> I guess we will start seeing the Nokia MS partnership success going forward when Nokia really has a chance of adding value to MS products. I doubt that. The

> I guess we will start seeing the Nokia MS partnership success going forward when Nokia really has a chance of adding value to MS products. I doubt that. The biggest change was that the mobile devices turned from devices (that people buy and use, but rarely get 3rd-party software for) into platforms (that people buy to have access to 3rd-party software). The big difference is that there are not that much positive externalities for market share for devices, but positive network effects absolutely determine the platform market. That's why Windows rules the desktop, and that is why Android will do so in the handset. I predict that all competitors will effectively be dead in 2 years, and only Android and iOS remain.