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>Nokia can differentiate just by being the company that produces beautiful devices running Windows Phone? You think that's their plan? You think Microsoft is n

>Nokia can differentiate just by being the company that produces beautiful devices running Windows Phone? You think that's their plan? You think Microsoft is naive enough to let it happen? If the short WP7 history is any clue - it's not going to be easy for Nokia to differentiate at all. >And to point "c" -- that there is a "glaring omission from Nokia and WP7 strategy -- dude, it was made public like 4 days ago. Way to miss the point - "dude". That is eons+4 days late - which boils down to the same fact - they still do NOT have a "strategy" - which means the Microsoft deal was made without thinking through the strategy - Is it going to be Symbian or S40 or WP7 Starter Edition on low end devices to compete with iPhone Mini and Dual Core $29 Androids? And that's where Nokia is hurting right now. They could make a me too WP7 device and there is a fair chance to fail there - but if they made a capable low end device that does most of what iPhone 3GS and LG Optimus does - they have real chance of getting somewhere.

oikujhghjk 16y ago
Everybody believes this is precisely Nokia and Microsofts stratergy. WP7 will be the only phone that you are sure will play nicely with microsoft email etc Business will follow the - never got fired for buying microsoft route Nokia is the only brand these same businessmen have heard of - they aren't going to take a risk on some 'foreign firm'. So Nokia becomes Microsoft's RIM.
- elithrar 16y ago
  > So Nokia becomes Microsoft's RIM. This would have been a good point – and certainly so if this had happened even just a couple of years ago. But it didn't, and business has begun to adopt the iPhone and even Android devices because of the large gap in the market, and because Apple & Google are driving devices that people actually want to use outside of business too.
  - jarek 16y ago
    There are so, so many businesses in North America that have not adopted iOS or Android so far and are still using Blackberries. This deal probably gives Nokia its best shot at getting a share of this market -- not necessarily a great shot, but better than it would have had otherwise.

oikujhghjk 16y ago

Everybody believes this is precisely Nokia and Microsofts stratergy. WP7 will be the only phone that you are sure will play nicely with microsoft email etc Business will follow the - never got fired for buying microsoft route Nokia is the only brand these same businessmen have heard of - they aren't going to take a risk on some 'foreign firm'. So Nokia becomes Microsoft's RIM.

elithrar 16y ago
> So Nokia becomes Microsoft's RIM. This would have been a good point – and certainly so if this had happened even just a couple of years ago. But it didn't, and business has begun to adopt the iPhone and even Android devices because of the large gap in the market, and because Apple & Google are driving devices that people actually want to use outside of business too.
- jarek 16y ago
  There are so, so many businesses in North America that have not adopted iOS or Android so far and are still using Blackberries. This deal probably gives Nokia its best shot at getting a share of this market -- not necessarily a great shot, but better than it would have had otherwise.