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olighak	2011-02-14 , 05:40
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Originally Posted by maverick788us

MeeGo development was slow.

Nokia feared that by the time they luanch N9-01, it will stay behind the competition, so they decided to tie up Microsoft to give a stiff competition to Andioid and iOS.

Why should a hardware only producer, as Nokia has now become, care about competition of OS's?

Isn't that like a food manufacturer deciding to throw away their brand and only sell their products as a generic store brand at a single grocery store, say WalMart, in an effort to beat FoodLion and Target?

Doesn't make sense.

Last edited by olighak; 2011-02-14 at 06:05.

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