung and Google announces Galaxy Nexus smartphone running Android version 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Samsung and Google today announced Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone running version 4.0 of the Android operating system.

Motorola announces the 4.3 inch Droid Razr
Motorola today announced the 4.3 inch Motorola Droid Razr for Verizon in the US and Motorola Razr for GSM networks. Both models powered by a 1.2 GHz dual core processor

Apple sells 4 million iPhone 4S in three days
Apple today annouced that they have sold over 4 million iPhones 4S since the launch date on October 14th

Sony Ericsson reports positive numbers from third quarter
Sony Ericsson is again reporting positive numbers with a income of 31 million euro before taxes. The entire portfolio will be smartphones during 2012.

Nokia announces the Nokia 603 Symbian smartphone with 3.5 inch display running Symbian Belle
The Nokia 603 is the fourth model from the Finnish company running on Symbian belle. The Nokia 603 has a 3.5 inch touch display, NFC, 720p HD video capture and impressive 960 minutes talk time

AT&T announces 5 new Android smartphones
AT&T today announced no less than 5 new Android smartphones. During the CTIA taking place in California AT&T announced Motorola ATRIX 2, Samsung Captivate Glide, Samsung DoubleTime, Pantech Pocket and the AT&T Avail by ZTE

Apple with 70% margins for each iPhone 4S sold
According to a recent report, the iPhone 4S hardware component costs is $170 for the 16GB version and $220 for the 32GB model giving Apple impressive margins over 70%

Is Sony interested to buy out Ericsson from the Sony Ericsson partnership?
Latest rumors are saying that Sony is interested in buying Ericsson's half of the 50/50 joint venture Sony Ericsson.

Samsung and Google postpone Nexus Prime announcement
The Samsung Unpacked event which was supposed to unveil the next Nexus Prime Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich handset is postponed according to sources

HTC announces 4.7 inch Sensation XL Android smartphone
HTC today announced the HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio, 4.7 inch display and 1.5 GHz processor

Apple founder Steve Jobs dies
The 56 year old co-founder of Apple died today. Until August earlier this year he served as the Apple CEO, but had to hand over the position to Tim Cook because of health problems

Apple announces iPhone 4S
Apple today announced iPhone 4S with A5 processor, 8 megapixel camera, 1080p HD video capture and iOS 5 operating system

LG Optimus LTE dual core 1.5 GHz Android smartphone announced
LG today announced the Optimus LTE for the Korean market. The 4.5 inch HD display is the largest found in a smartphone using in-plane switching display