Mr. Elop said that Nokia is on a burning platform. Well, he just poured some petrol on it, to help things along. Two guys with fading market share, trying to come together to become winners.... I don't fancy the chances of that happening.
For Nokia, I think this is such a wrong move because they should just focus on providing handsets that the market wants, instead of taking sides. If they absolutely want to take sides, why take sides with a player that has been around for more than 10 years and yet has around 6 percent market share. This after Microsoft has invested so many years and possibly billions of dollars on the platform. Compare this with the fact that Google has invested a fraction of the time and money (thanks to open source software) and has been able to ramp up to approx 26 percent market share in the last two years. I checked at the local eZone shop and they said Android is outselling Windows phones 5:1. On the hardware side, Android phones are now available at Rs 7,000 and might drop even further. On the software side the app catalog for Android phones is next only to the iPhone. Finally, the smartphone market boils down to who has the best hardware and software ecosystem. My guess is that because of the open nature of Android, this ecosystem will overtake the iPhone in the next two-three years. However, Microsoft does have a history of coming from behind and overtaking market leaders. Therefore, I'd never rule them out of any competitive situation. Venky 2011/2/11 Guru गुरु <[email protected]> > Nokia and Microsoft form partnership > Stephen Elop Stephen Elop was at Microsoft before taking over Nokia in > September 2010 > > Nokia has joined forces with Microsoft in an attempt to regain ground lost > to the iPhone and Android-based devices. > The deal will see Nokia use the Windows phone operating system for its > smartphones, the company said. > > .... > > Mr Elop revealed that the firm did consider a tie-up with Google's Android > operating system. "We spent time with our colleagues at Google and explored > the Google ecosystem but we felt we would have difficulty differentiating > within that ecosystem," he said. > .... > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12427680 > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in >
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