Nokia Believes WP7 Move is Very Risky

[Guest]

Such reports always have to include the possible risk of a company's strategy, but Nokia's document outlines 12 pages of risks that specifically refer to the transition of Symbian to WP7.

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[rohitbaran]

Well, Nokia isn't actually getting anything out of the deal. They lose their OS, their research and all they get are discounts worth $1 billion from MS for using their mobile OS, which has a puny market share and not even the latest iteration of Windows mobile is keeping it from furthre decreasing.

 

[sabot00]

Nokia is getting the ability to compete, losing their Symbian OS to them is a cost they are willing to pay, Symbian fell behind and for Nokia to compete they need a good ecosystem, they felt they would get lost in Android, waste money on Symbian, so WP7.

 

[guanyu210379]

WP7 is not the best way getting out of the mess Symbian had caused.
Even if it is only temporary solution, WP7 is not suitable.
Android is the only short term solution until Nokia can deliver its own solution for the longer term.
But still, WP7 is better than keeping the out-of-date Symbian.

 

[eddieroolz]

Of course there will be risks in any transition; however, it was clear to Nokia that despite how frugal and fast Symbian ran, it was nearing the end of its life.

 

[Murissokah]

Captain Obvious save the day!

 

[Griffolion]

Like the CEO's letter said, it's jump or burn. At least Nokia took a jump at something instead of staying still and burning up. Despite the risks, which there obviously will be in a situation like this, there is every chance that MS saves Nokia by providing a very nice (i've played with it and really like it) mobile OS to put their new generation of phones onto and Nokia saves MS by bringing their mobile OS into the public limelight even further through Nokia's extended reach in the industry.

Personally, i wouldn't count either companies down and out in the mobile sector, especially MS. They just have to get their updating right!

 

[back_by_demand]

Sure there are risks, but as stated above with the "jump or burn" statement, if they stuck with Symbian it's entire business would crumble to dust - at least with WP7 they have a fighting chance.

 

[K2N hater]

Is is to hard to improve Symbian?

 

[Guest]

[citation][nom]K2N hater[/nom]Is is to hard to improve Symbian?[/citation]

Just like Window went to square one and designed W7 from ground up to move forward from Windows Mobile, so Nokia would have to do with Symbian! They cant compete otherwise with the legacy symbian code !

 

[kartu]

Ok, so as an owner of Nokia C6-00 I want to ask:

1) So what's wrong with Symbian OS? Not enough animated menus, eh?
2) Why wouldn't using Android as alternative to Symbian OS solve the "not enough animated menues" (marketing) "problem"?

 

[dallaswits]

Without them making the transition to WP7, things will go badly for them.

Symbian is not going to cut it moving forward.

 

[angelraiter]

This whole thing is stupid.. Nokia should've gone with Android! WP7 is very very limited. Nokia could've distinguished itself from others simply by making better Androids than the competition. Dumping Symbian was a good move for them, but getting into bed with MST really surprised me. They are dumping a bad OS for a new and unproven one. Just doesn't make sense.

 

[Guest]

"Nokia expects that the partnership will give the company access to resources to help the company design devices that will be different than competing Windows Phone 7 phones."

So by using WP7 they can become different from every other phone that uses WP7?
WP7 = WP7?

I hope I'm misreading this.

 

[mosu]

At least for Eastern Europe, WP7 is a good choice, I think

 

[bv90andy]

I have a question, why is it impossible for a company to sell their phones with a choice, the choice you have with your PC. It would be awesome if I could buy my favorite phone and install my favorite OS on it.

 

[mikem_90]

[citation][nom]CluelessinNewOrleans[/nom]"Nokia expects that the partnership will give the company access to resources to help the company design devices that will be different than competing Windows Phone 7 phones."So by using WP7 they can become different from every other phone that uses WP7?WP7 = WP7?I hope I'm misreading this.[/citation]

Maybe they think they'll be getting licensing to tech that will let them play in other ponds. Microsoft has a pretty big patent pool.

I still think it a major mistake for them to do, it gives Microsof the ability to sink their teeth into patens held by Nokia. Something there might be leveraged against other companies easilly.

 

[mayankleoboy1]

they will just ask for another billion from MS