Nokia to use Window mobile 7

[Ted]

If they didn't go with Win7/8 they would already probably be dead (if 
went with Android), so its relative. Nokia blew it years ago. They may  
have bottomed out
now, and advance on Win7/8 mobile going forward. They got caught 
snoozing starting in around 2005-2006 time frame.
I have a Win phone, and android. Haven't used the Win phone as a phone 
at all, my sim goes into my Android, I got the Win7 phone as a new 
signup to bell,
and already had my HTC Desire HD. I think the Win7 phone may have a 
slight advantage to very non-tech people (i.e. grandparents), but that's 
about it, but
i haven't installed the new upgrade yet. Win 7 is on my HTC 7, basically 
same phone as desire HD, and the Win7 is a bit flashier with some 
animations,etc.
Nokia has to hope there is demand for WinPhone with MS new 8, if not, 
then they are in extra big trouble. If they had of gone with Android they
would have competed with Samsung, and started to late, and their stock 
would have been bailed on even more by now, so they definitely had only the
one choice to make, go with MS. Decided on Android back when Samsung did 
(or prior), then different story.

-tl

On 06/16/2012 03:58 PM, Christopher Browne wrote:
>
> Yep, what seemed like a bad idea looks to be playing out badly.
>
> Curiously, anyone I have heard that used Windows Mobile seem to like 
> it quite well, though not necessarily to the point of being prepared 
> to pay ANY price to get it.
>
> The other curious observation I hear is that the "market" would like 
> there to be a third alternative to iOS and Android, so there is reason 
> for mobile carriers to want either WinMo or latest RIM to survive, 
> though they wouldn't much care which, and they'd prefer to only need 
> to spend anything supporting one, so one of them should win and the 
> other fail quickly and ease that support choice :-).
>

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