hi andre... thanks for the good observation... please see my comments below..
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 3:16 AM, andrelst <amva...@gmail.com> wrote: > Personally, Nokia should have multiple OS selections (WP7, Android, Symbian) > on specific phones. nokia considered android too... unfortunately... we cannot differentiate our assets with them.. one good example is our navteq maps and their google maps... that is why microsoft is the right choice.. they have bing (which is gaining popularity and google is starting to insecure with it).. msoffice... excellent software development tools and others that nokia doesnt have.. and what we have they dont have too like wonderful hardware, maps, location based system, global scale and reach and others... with this we can differentiate and complement with each other... > These are what HTC, Motorola, LG and others are doing > anyway, different OS on different phones. problem is those companies are just phone OEM... nokia is in different agreement with microsoft... > Have been using Nokias for decades > and I love the hardware. But when the iphone came out, it was time to say > goodbye and never came back. What's awful is that they never responded back > to the iphone threat until now... that was the reason why nokia stepdown our former CEO (a lawyer) who doesnt understand software.. we pick stephen elop (former president of business unit of microsoft) to take the job... his job is to respond the threat of that fruit company and regain the market leadership in smartphone arena again... > These looks to me a better deal and gain for Microsoft than Nokia. nope... both sides gain equally :-> > Why a better deal for MS? Well, nokia sells 120M phones per year! in one > swoop announcement, WP7 will probably catapult to #2 on smartphone sales > just by special partnering with Nokia. that is what global scale and reach i mean above... but that is only part of the equation.. still the bottom line is... both companies need a wonderful and rich ecosystem... nokia and microsoft will deliver that to the consumers.. :-> fooler. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
