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- formed0
Exactly. And what's wrong with that? Apple has full control over their products (control to absurdity, really), but this helps them deliver a quality and consistent product.
If MS can accomplish it, which won't be a small feat, it'll be great for the market places. WP7 is a great start. If they can get some good designer's and then produce it then we have a winner.
I am not holding my breath for anything, but I'll enjoy watching.
Might even pick up some MS stock since everyone here wants to dump it! Ha.
- MSFT had full control over Zune and it failedabettertomorrow
- raf0
- raf0
- monkeyshine0
^ this...I agree. Apparently part of the deal involves Nokia being able to customize the UI. That worries me a little.
- abettertomorrow0
I like how they promise things that anyone would logically already be attempting to do
"Target the top young software talent from around the world. Only if Nokia is able to attract and keep the best talent in the industry it will be able to generate the level of innovation that is needed to achieve sustained growth and consistently high profit margins."
- ernexbcn0
Well, today we learned that Microsoft is paying Nokia billions of dollars for the privilege of having Nokia develop WP7 phones:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/a…
And it seems Google was bidding too, but Microsoft won.
- Boz0
yep.. two has beens trying to catch up to the future but make same mistakes over and over again..
Nokia picking WP7 over Android is such an idiotic thing it's not even funny.. from a business perspective and what they are trying to achieve.. I guess it has more with the fact that MS paid them 100s of millions of $ for the partnership plus the CEO of Nokia is a Microsoft guy..LOL..
- Boz0
Well if that turns out that way that would be good thing for Nokia.. but I suspect having MS guy running the US market and major shareholder (Elop) holding the worldwide Nokia.. I have a feeling Microsoft will merge Nokia long before they pay any billions to them.
and formed.. Microsoft doesn't have the vision, leadership or expertise to make this happen.. it's more likely going to be that they will destroy Nokia in the process and still fail, then anything else.
They adopt too slow to the market and as always they try to buy off market share instead of deserving it and in that process they destroy other companies they try to gain marketshare through.
- nolovelost0
Wow, my spelling is terrible.
- ETM0
WP7 is actually really nice. The UI is nice, the live tiles are pretty cool with some customization. But being the third man in (4th if counting Blackberry), even with solid Nokia hardware, it will be hard to gain mind share. That said, competition is always good, so hopefully even in third place, they can weigh-in and nip at the heels of Apple and Android a bit.
- yeh i was surprised how nice wp7 was, i was skeptical, but really liked it. id be happy to own one tbh.Hombre_Lobo
- formed0
That's true, but remember it wasn't too long ago that Apple was bankrupt (and Gates saved them, ironically).
I would think they'll keep the name and separate identity. MS is boring, no sex appeal, and that is something they desperately need. Nokia has at least a little, more than most you could argue.
Also, a merger would require share holder approval, which would, most likely, cost them their most of their (MS) cash. I doubt many MS share holders would let that happen.
Who knows, though. Execution is the big question (in my mind). I agree it is a long shot for great success, but let's be honest here, neither company really has a choice.
Neither company has a great record, although WP7 is at least an interesting point of departure.We'll have to see what WallSt says tomorrow ;-). In the short term, that's where the decisions will be.
- prophetone0
maybe they should focus on fixing clunky ass windows 8 mobile before going shopping
- kgvs720
Not sure about this Nokia and Microsoft Alliance. Nokia should have went with either Nintendo or Sony Ericsson for their alliance. It seems like MS just payed Nokia to kill off its R&D for Symbian and Meego.
- Nintendo has a phone market?formed
- They can make a phone market.kgvs72
- Nintendo? haha what?animatedgif
- ernexbcn0
A lot of people are whining that Nokia did not go the Android way. I like that they are pushing WP7.
- why do you like it?eficks
- Because there are already too many dif Android versions and handset variations of themernexbcn
- trueeficks
- i agree ernex. while i like android, theres enough android dev atm.Hombre_Lobo
- CodenameAM0
As a Nokia employee, it should make the future very interesting. No doubt the Windows 7 platform is great, but only used by a handful of people, but fused with Nokia hardware of which has always been the best, we should finally beable to get the market share back!
Just wished it could of happened sooner!
- This isn't going to end well, I think your fucked!spot13
- Yeap! but lets see what the Nokia Top Daddys come up with!CodenameAM
- CodenameAM0
Stephen Elop's ex Windows employee, so I guess he knows the inside out of Windows company and how powerful they are for the future.
- CodenameAM your job might be on the chopping blockeficks
- Yeap, I have a feeling it might be! Oh well, always wanted to work for Apple ;o)CodenameAM
- abettertomorrow0
This is huge
- ...ly uninteresting to meabettertomorrow
- that's what she saidflashbender
- sublocked0
I think it's a good thing. More choice = better.
The more people with better mobile phones makes it better for ALL of us creating shit people can consume on these devices.
......PROFIT