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Nokia should go all in on Windows Phone.

by shawnbaden 15y ago

phsr 15y ago
I thought that was what they were doing...
- iaskwhy 15y ago
  Well, me too but Stephen talk (which by the way was great) seems to imply Meego isn't going anywhere, he talks about both teams has inspiring and inspired.
  - crs 15y ago
    Well since he just bet the company on WP7 you can't expect him to say anything else. If MeeGo is going somewhere then that undermines his MS deal. That said, It appears that there are two factions in Nokia. One pushing MeeGo and one pushing WP7. And like I said in an earlier comment, this "leak" reeks of damage control btw pro WP7 camp.
    - iaskwhy 15y ago
      It sure does. I'm just not sure about these factions, I mean Nokia has the resources to have two teams on two different operating systems without there being some sort of fight between them.
SwellJoe 15y ago
They pretty much are. At least they're killing off their own smart phone OS. But, you've given no reason why you think they should do so, and the market has, so far, said that Windows Phone is unexciting. I'm gonna believe the market over a random guy on the Internet, unless you've got a pretty good reason to think two losers will combine to make a winner.
- MatthewPhillips 15y ago
  I'm not sure the market has said this so much as it's said "I'm scared to buy anything but Android and iPhone". I have no doubt Microsoft will be able to strong-arm their way into this market the same way they were able to do in search.
  - SwellJoe 15y ago
    Microsoft has a search product?
  - Hov 15y ago
    How do you strong arm your way into consumers hands? Smartphones are a very, very personal purchase. It's not like a PC where you use what your company demands you use. If WP7 succeeds it'll be on it's own merits.
- jeswin 15y ago
  Microsoft has so far not had a committed manufacturer. All the others (Moto, HTC, Samsung etc) are in the Android camp, just testing the waters with WP7. If you have used it, WP7 is a joy to use. My needs are simple. I need useful stuff on my home screen. No other OS does it better.
  - SwellJoe 15y ago
    I need useful stuff on my home screen. I've heard this said of WP several times, and I still don't know what it means exactly, or why I should want "useful stuff on my homescreen". My phone is in my pocket until I want it to do something (make a call, search the web, find some place in maps). The home screen has nearly zero value to me...it's mostly just where I go to find which app I want to use, and I don't want it cluttered. I use a second page for weather and twitter apps, but I can't think of anything else I'd want on the home page. I already get notifications for texts and voicemails, and I don't think I would want them to be more intrusive.
    - shriphani 15y ago
r00fus 15y ago
If they had, they might have gotten more money from MS (or been purchased outright)... as it stands, Nokia feels "non-exclusive" was worth something to them, and I would tend to agree with what I've seen of the N9 and it's version of Meego.

Nokia should go all in on Windows Phone.

phsr 15y ago

I thought that was what they were doing...

iaskwhy 15y ago
Well, me too but Stephen talk (which by the way was great) seems to imply Meego isn't going anywhere, he talks about both teams has inspiring and inspired.
- crs 15y ago
  Well since he just bet the company on WP7 you can't expect him to say anything else. If MeeGo is going somewhere then that undermines his MS deal. That said, It appears that there are two factions in Nokia. One pushing MeeGo and one pushing WP7. And like I said in an earlier comment, this "leak" reeks of damage control btw pro WP7 camp.
  - iaskwhy 15y ago
    It sure does. I'm just not sure about these factions, I mean Nokia has the resources to have two teams on two different operating systems without there being some sort of fight between them.

SwellJoe 15y ago

They pretty much are. At least they're killing off their own smart phone OS. But, you've given no reason why you think they should do so, and the market has, so far, said that Windows Phone is unexciting. I'm gonna believe the market over a random guy on the Internet, unless you've got a pretty good reason to think two losers will combine to make a winner.

MatthewPhillips 15y ago
I'm not sure the market has said this so much as it's said "I'm scared to buy anything but Android and iPhone". I have no doubt Microsoft will be able to strong-arm their way into this market the same way they were able to do in search.
- SwellJoe 15y ago
  Microsoft has a search product?
- Hov 15y ago
  How do you strong arm your way into consumers hands? Smartphones are a very, very personal purchase. It's not like a PC where you use what your company demands you use. If WP7 succeeds it'll be on it's own merits.
jeswin 15y ago
Microsoft has so far not had a committed manufacturer. All the others (Moto, HTC, Samsung etc) are in the Android camp, just testing the waters with WP7. If you have used it, WP7 is a joy to use. My needs are simple. I need useful stuff on my home screen. No other OS does it better.
- SwellJoe 15y ago
  I need useful stuff on my home screen. I've heard this said of WP several times, and I still don't know what it means exactly, or why I should want "useful stuff on my homescreen". My phone is in my pocket until I want it to do something (make a call, search the web, find some place in maps). The home screen has nearly zero value to me...it's mostly just where I go to find which app I want to use, and I don't want it cluttered. I use a second page for weather and twitter apps, but I can't think of anything else I'd want on the home page. I already get notifications for texts and voicemails, and I don't think I would want them to be more intrusive.
  - shriphani 15y ago

r00fus 15y ago

If they had, they might have gotten more money from MS (or been purchased outright)... as it stands, Nokia feels "non-exclusive" was worth something to them, and I would tend to agree with what I've seen of the N9 and it's version of Meego.