http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/ Engadget Comments for Switched On: Microsoft and Nokia trade posturing for pragmatism http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/Aug 27th 2009 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/Aug 27th 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/Aug 27th 2009 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/
It's a MUP! Look how cute!]]>Aug 27th 2009 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/Aug 27th 2009 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/Aug 27th 2009 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/
Are you inventing history again? I've never even heard of any sort of implied hostility between the two companies.]]>Aug 27th 2009 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/Aug 27th 2009 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/
Nokia was aware of Microsoft moves on smartphone market. They knew the history of msdos and windows, saw the dangers. They had the monet and marketshare to develop or buy a good operaating system but they also knew it would be a shortsighed strategy. Even if they had 30% marketshare at the time that would have left 70% of the market for microsoft, leaving Nokia into the minority.

So to stop microsoft nokia got together an alliance of phone manufacturers who bought epoc and made it into symbian. This proved out to be effective strategy and probably the only reason why theres such a multitude of different phones. Without symbian windows probably would have 80-90% marketshare and any other operating system; linux, webos, osx; would have a hard time entering market. All phones would be pretty mutch the same, with slight variations in color and shape, and microsoft raking lions share of profits.

There are a few good articles on The Register about it. Just google "gates nokia" and you should get there. Simply put, Gates spewed venom at symbian and lost sleep when nokia was able to form alliance in operating system with eriksson and motorola.

Its taken this long for microsoft to get over tthe issue. As the windows marketshare is dropping co-operation with nokia was only way to gain growth. Microsoft might be hoping to get people used to working Office on phones and in time dropping symbian and with that getting more people for windows phones. I hope nokia has made good contracts on to counteract this chance.]]>Aug 27th 2009 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/Aug 27th 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/Aug 27th 2009 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/Aug 27th 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/Aug 27th 2009 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/Aug 27th 2009 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/Aug 27th 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/
http://onioning.com]]>Aug 27th 2009 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/Aug 27th 2009 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/
I don't like the name OneApp though. Kinda misleading. "UniApp" would sound more better, if it were completely universal on every dumbphone. ]]>Aug 27th 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/Aug 27th 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/switched-on-microsoft-and-nokia-trade-posturing-for-pragmatism/
You know... because seeing your down ranked, grayed out, repeat posts over and over again helps to break up the text of the other comments and makes for more pleasant reading.


It might be a bit expensive, but that Nokia netbook is the first one that has been released so far I would consider purchasing, especially if it comes equipped with Windows 7. While I would like to see ION and dual core Atoms ect ect, I have a much better feeling this will actually be released sometime in the near future. (Unlike the magical ION platform weve been hearing about for months and have yet to see 5 machines with it, but even fugging COBY is making an Atom/Intel GMA Netbook).

It just shows you... Every month they were coming out with a faster processor back in 2004. Now that AMD has fallen out of meaningful competition with intel in the junk proc (read Atom) sector, intel has slowed hardware progression to a halt in order to ink out every little bit of profit they can out of these little chips, while the process to make them only gets cheaper.

Great business plan for Intel (as they are probably the only ones making any money on these things), but a sad set of events for those of us who just want a 10in netbook with 1280x768 screen, the video capability of a 3 year old Geforce Graphics card, and a processor that can run full screen flash consistently without crying. You know, the sad thing is the technology is all there to do it (and maintain somewhat decent battery life), but Intel (and Microsoft with their XP hardware limits to push people towards Vista) have decided that as long as we will buy these Mcdonalds computer's, they will keep selling them.

But, going to give a +1 to Nokia for at least giving their netbook a few features that make it a little less loathsome then the rest, even if it doesn't cost 300 bucks like everyone seems to want.
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This says a lot about their slogan: connecting people. There are precious few big companiesthat still have the same kind of soul and humanity that nokia does. While i was generally lukewarm to their products i have always respected the way and consistency with which they conduct their business.



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