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Yes but that's kind of the whole conclusion of this arguement. Basically the behavior of a hardware manufacturer was so counter intuitive that to many people th

by apalmer 13y ago

Yes but that's kind of the whole conclusion of this arguement. Basically the behavior of a hardware manufacturer was so counter intuitive that to many people the only logical explanation is that the CEO must be trying to take the company down. I really dont know, but will say seems crazy that Nokia didn't have at least a small team dedicated to making an android OS 'port' for their devices. It seems like even if they thought it was a 1% chance of windows mobile not working out for them the hedge would have been worth it.

Zigurd 13y ago
The speculation has been that since Microsoft was paying Nokia some kind of subsidy they were not permitted to market other OSs. That would explain killing their Meego phones which were selling reasonably well, as well as killing another project for a low-end Linux-based OS. Nokia could easily have tried some Android products at minimal cost. But all the terms of those contracts were never revealed. I've seen it mentioned in the press that Nokia can re-enter the handset business in 2016, that Nokia owns part of Jolla, and that Nokia ported Android to several phones, which may have had a role in inducing Microsoft to buy the handset business.
cwoods 13y ago
>I really dont know, but will say seems crazy that Nokia didn't have at least a small team dedicated to making an android OS 'port' for their devices. It seems like even if they thought it was a 1% chance of windows mobile not working out for them the hedge would have been worth it. Elop did have such a team working on an Android port. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/behind-microsoft-deal-the-specter-of-a-nokia-android-phone/?smid=tw-nytimesbits&seid=auto&_r=1 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/behind-microsoft-de... http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/13/4728184/microsoft-surface-phone-testing-while-nokia-experimented-with-android http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/13/4728184/microsoft-surface-...

by apalmer 13y ago

Zigurd 13y ago

The speculation has been that since Microsoft was paying Nokia some kind of subsidy they were not permitted to market other OSs. That would explain killing their Meego phones which were selling reasonably well, as well as killing another project for a low-end Linux-based OS. Nokia could easily have tried some Android products at minimal cost. But all the terms of those contracts were never revealed. I've seen it mentioned in the press that Nokia can re-enter the handset business in 2016, that Nokia owns part of Jolla, and that Nokia ported Android to several phones, which may have had a role in inducing Microsoft to buy the handset business.

cwoods 13y ago

>I really dont know, but will say seems crazy that Nokia didn't have at least a small team dedicated to making an android OS 'port' for their devices. It seems like even if they thought it was a 1% chance of windows mobile not working out for them the hedge would have been worth it. Elop did have such a team working on an Android port. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/behind-microsoft-deal-the-specter-of-a-nokia-android-phone/?smid=tw-nytimesbits&seid=auto&_r=1 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/behind-microsoft-de... http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/13/4728184/microsoft-surface-phone-testing-while-nokia-experimented-with-android http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/13/4728184/microsoft-surface-...