So it’s confirmed — Nokia has partnered with Microsoft to offer Windows Phone platform on Nokia hardware. See full details of the press release below.
We covered the possibility that Nokia might embraced a new platform and the bet was between Google’s Android OS and Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS. Looks like Microsoft won the bid.
Strangely enough, the market didn’t take the partnership well — Nokia’s shares dipped past 13% after the announcement.
This is going to be a great partnership. The world’s leading phone manufacturer with an awesome OS. It will get better and better. Just look at iOS. When it was released it was laughable and now it is rockin. What is the point of being so disappointed? Just give it some time and we will definitely see success.
I think Nokia has the license to customize WP7 now, which is a good thing. Actually, they claim they’ll be working in partnership with MS to that purpose. So, I’m already assuming that the WP7 OS we’ll find on Nokia phones will be to some degree different (albait compatible, I really hope) from the one on other hardware producers.
I also think it will be quite likely we’ll see other features I can’t really understand why are currently missing in WP7, such as thetering and Sync with Outlook.
In other words, I think this degree of exclusivity may be enough to generate that uniqueness that is indeed needed to compete against the iPhone.
Check this to see what other developers have to say: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfWFvCJJaNs
These are the Disadvantages
of WP 7 as given by GSMArena
on their WP 7 review :
* No system -wide file manager
* No videocalling
Limited third-party apps
availability
* No Bluetooth file transfers
* No USB mass storage mode
* No multitasking
* No copy /paste
Too dependent on Zune
software for computer file
management and syncing
* No music player equalisers
* No Flash or Silverlight
support in the web browser
* No sign of free Bing maps
Navigation so far
No DivX /XviD video support
* No internet tethering support
* New ringtones available only
through the Marketplace
* Swapping memory card
requires hard reset ; cards not
readable by computer
Do you think is it a good
choice or what ?windows phone is crap
Good choice for Nokia. Its been 1year using wp7, I hope price and features for this is beat more cheaper than apple iphone and androids platforms phones