Thread: Another proof Elop is a trojan horse
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2011-07-06 , 20:34
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Originally Posted by TheLongshot View Post
Why? WP isn't really in any better shape. The partnership benefits Microsoft more than it does Nokia, in that much of the innovation that comes with developing with WP will go to Microsoft.

In the meantime, Elop publically destroyed everything Nokia has been working on. Symbian? Basically told everyone it is a dead end. Qt? With Symbian effectively dead, who will bother? Also, WP does nothing to help the cause of Qt. Then there is all this development with Maemo/Meego which seems to be whithering on the vine.

I don't doubt that Nokia had to make a deal of some sort, but that isn't where the negative feelings are coming from. It is the throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Being a provider of Windows Phones isn't much of a future for the company that invented the smartphone. While Nokia may survive, it won't BE Nokia, if you know what I mean.
I think we'll see Qt used on S40 - the 'next billion' so often referred to. From what I understand Qt cannot be used on WP.

I think we'll see S40 fill in a lot of the space vacated by Symbian at the low end - like all those S60 5th Edtn and 3rd Edtn devices; imagine if you will a small, slim device in the mould of the current X3-02 but with the functionality and ease-of-use of the iPhone., because you can bet that Apple will go for the low-end with an 'iPhone Mini' sooner or later Qt would be very effective here.

In the meantime Symbian is far from dead: My N8 is just as usable and relevant as my N900 or any other device:

There are reportedly over 10 new Symbian devices between now and 2014 and we know support is to be extended to at least 2016 - that was part of Nokia's deal with Accenture who will now be handling Symbian development going forward. Nokia have just released a load of updates for S60 5th Edtn devices featuring the forthcoming 'Anna' browser, and Anna and belle are scheduled for release later this year.

We must understand that the problem with getting Windows Phone for Nokia going was going to be one of slowing the all-but implacable momentum of the giant that is Symbian. As the Elder OS, Symbian might crush the younger and currently less-capable Windows Phone. Symbian is huge, a monster with a life and trajectory of its own - that is why Elop has done all he can to be seen to 'kill' Symbian.

As if he could!

Nokia will be far more than a manufacturer of Windows Phone devices - that was the deal on offer from Google if they adopted Android. Nokia will work with Microsoft and other participant manufacturers to build and shape Windows Phone.

Nokia Maps is just the start. Expect to see Nokia licence (sell) a lot of technologies for use on WP devices - agiain a level of participation not even on the negotiating table with Google's Android.

Your last comment is very true: Nokia will not be the same ever again. It has been toppled by fast-growing competition since 2007 and came close to being unrecoverable.

But this is a dynamic and unpredictable industry; who could've predicted just four years ago the rise of the Android, the growth of Samsung, HTC, Huwawei and ZTE, the fall of Sony-Ericson, Motorola and, of course, Nokia.