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So Nokia kills one platform/smartphone in the recent past and that means that this new line of phones is doomed? How are the two events linked? I don't see a
by josefresco 13y ago
So Nokia kills one platform/smartphone in the recent past and that means that this new line of phones is doomed? How are the two events linked? I don't see a connection. Products are born and killed everyday, just because company X has killed product Y in the past, doesn't mean that every future product will be killed in the same manor.
Also, N9 was an internally developed OS that was late, and Nokia was suffering. Axing something that is eating massive resources for an external vendor isn't in any way similar to Nokia introducing a low-cost alternative to their existing high end offerings.
- sp332 13y agoMicrosoft is about to buy Nokia. No way they're going to continue development of an Android phone.
- Nilzor 13y agohuh? they already own Nokia
- melling 13y agoNo, they don't. http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/14/the-nokia-microsoft-deal-is-still-a-go-for-q1/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/14/the-nokia-microsoft-deal-is...
- easy_rider 13y agohttp://www.theverge.com/2014/2/12/5404098/microsoft-considering-android-apps-on-windows http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/12/5404098/microsoft-consider...
- josefresco 13y agoWas this initiative started before or after the MS acquisition was planned and announced? While technically MS might not own them yet, it seems they have already built their product offerings around this partnership (and for some time now). Which would make the comparison to the internal N9 project being killed in favor of a new platform not as relevant. This seems to me as a plan hatched after Nokia got into bed with MS as a plan to diversify.