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We all want that day to arrive faster, but Nokia means nothing in USA, and sure they are still quite powerful in the rest of the world, but I think carriers hav
by nextparadigms 15y ago
We all want that day to arrive faster, but Nokia means nothing in USA, and sure they are still quite powerful in the rest of the world, but I think carriers have enough strong options right now to not care about whatever "threats" Microsoft or Nokia would throw at them. WP7 is virtually nowhere, and Nokia is declining fast (lost 15% market share since 12 months ago! - 26% left).
- kfury 15y agoIf Nokia is the primary hardware manufacturer of Microsoft's solution then it won't matter. Three years ago HTC had no real brand in the USA but that doesn't stop them from selling a ton of Android phones. Meanwhile Motorola is widely recognized but sales are abysmal.
- simplezeal 15y agoIMO that's the beauty of this arrangement. Nokia has minimal presence in US so there is no question of pissing off the carriers. This kind of arrangement is not possible with Samsung/HTC/Motorola etc.
- pedalpete 15y agoI think the article is referring to Nokia outside of their handset business. My understanding is that Nokia, Ericsson and Cisco are the big players in the infrastructure supplied to the carriers, not just the handsets. It could be in this space that Microsoft may benefit from deeper partership with Nokia. The handsets will be nice, but not a game changer for the industry.