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Not at all surprising to me. Nokia is mostly a hardware company, and they just do not have a software house powerful enough to create mobile OS which could comp

by greyman 16y ago

Not at all surprising to me. Nokia is mostly a hardware company, and they just do not have a software house powerful enough to create mobile OS which could compete with iOS or Android. Nokia is a good company, especially in the area of dumbphones (still a pretty big segment), but they are just not that good at making software - I tried in the past to use their windows client ;-)). Nokia hardware + WP7 seems like a good combo to me.

rbanffy 16y ago
I wonder if the Microsoft past of its current CEO would have anything to do with it choosing to go WP7 instead of already market proven Android.
- Knack 16y ago
  Microsoft needs more then a horde of clone phones. Maybe MS and Nokia can create something special that helps both? (Yes, MS wouldn't do HTC, Samsung etc. a favour with special Nokia treatment). But you're right, Android is certainly more market proven, but also more ordinary.
Supermighty 16y ago
Why wouldn't they choose Android over WP7. I would think Android would offer them more control over the user experience and Nokia branding.
- bad_user 16y ago
  And then have users bitching about not being able to install a bare-bones Android on it? :-) I don't think going with Android is good. How could they offer anything more compelling than HTC or Samsung or Motorola, which are small players compared to Nokia? I also think going with WM7 is suicide, but YMMV.
  - nextparadigms 16y ago
    The phones would be very compelling if offered with stock Android, since no one seems to do it outside of Google, anyway. Huge market potential there, but too bad no one is willing to take advantage of it. Imagine if Nokia became #1 provider of stock Android phones...most Android fans would be swayed immediately. Oh and of course they'd also need to be on the cutting edge of technology. They don't seem to be doing that lately, except for the cameras.
    - Supermighty 16y ago
      I feel that we are gradually going in the direction of stock android on phones. Motorola has rolled back it's Motoblur to just blur, Samsung has been catching a ton of heat for the lack of updates to old BeholdII phones and the slow pace of updates for Galaxy S phones. If the Nexus S is commercially successful (and I hope it is as I own one) then I see more handset manufactures moving in that direction.
  - Supermighty 16y ago
    The only users bitching for bare-bones Android are a very small market segment. Only nerds like us really know the difference. I personally think that Nokia adopting an OS other than one they control would be foolish. Their hardware is decent, but they need more control to create a compelling user experience.
Knack 16y ago
Even though I would prefer Meego all the way, I agree that Nokia and WP7 could be extraordinary. They could mark the standard for business phones. Hardware like the Nokia E7 and full MS office integration. At our company (big car company) they're rolling out iPhones to the management which is just ridiculous.

by greyman 16y ago

rbanffy 16y ago

I wonder if the Microsoft past of its current CEO would have anything to do with it choosing to go WP7 instead of already market proven Android.

Knack 16y ago
Microsoft needs more then a horde of clone phones. Maybe MS and Nokia can create something special that helps both? (Yes, MS wouldn't do HTC, Samsung etc. a favour with special Nokia treatment). But you're right, Android is certainly more market proven, but also more ordinary.

Supermighty 16y ago

Why wouldn't they choose Android over WP7. I would think Android would offer them more control over the user experience and Nokia branding.

bad_user 16y ago
And then have users bitching about not being able to install a bare-bones Android on it? :-) I don't think going with Android is good. How could they offer anything more compelling than HTC or Samsung or Motorola, which are small players compared to Nokia? I also think going with WM7 is suicide, but YMMV.
- nextparadigms 16y ago
  The phones would be very compelling if offered with stock Android, since no one seems to do it outside of Google, anyway. Huge market potential there, but too bad no one is willing to take advantage of it. Imagine if Nokia became #1 provider of stock Android phones...most Android fans would be swayed immediately. Oh and of course they'd also need to be on the cutting edge of technology. They don't seem to be doing that lately, except for the cameras.
  - Supermighty 16y ago
    I feel that we are gradually going in the direction of stock android on phones. Motorola has rolled back it's Motoblur to just blur, Samsung has been catching a ton of heat for the lack of updates to old BeholdII phones and the slow pace of updates for Galaxy S phones. If the Nexus S is commercially successful (and I hope it is as I own one) then I see more handset manufactures moving in that direction.
- Supermighty 16y ago
  The only users bitching for bare-bones Android are a very small market segment. Only nerds like us really know the difference. I personally think that Nokia adopting an OS other than one they control would be foolish. Their hardware is decent, but they need more control to create a compelling user experience.

Knack 16y ago

Even though I would prefer Meego all the way, I agree that Nokia and WP7 could be extraordinary. They could mark the standard for business phones. Hardware like the Nokia E7 and full MS office integration. At our company (big car company) they're rolling out iPhones to the management which is just ridiculous.