Joint Nokia/MS conference next week. *Rumor* Nokia adopting Windows Mobile

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It certainly means some iteration of Windows on mobile platforms. I would assume that would be Windows Phone 7 right now. I think the idea, though, is that they would be adopting Microsoft's mobile Operating System: the current iteration is not the point.
 
Awesome news. Hopefully with windows phone 7 picking up steam, that means googlel won't slack off with android development.
 
here's hoping they announce a new ARM-based phone running full Win7. i need to be able to edit Word files on-the-go.
 
I swear these mobile cellphone wars are more interesting than the console wars. Microsoft and Nokia? I guess i can see it, they were once big names in the mobile market but have fallen a bit especially in the smartphone market. Hopefully Nokia will let go of Symbian and embrace windows phone 7.
 
this with wp7 would be nice
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neojubei said:
I swear these mobile cellphone wars are more interesting than the console wars. Microsoft and Nokia? I guess i can see it, they were once big names in the mobile market but have fallen a bit especially in the smartphone market. Hopefully Nokia will let go of Symbian and embrace windows phone 7.
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I personally think Android would be a better fit for Nokia. They can still put their finnish twist to differentiate themselves.

With WP7 I think you are caging the bird, let that bitch fly around with Android.
 
Lonely1 said:
Nitendo should go WebOS...
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I kept hoping that Nokia would have bought out Palm and used WebOS when they had the chance. I used to love Nokia and the memory of Windows Mobile still bothers me so I don't like this union, but it would be huge for MS in the international market if they pulled it off.
 
ep85 said:
I personally think Android would be a better fit for Nokia. They can still put their finnish twist to differentiate themselves.

With WP7 I think you are caging the bird, let that bitch fly around with Android.
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but birds like money hats too.
 
ep85 said:
I personally think Android would be a better fit for Nokia. They can still put their finnish twist to differentiate themselves.

With WP7 I think you are caging the bird, let that bitch fly around with Android.
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nokia can still create a nokia hub similar to what HTC is doing on WP7.
 
This would be a pretty big deal, if true. And I suppose the first public admission from Nokia that Symbian just isn't cutting it, legacy be damned.
 
I can't find any reputable source reporting this is a joint Nokia Microsoft event. Just analyst speculation.

Who is "The Sociable" and why are they breaking tech news?
 
lunarworks said:
If so, that's probably the end of Nokia for me. (I've only ever owned Nokias.)
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You like Symbian? It is outdated trash. Nokia needs to make a change to their OS to stay relevant in the smartphone market. I am sure their dumb phones will stay with what they have.
 
If true (and it makes sense), it'll be a dual Meego (Linux-based OS) and Windows Phone 7 approach for their top of the line phones. Some models with Meego, some with Win7.

Win7 makes more sense than Android, because they've already invested a tremendous amount in the Maemo/Meego route over the past few years.

I'll probably buy the N9 whenever it comes out, still pretty happy with my N900... though I think I hurt the CPU overclocking it... :(
 
Symbian is the shit of the shit of mobile operating systems right now. None of the Windows mobile OSes have been game-changing, but they're still a huge step up for Nokia.
 
If Nokia decides to abandon mobile OS' and go hardware-only, they might as well go all the way and support any and all OS platforms, including Windows Phone 7, WebOS, and especially Android.

I see absolutely no reason to go with only Microsoft, unless there are money bags involved and/or they collaborate with MS on the software (to help them play catch up with Android/iOS).
 
Kano On The Phone said:
Symbian is the shit of the shit of mobile operating systems right now. None of the Windows mobile OSes have been game-changing, but they're still a huge step up for Nokia.
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Symbian was A LOT better than the shit MS was putting out there before they gave up and started all over again with their new OS. Symbian became shit after Apple changed the whole smartphone market and Nokia failed to follow suit.

Remeber the N95 was the shit before Apple and Android and the rest hit the scene. In fact I loved Nokia phones before I had to switch to a smartphone for work.
 
Nokia makes some amazing hardware, but that seems like it would be stifled by WP7's very strict hardware requirements. Definitely interested to see where this goes though.
 
I would be shocked if Nokia abandoned Symbian, shocked. Even more shocked if they went with WP7, rather than Android. Can't wait to see what happens!
 
money hats people. what's so hard to understand about MS buying Nokia's exclusivity to gain a foothold of the international market for WP7? makes sense for all parties. heck, i'd even be excited if i owned android phone as competition from WP7 will keep google on their toes.
 
bionic77 said:
Symbian was A LOT better than the shit MS was putting out there before they gave up and started all over again with their new OS. Symbian became shit after Apple changed the whole smartphone market and Nokia failed to follow suit.

Remeber the N95 was the shit before Apple and Android and the rest hit the scene. In fact I loved Nokia phones before I had to switch to a smartphone for work.
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Mmmm. N95.
I loved that phone.
 
A few months ago Nokia announced that they've stopped the development of Symbian 4 so I guess there are some signs in the air about this.

Still, I really doubt they'd abandon Symbian altogether since they have so much resources behind it.
 
Symbian is beyond terrible, they should have dropped it 3-4 years ago. I like MeeGo though, hope it continues D: .
 
GCX said:
A few months ago Nokia announced that they've stopped the development the Symbian 4 so I guess there are some signs in the air about this.

Still, I really doubt they'd abandon Symbian altogether since they have so much resources behind it.
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Well, wouldn't they continue to use Symbian for more basic phones?
 
GCX said:
A few months ago Nokia announced that they've stopped the development of Symbian 4 so I guess there are some signs in the air about this.

Still, I really doubt they'd abandon Symbian altogether since they have so much resources behind it.
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They didnt announce that at all, just that the updating of Symbian would be different from the previous model.
 
I think there is too much correlation with microsoft and nokia for this to not happen (their past agreements, elop being from ms, etc).

If nokia went android they would just be another one of the many android phones and likely not really stand out (plus motorola has gone full bore on android and its droid marketing campaign)

Nokia would be the "premiere" phone that wp7 desperately needs (like the droid line is to android). Plus I see MS more than willing to dip into that 500 million marketing campaign (no way they have spent all of it so far) to make it worth nokia's while (something I don't think google would be willing to do). It also works in nokia's favor because they get an instant jump back into the smartphone race with possibly the best mobile os going forward (if ms can get the updates out there in a timely fashion).
 
Nokia going WP7 does not solve their main issues in North America and emerging markets, namely that no one really buys Nokia in the US, and that they are being undercut by cheap Indian and Chinese phones. Sorry, but WP7 is hardly a bullet point for buying a phone right now.
 
This makes me happy :) Although MeeGo is probably going to be the superior OS when compared to WP7 so I'll probably get MeeGo phone next... Though OviStore sucks ass and if Nokia doesn't do anything about it I'm going for possible WP7 phone.
 
markot said:
They didnt announce that at all, just that the updating of Symbian would be different from the previous model.
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They said that their plan is to stop parallel development of the platforms and update Symbian in smaller increments. And then they laid off a lot of Symbian developers. So it really wouldn't be that surprising if they did fade it out gradually.
 
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