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Originally Posted by Rugoz View Post
I don't know the details of the deal, so I won't rule that out.
But if Nokia provides key services to the wp7 ecosystem MS cannot easily get rid of them.

The problem is nobody knows nokia is behind those services, so they are not associated with the nokia brand.

Honestly I still think Symbian/Meego/Qt and OVI services would have been the better option, but I can at least see a logic behind the decision.
Wait, what? Yes, we do know the details. We know that it's a non-exclusive deal, read: the OEM WinPhone will ship without Nokia services. Meaning that Microsoft can choose to use another services provider (HTC, Samsung, Microsoft itself) whenever it chooses.

Meanwhile, Nokia has just scrapped its own OS's, meaning that they are now forced to use WinPhone no matter what.

People, wake up. This is a hostile takeover of Nokia by Microsoft, and none other. You'd have to be blind not to see it.
 

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