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Video: In depth, high quality video review of the Nokia Lumia 1020 (Chinese)

Published way back in October but this is new to me. It’s a well produced, comprehensive review of the Nokia Lumia 1020. It’s half an hour long and unfortunately no closed captions to even attempt a translation. Very impressive work. Cheers Daniel Cheong for the tip! Category : Nokia Hey, thanks for reading my post. My name is Jay and I'm a medical student at the University of Manchester. When I can, I blog here at mynokiablog.com and tweet now and again @jaymontano. We also have a twitter and facebook accounts @mynokiablog and  Facebook.com/mynokiablog. Check out the tips, guides and rules for commenting >>click Contact us at tips(@)mynokiablog.com or email me directly on jay[at]mynokiablog.com

In response to falling market share, Nokia closes two Chinese sales offices

Nokia’s sales offices in Chengdu and Shanghai are shutting down, Nasdaq.com has reported, Nokia transitions to a new mobile platform and a leaner corporate structure. Also, as its market share contracts, it simply has less need for its formerly fitting infrastucture. The number of layoffs that would be involved were not disclosed. Nokia recently announced, as part of a continuing string of downsizes, another 10,000 layoffs. In that round, three ‘top’ executives stepped down. Those layoffs were designed to curtail costs. Today’s news adds to the scroll of Nokia firings. Nokia previously stated that it intends to ‘invest heavily’ in research and development in the Asian market. That could imply that cuts in the region will be little more than trimmings. China’s mobile potential is massive, as TNW noted in a piece concerning Windows Phone’s slowing growing market penetration there: China is the world’s largest handset market — both in terms of shipments and new device activations — so an...