Microsoft and Nokia in talks on Windows Mobile
Can it really be true? Cats are apparently lying down with dogs these days, with Microsoft apparently revealing that it’s in talks with Nokia over Windows Mobile. From Sky News:
“There are a lot of discussions happening with Nokia”, Pieter Knook, senior vice president, Mobile Communications Business for Microsoft said to journalists at the company’s press conference in Barcelona, Spain. “But before we move on to other operators, lets celebrate Sony Ericsson coming onboard first.”
I can see a certain amount of logic in such a union - Nokia has been gunning for the business space with its E Series for some time, and offering handsets running Windows Mobile wouldn’t go down badly with business users and corporate buyers - it still feels a bit wrong. With Nokia’s interest in Symbian still so strong, I can’t see it hopping into bed with Microsoft any time soon.
I think that if Nokia were to do this they would really damage the symbian brand. Sony’s Experia is running on Windows as well even though Sony Ericsson was/ is? a big symbian user. Windows mobile might cut it in business… Soon when it is common place to have all you info on the cloud (gmail/ google docs/ Yahoo address book) you won’t need Windows mobile to sync with your PC.
I don’t know the mobile ‘business’ market place… if this is the trend I wonder if I’ll want to!
Posted by DC Crowley on February 15th, 2008 at 11:34 pm.