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It's a bit surprising that Nokia wouldn't go for another Linux-based platform (Android), but I guess that anything is better than their current strategy. I gue
by dlevine 16y ago
It's a bit surprising that Nokia wouldn't go for another Linux-based platform (Android), but I guess that anything is better than their current strategy.
I guess that WP7 will allow them to provide an alternative to all the Android devices out there, and unlike Android, they could potentially be the premier WP7 vendor if they execute correctly.
- ericb 16y agoThere are still millions of windows users, and the phone is quickly becoming the computer. If you can make phones do "computer things" in away that is just like the computer these folks are used to, you might have an angle of attack, which is more than nokia has now. Betting on the same plan as your nimbler competitors is a dominated strategy game theory-wise.
- PakG1 16y agoI think it's precisely because so many companies are choosing Android that they wouldn't want to go Android. There's very little differentiation in following the herd. Of course, if you're going to differentiate, you want to be the quarterback chased by all the girls, not the scorned outcast playing alone in the courtyard, with only bullies providing social interaction.