Guest awarner Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Well my Twittter has gone crazy when I woke up thismorning The day has finally com for the industries worst kept secret, Microsoft and Nokia have created a Smartpgone partnership and not just Nokia using WP7 as an OEM. This partnership will also include Bing, Live and Xbox and has to be the best news we have had so far. For me Nokia has always had one of the best build qualities of any device and they certainly put HTC to shame, so with the Nokia magic let's hope to have better optics and reliability. Symbian always had issues and Nokia fell foul to it's constant recalls with certain models. The one thing I will say though, for this to work well they have to get it right from the start and not the second or third device. I know I'm saving my pennies for the first release :-) More details from WMPoweruser and Engadget And here is the whole press release from Nokia London, Feb. 11, 2011 - Nokia and Microsoft today announced plans to form a broad strategic partnership that would use their complementary strengths and expertise to create a new global mobile ecosystem. Nokia and Microsoft intend to jointly create market-leading mobile products and services designed to offer consumers, operators and developers unrivalled choice and opportunity. As each company would focus on its core competencies, the partnership would create the opportunity for rapid time to market execution. Additionally, Nokia and Microsoft plan to work together to integrate key assets and create completely new service offerings, while extending established products and services to new markets. Under the proposed partnership: - Nokia would adopt Windows Phone as its principal smartphone strategy, innovating on top of the platform in areas such as imaging, where Nokia is a market leader. - Nokia would help drive the future of Windows Phone. Nokia would contribute its expertise on hardware design, language support, and help bring Windows Phone to a larger range of price points, market segments and geographies. - Nokia and Microsoft would closely collaborate on joint marketing initiatives and a shared development roadmap to align on the future evolution of mobile products. - Bing would power Nokia's search services across Nokia devices and services, giving customers access to Bing's next generation search capabilities. Microsoft adCenter would provide search advertising services on Nokia's line of devices and services. - Nokia Maps would be a core part of Microsoft's mapping services. For example, Maps would be integrated with Microsoft's Bing search engine and adCenter advertising platform to form a unique local search and advertising experience - Nokia's extensive operator billing agreements would make it easier for consumers to purchase Nokia Windows Phone services in countries where credit-card use is low. - Microsoft development tools would be used to create applications to run on Nokia Windows Phones, allowing developers to easily leverage the ecosystem's global reach. - Nokia's content and application store would be integrated with Microsoft Marketplace for a more compelling consumer experience. "Today, developers, operators and consumers want compelling mobile products, which include not only the device, but the software, services, applications and customer support that make a great experience," Stephen Elop, Nokia President and CEO, said at a joint news conference in London. "Nokia and Microsoft will combine our strengths to deliver an ecosystem with unrivalled global reach and scale. It's now a three-horse race." "I am excited about this partnership with Nokia," said Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft CEO. "Ecosystems thrive when fueled by speed, innovation and scale. The partnership announced today provides incredible scale, vast expertise in hardware and software innovation and a proven ability to execute." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kaspy Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 would be great to have nokia windows powered , i still love nokia, as it has good repo in my heart, i have always been using nokia from quite long time. Great news sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sb. Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) Never owned a Nokia and never intended to (never liked the OS) until now, the prototypes look awesome. Lets hope it goes well for everyone as I hope for wp7 to take off to another level and with Nokia coming on board it can only get better.......I hope! :D Edited February 18, 2011 by Sb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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