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Re: [LUG] Nokia MS - more from paranoia central.

 

The Nokia Smartphones are going Windows Mobile 7 from now on, Symbian
has been ditched, Meego isnt dead yet but.... it isnt looking healthy.

No, Microsoft dont own Nokia...yet. It seems more about getting a toe
into the smartphone market, killing another threatening competitor OS
in the process, and being able to compete with Apple and Android on an
even footing.

On 14/02/2011, Dan Dart <dandart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's about the phones, I thought. MS want a one-up on Android and
> don't want to side with Apple. Hmm, what's going to be up there?
> Meego, perhaps?
> Nokia has about a bazillion phones on the market, too... Symbian,
> maybe? Who'd have thought? If they control 3 (Winmob, Symbian,
> Meego/mintel/maemo) they'd have their own little monopoly of a
> symeegocrosoft.
>
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