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I heard that a lot, but - I'm not sure that I agree. There are other manufacturers of WP7 handsets already. Nokia needs to set itself apart, and I have troubles

I heard that a lot, but - I'm not sure that I agree. There are other manufacturers of WP7 handsets already. Nokia needs to set itself apart, and I have troubles understanding how. WP7 phones have rather tight hardware requirements [1] that to a degree influence the general handset. I fail yet to see how Nokia can top that (Maybe coming up with a better Camera/Zeiss optic. Maybe putting quite a lot more power in the handset - but the first option would be more for a niche imo and the second would cut into margins if you want to be competitive). Sure, it's all just speculation until we see their first devices. But at this point I remain unconvinced that Nokia can differ enough to dominate the WP7 platform. 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone_7#Hardware http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone_7#Hardware

halo 16y ago
Nokia are able to customise Windows Phone 7 when other OEMs can't, and will presumably be the preferred partner when developing new versions. This might seem minor, but it isn't: think of the root cause of HTC's Android marketshare. There are plenty of other perks MS can offer Nokia too. Windows Phone 7 ads that prominently show Nokia phones being the most obvious. This is likely worth hundreds of millions of dollars in its own. I suspect Nokia will continue MeeGo development in case the Windows deal fails, so they have an alternative platform to fall back on. The potential for Android-compatible MeeGo handsets being rolled out at a moment's notice should keep MS in check.