Nokia and Microsoft Announce Plans for a Broad Strategic Partnership

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And *timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/n...bs-to-Nokia-employees/articleshow/7495159.cms was linked in that article as well

 

[ssk_the_gr8]

lol ... Noobs

 

[pauldmps]

Nokia CEO: cheap Windows Phones can come 'very quickly'

Source: Nokia CEO: cheap Windows Phones can come 'very quickly' -- Engadget

We'd raised our own concerns in interviews with both Stephen Elop and Microsoft's Aaron Woodman in the past week that Nokia could have difficulty pushing the Windows Phone platform low enough to fill the holes left by Symbian's departure in the bottom rungs of the market, but the Nokia CEO is making it very clear that he thinks that won't be a problem. In a talk with Finnish journalists on Friday, Elop said that it has become "convinced" that it can hit "a very low price point" and do it "very quickly," a strategy that will be key to converting significant swaths of Symbian market share into Windows Phone market share without losing it to other manufacturers or platforms. Of course, something tells us the leaked design concept (pictured right) doesn't represent the types of hardware Nokia has in mind for those low price points -- but no single device or market segment is going to take Espoo to the promised land here.

 

[coderunknown]

you mean 10k Winphone7? maybe Nokia will launch some 2.8" with Phone7 lite edition.

 

[gagan007]

@tinachan: you sir, have very positive attitude. I like that.

Could you please throw some more light on what were the opinions given at MWC2011.

 

[pauldmps]

Here is the latest update:

Four Nokia Windows Phones rumored in the pipeline, plus a Nokia Windows 8 tablet

Prominent Russian mobile tech blogger and first on Nokia's Most Wanted list Eldar Murtazin tweeted today that Espoo has not one or two, but four Nokia Windows Phones in R&D as of this moment, and... a tablet, to possibly run Windows 8.

Two of them are supposedly based on Chassis 1, which is the standard we've seen so far on WP7 devices - at least 1GHz chipset and 5MP camera, etc., and the other two will come based on Chassis 2, similar to the HTC Ignite that was leaked recently.

That all makes sense, but the biggest splash Murtazin is making (and he has been right about Nokia's moves quite a lot), is that Nokia is going all in regarding its relationship with Microsoft. We witnessed the engagement announcement, but now four babies are obviously on the way, and they will also have one big brother to look up to - Murtazin claims Nokia is working on a Windows 8 tablet.

*i1.phonearena.com/images/articles/38899-thumb/eldar-murtazin-nokia-microsoft.jpg

Not a shocker, considering both the Finns and Microsoft need to claim a stake in the tablet business before it is too late, and the ideal way to do it for both is with Windows 8, which will work on ARM-based mobile chipsets, and have a touch-friendly UI, similar to the live tiles in Windows Phone 7. We can actually see the first demos of a prototype Win 8 tablet as soon as this summer.

We are eager to hear more about this one, because if Nokia hardware and design capabilities join forces with a full-blown Windows version optimized for mobile, a lot of people will be tempted to buy it.

Source: Four Nokia Windows Phones rumored in the pipeline, plus a Nokia Windows 8 tablet - Phone Arena