Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Symbian Os Going To Die In 2011
The Steve show just ended with both Elop and
Ballmer hosting a very informative media Q&A
following the reveal of Nokia's plan to use
Windows Phone 7 as its "primary smartphone
platform." Here are the highlights: No specific announcement for when we'll see
the first Nokia Windows Phone. Ballmer
mentioned that the engineering teams have
spent a lot of time together already. Elop also confirmed that Nokia is a Finnish
company and always will be -- they will not be
moving to Silicon Valley or anywhere else. Ballmer said that the partnership is "not
exclusive" but some things that Microsoft is
doing with Nokia are "unique" allowing Nokia
to differentiate itself in the market. Elop added
that it's important for the Windows Phone 7
ecosystem to thrive, which means that multiple vendors must succeed. Elop didn't believe that Nokia could create a
new ecosystem around MeeGo fast enough. Nokia will "substantially reduce" R&D expenditures while increasing R&D productivity moving forward. Nokia did talk with Google about adopting
Android but decided that it "would have
difficulty differentiating within that
ecosystem" and the "commoditization risk was
very high -- prices, profits, everything being
pushed down, value being moved out to Google which was concerning to us." Microsoft
presented the best option for Nokia to resume
the fight in the high end smarpthone segment. Elop clarified that MeeGo will ship this year but
"not as part of another broad smarpthone
platform strategy, but as an opportunity to
learn." Something that sounds very similar to
position Nokia took with its so-called
"experimental" Maemo-based N900 last year. After the first (and apparently, only) MeeGo
device ships this year, the MeeGo team will
then "change their focus into an exploration of
future platforms, future devices, future user
experiences." Trying to determine the "next
disruption" in smartphones. Responding to "hope for a broad MeeGo-based
ecosystem," Elop said that Nokia simply wasn't
moving fast enough to effectively win and
compete against Apple and Google. Windows
Phone makes it a "three-horse race,"
something that Elop says is pleasing to the carriers he's been speaking with. Nokia has different options for its tablet
strategy including using something from
Microsoft or something that Nokia has
developed internally.
, it's clear that Symbian is on its last legs and will be replaced by Windows Phone just as soon as Nokia and Microsoft can make it
happen.
Nokia posts video of Microsoft partnership Wow, we have to hand it those Nokia social
media types, they're on top of their game. A mere
couple of hours after Stephen Elop and Steve
Ballmer took the stage in London, the video of
their joint announcement of a Nokia-Microsoft
partnership is up and ready for repeated consumption. For those of you just catching up
now, Windows Phone 7 has become Nokia's
"principal smartphone strategy ," MeeGo is getting transformed into an experimental "learning"
platform, and Symbian... well, maybe you should
sit down for this one, Symbian's being killed off . There's more to the strategic alliance unveiled
today, including the WP7 Marketplace subsuming
the Ovi Store and some Bing and Ovi Maps
interaction, so why not press play above and let
the men in charge tell you about it
Ballmer hosting a very informative media Q&A
following the reveal of Nokia's plan to use
Windows Phone 7 as its "primary smartphone
platform." Here are the highlights: No specific announcement for when we'll see
the first Nokia Windows Phone. Ballmer
mentioned that the engineering teams have
spent a lot of time together already. Elop also confirmed that Nokia is a Finnish
company and always will be -- they will not be
moving to Silicon Valley or anywhere else. Ballmer said that the partnership is "not
exclusive" but some things that Microsoft is
doing with Nokia are "unique" allowing Nokia
to differentiate itself in the market. Elop added
that it's important for the Windows Phone 7
ecosystem to thrive, which means that multiple vendors must succeed. Elop didn't believe that Nokia could create a
new ecosystem around MeeGo fast enough. Nokia will "substantially reduce" R&D expenditures while increasing R&D productivity moving forward. Nokia did talk with Google about adopting
Android but decided that it "would have
difficulty differentiating within that
ecosystem" and the "commoditization risk was
very high -- prices, profits, everything being
pushed down, value being moved out to Google which was concerning to us." Microsoft
presented the best option for Nokia to resume
the fight in the high end smarpthone segment. Elop clarified that MeeGo will ship this year but
"not as part of another broad smarpthone
platform strategy, but as an opportunity to
learn." Something that sounds very similar to
position Nokia took with its so-called
"experimental" Maemo-based N900 last year. After the first (and apparently, only) MeeGo
device ships this year, the MeeGo team will
then "change their focus into an exploration of
future platforms, future devices, future user
experiences." Trying to determine the "next
disruption" in smartphones. Responding to "hope for a broad MeeGo-based
ecosystem," Elop said that Nokia simply wasn't
moving fast enough to effectively win and
compete against Apple and Google. Windows
Phone makes it a "three-horse race,"
something that Elop says is pleasing to the carriers he's been speaking with. Nokia has different options for its tablet
strategy including using something from
Microsoft or something that Nokia has
developed internally.
, it's clear that Symbian is on its last legs and will be replaced by Windows Phone just as soon as Nokia and Microsoft can make it
happen.
Nokia posts video of Microsoft partnership Wow, we have to hand it those Nokia social
media types, they're on top of their game. A mere
couple of hours after Stephen Elop and Steve
Ballmer took the stage in London, the video of
their joint announcement of a Nokia-Microsoft
partnership is up and ready for repeated consumption. For those of you just catching up
now, Windows Phone 7 has become Nokia's
"principal smartphone strategy ," MeeGo is getting transformed into an experimental "learning"
platform, and Symbian... well, maybe you should
sit down for this one, Symbian's being killed off . There's more to the strategic alliance unveiled
today, including the WP7 Marketplace subsuming
the Ovi Store and some Bing and Ovi Maps
interaction, so why not press play above and let
the men in charge tell you about it
