Nothing against WP7 but I think if this were true, Nokia would be digging themselves another hole. Well they may not fall because of WP7 but I just don't see it giving them a chance to become a super start handset maker they once were. If they chose to make Android phones, I would be interested in purchasing one, since the quality of their phones is very high.
Nokia to Make WP7 Phones?
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#12Nothing against WP7 but I think if this were true, Nokia would be digging themselves another hole. Well they may not fall because of WP7 but I just don't see it giving them a chance to become a super start handset maker they once were. If they chose to make Android phones, I would be interested in purchasing one, since the quality of their phones is very high.
And what makes you think that Android would be better? Everyone's already doing Android and the models are becoming very similar to each other.
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#13Nothing against WP7 but I think if this were true, Nokia would be digging themselves another hole. Well they may not fall because of WP7 but I just don't see it giving them a chance to become a super start handset maker they once were. If they chose to make Android phones, I would be interested in purchasing one, since the quality of their phones is very high.
And what makes you think that Android would be better? Everyone's already doing Android and the models are becoming very similar to each other.
Nokia has a lot of hardware-tricks up their sleeves. One thing they could do to Android is to make the models stop being so similar to each other. I think, for an example, that an E72 running Android could go a long way in luring away BlackBerry users who are reluctant to give up a HW keyboard. There's currently only one Android device in that space (Desire Z), and it's pretty expensive.
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#14I still fail to understand why Nokia doesn't get it done with Software. I mean, look at Meego. Maybe I'm naive but I was really expecting more progress. I thought they were set to go. All they need is development power. Get their Meego core run on selected hardware. Do they put enough ressources there? Are there politics with Intel going on? It is so important to get going. They should know it and put $$ there. All we hear from Nokia is news about Symbian being supported more, which is not really promotion in my opinion. Look at RIM. Look what they do with their playbook and QNX. So much more progress than Nokia.
We need diversity and competition in the mobile market. Currently Apple and Google squeeze the money out of our wallets.
(And we need more Qt ;-))
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#15Nothing against WP7 but I think if this were true, Nokia would be digging themselves another hole. Well they may not fall because of WP7 but I just don't see it giving them a chance to become a super start handset maker they once were. If they chose to make Android phones, I would be interested in purchasing one, since the quality of their phones is very high.
And what makes you think that Android would be better? Everyone's already doing Android and the models are becoming very similar to each other.
The WP7 phones are much more similar to each other though, both in software and hardware (same chip). Plus, Nokia will have NO control over the OS. And they wouldn't benefit from Android's huge momentum. Even late entrants like LG are selling millions of Android phone units.
I thought they wanted to make their own OS so they don't get commoditized and distinguished only by hardware. How is WP7 helping them doing that? It's much worse than Android in that respect.
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#16Not at all surprising to me. Nokia is mostly a hardware company, and they just do not have a software house powerful enough to create mobile OS which could compete with iOS or Android. Nokia is a good company, especially in the area of dumbphones (still a pretty big segment), but they are just not that good at making software - I tried in the past to use their windows client ;-)). Nokia hardware + WP7 seems like a go…
Why wouldn't they choose Android over WP7. I would think Android would offer them more control over the user experience and Nokia branding.
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#17Not at all surprising to me. Nokia is mostly a hardware company, and they just do not have a software house powerful enough to create mobile OS which could compete with iOS or Android. Nokia is a good company, especially in the area of dumbphones (still a pretty big segment), but they are just not that good at making software - I tried in the past to use their windows client ;-)). Nokia hardware + WP7 seems like a go…
I wonder if the Microsoft past of its current CEO would have anything to do with it choosing to go WP7 instead of already market proven Android.
Microsoft needs more then a horde of clone phones. Maybe MS and Nokia can create something special that helps both? (Yes, MS wouldn't do HTC, Samsung etc. a favour with special Nokia treatment).
But you're right, Android is certainly more market proven, but also more ordinary.
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#18Not at all surprising to me. Nokia is mostly a hardware company, and they just do not have a software house powerful enough to create mobile OS which could compete with iOS or Android. Nokia is a good company, especially in the area of dumbphones (still a pretty big segment), but they are just not that good at making software - I tried in the past to use their windows client ;-)). Nokia hardware + WP7 seems like a go…
Even though I would prefer Meego all the way, I agree that Nokia and WP7 could be extraordinary. They could mark the standard for business phones. Hardware like the Nokia E7 and full MS office integration. At our company (big car company) they're rolling out iPhones to the management which is just ridiculous.
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#19Not at all surprising to me. Nokia is mostly a hardware company, and they just do not have a software house powerful enough to create mobile OS which could compete with iOS or Android. Nokia is a good company, especially in the area of dumbphones (still a pretty big segment), but they are just not that good at making software - I tried in the past to use their windows client ;-)). Nokia hardware + WP7 seems like a go…
Why wouldn't they choose Android over WP7. I would think Android would offer them more control over the user experience and Nokia branding.
And then have users bitching about not being able to install a bare-bones Android on it? :-)
I don't think going with Android is good. How could they offer anything more compelling than HTC or Samsung or Motorola, which are small players compared to Nokia?
I also think going with WM7 is suicide, but YMMV.
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Why wouldn't they choose Android over WP7. I would think Android would offer them more control over the user experience and Nokia branding.
And then have users bitching about not being able to install a bare-bones Android on it? :-) I don't think going with Android is good. How could they offer anything more compelling than HTC or Samsung or Motorola, which are small players compared to Nokia? I also think going with WM7 is suicide, but YMMV.
The phones would be very compelling if offered with stock Android, since no one seems to do it outside of Google, anyway. Huge market potential there, but too bad no one is willing to take advantage of it.
Imagine if Nokia became #1 provider of stock Android phones...most Android fans would be swayed immediately.
Oh and of course they'd also need to be on the cutting edge of technology. They don't seem to be doing that lately, except for the cameras.