Nokia to Make Windows Phone 7 Devices
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It turns out all the rumors were true. When it was still early in the morning today for North America, Nokia made a big announcement in their Capital Market Day conference. Nokia, led by CEO (and former Microsofty) Stephen Elop, has entered into a "strategic alliance" with Microsoft. The deal involves Windows Phone, Xbox Live, and Bing services. What this really means, is that Nokia will be making Windows Phone 7 devices.
At first the fate of Nokia's existing platforms was unclear, but we have since learned that Symbian development will basically slow to nothing. The software will still be licensed, but most efforts will be directed toward Windows Phone, and a bit to MeeGo. Nokia still plans to put out at least one MeeGo device this year, but we have to wonder how long they'll keep that up.
In the announcement Nokia seemed to indicate that Microsoft was giving them more freedom to modify the WP7 system. Other manufacturers have not been granted that ability. We're curious to see what Nokia does, and if that causes problems for the platform down the road. How do you feel about this strategic move?
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russemp
February 14, 2011 at 1:12pm
I too have always liked Noka's hardware. I also like the software included. The tethering for instance. I'm on my 3rd unlocked phone and fear that Microsoft will take away all things I like. I play very few games on my phone, happy with xbox on my xbox, and opera works great.
Ghok
February 12, 2011 at 1:11am
I've always liked Nokia hardware, and to me hardware is the important part of a phone. It looks like Windows Phone 7 has a good chance of being my next phone OS.
I'm only a little hesitant because I couldn't give a toss about Bing or X-Box live. So no advantage there. Oh, and Microsoft is evil... but who isn't nowadays? I'm still appalled at that blatant "Lets Bing it!" product placement on TV from a while back.
ak_lj@hotmail.com
February 11, 2011 at 9:13pm
Personally I'm excited to see what Nokia does. I switched to WP7 from iPhone and couldn't be happier. Always liked Nokia hardware so the combo should be nice. As for android, which is nice and I like my viewsonic g-tab, how could they really differentiate themselves from all the other phones out there. I think its going to turn out to be a good move and WP7 is going to surprise people.
I Jedi
February 11, 2011 at 5:38pm
Interesting that Nokia seems to believe in the Windows platform. I wonder why they chose to run with it over Android? Perhaps they see Android as too big of a success, and with the amount of devices out there for it, a bloated success doomed to fail. Then again, it isn't like Micosoft has been able to penetrate the market well with Windows Phone 7.
stige
February 11, 2011 at 9:30pm
apparently they went to Google for android first but backed out because they didn't feel they'd be able to differntiate their brand name from Samsung, HTC, LG, etc....
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