Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 12th Aug 2009 22:38 UTC
Two of the losers in the smartphone wars are cuddling up. Historic enemies Microsoft and Nokia today announced a wide ranging partnership covering mobile software, services, and eventually GUIs. Or as the execs put it today, as they exchanged dopey-eyed looks, the pair will "jointly design a range of new user experiences".
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Seriously, does Nokia have a clear strategy or is just a chaotic attack in many ways? Linux-based Maemo project for their N series, making Symbian more open, buying Trolltech, deal with Intel for oFono project that is Linux-based too... and now a deal with Microsoft. What will be next, Android based phones?
They are losing fuel even if they did similar things before others. Apple makes iPhone and become the cool thing, Google makes Android and starts eating the market and hardware makers that never did mobile phones start making them, Palm makes Palm Pre and get alive again...
Nokia, what is going to happen mith you. You were a disruptive company, making fresh and styled products that others immitated... now Nokia tries to follow the market in a pathetic way...
How to call this... Nokia syndrome? Sun syndrome? Motorola syndrome? Yahoo syndrome?