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That's really interesting read, but doesn't tell anything about specifics. I'm not really sure what they will announce on Friday. As we can see however, it's ab
by Geee 16y ago
That's really interesting read, but doesn't tell anything about specifics. I'm not really sure what they will announce on Friday. As we can see however, it's about ecosystems, not about the OS.
1. Qt is really valuable asset, they are keeping it. Actually they are keeping everything they have now.
2. Joining WP7 or Android as an OEM would cut Nokia out of their ecosystems, not going to happen.
3. Adopting WP7 or Android as is would require Nokia to cut back some custom hardware features and make differentiation harder.
My best guess is WP7 with Qt allowing Nokia's services and apps on those phones. This would be additional to Symbian and MeeGo devices. However, I'm pretty sure they are starting to ramp Symbian down.
- wslh 16y agoWP7 with QT doesn't seem an option. QT is C++ and WP7 is oriented to work with .NET and not native applications. (don't try to port QT to C++.NET...) and it's a bit redundant to have QT together with Silverlight/.NET
- metageek 16y ago>My best guess is WP7 with Qt allowing Nokia's services and apps on those phones. This would be additional to Symbian and MeeGo devices. If they adopt any third-party OS, I can't see them keeping MeeGo. That'd be stupid; it'd leave them having to build a MeeGo ecosystem instead of just taking advantage of the one they join. And I don't see Microsoft allowing Qt on WP7; it'd undermine their whole .Net-based story.
- Geee 16y agoOn the other hand, I'd believe Microsoft would want Nokia to "catalyse" their ecosystem, because of the lacking success of WP7. The ecosystem of WP7 is now very weak, and not much of an asset for Nokia, except MS services like Bing. But, Nokia doesn't want to give up Qt apps and their own services.