Nokia to adopt Microsoft's Windows Phone 7, scuttling Symbian

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Nokia, Microsoft in pact to rival Apple, Google

Forbes - 11 Feb, 2011
By MATTI HUUHTANEN , 02.11.11, 10:54 AM EST HELSINKI -- Technology titans Nokia and Microsoft are joining forces to make smart phones in a push to challenge ...

HTC: We're Still Making Windows Phones

PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 11 Feb, 2011
Nokia may now be Microsoft's special friend, but HTC plans to continue to make Windows Phone 7 devices, HTC spokesman Keith Nowak said today ...

Nokia-Microsoft Deal: Winners and Losers

PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 11 Feb, 2011
Nokia agreed to make Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 its primary OS platform today, changing the cell phone landscape in major ways. ...

Nokia and Microsoft Partner to Build Windows Phone 7 Devices

TIME - Doug Aamoth - 11 Feb, 2011
Nokia and Microsoft have announced a partnership wherein Nokia will build handsets running Microsoft's new Windows Phone ...

Nokia, Microsoft Join Forces In Smartphone War

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - 11 Feb, 2011
The world's largest mobile phone maker, Nokia, and US software giant Microsoft say they are teaming up in an attempt to take on Google and Apple in the ...

nokia corp.

ZDNet - 11 Feb, 2011
Nokia is in for a rough two years and when it emerges with Microsoft's mobile OS it's unclear what market share base it will be working from. ...

Biggest loser in Microsoft/Nokia deal is Intel

ZDNet (blog) - James Kendrick - 11 Feb, 2011
Analysts are stepping up with thoughts on who the biggest winner is in the Microsoft/Nokia deal announced ...

Nokia and Microsoft team up

Telegraph.co.uk - 11 Feb, 2011
A new mobile phone partnership has been announced to take on Apple, Google and BlackBerry. Responding to the threat from Google Android and Apple's iPhone, ...

Nokia CEO On Choosing Windows Phone Over Android

MarketWatch - 11 Feb, 2011
In an interview, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop tells Mobilized's Ina Fried why his company opted for Windows Phone over Android.

Why Nokia chose to be a Windows planet, not an Android star

Fortune - Michal Lev-Ram - 11 Feb, 2011
Nokia could've picked the fast-growing Android and been a star in the Google-verse. So why is it going with the riskier Microsoft Phone OS? ...

MICROSOFT-NOKIA: The Biggest Winners And Losers (MSFT, NOK, AAPL, GOOG)

San Francisco Chronicle - Dan Frommer - 11 Feb, 2011
Microsoft and Nokia have tied the knot. At least for the near future, Nokia will use Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 software as the basis for its smartphones. ...

Can Two Turkeys Make An Eagle?

Sky News (blog) - 11 Feb, 2011
The competitive spin-doctrine from Nokia is that its tie-up with Microsoft has created a three horse race in the smartphone market. ...

INQUIRER readers say Nokia should have chosen Android

Inquirer - Rob Coppinger - 11 Feb, 2011
FINNISH PHONE FIRM Nokia should have chosen Android instead of Windows Phone, The INQUIRER's readers have informed us loudly and clearly. ...

Nokia and Microsoft: Economics, risks of a 2-year transition to Windows Phone 7

ZDNet (blog) - Larry Dignan - 11 Feb, 2011
The economics for Microsoft and Nokia may work out, but the biggest unknown is whether the phone maker can ...

Nokia burning lessons for enterprise vendors

ZDNet (blog) - Dennis Howlett - 11 Feb, 2011
What lessons are there to learn for enterprise vendors from the Nokia burning story? Plenty. Here's how. ...

Facebook-Phone Maker Praises Nokia-Microsoft Deal

Forbes (blog) - Parmy Olson - 11 Feb, 2011
Nokia's partnership with Microsoft is already getting flack being a better deal for the Windows maker than its Finnish counterpart, ...

Nokia to adopt Microsoft's Windows Phone 7, scuttling Symbian

Washington Post - Rob Pegoraro - 11 Feb, 2011
A company that once stood atop the mobile-phone market is throwing in its lot with ... another company that once stood atop the mobile-phone ...

Nokia: Microsoft Deal Leaves Investors Unsatisfied

Forbes (blog) - Eric Savitz - 11 Feb, 2011
Well, Nokia (NOK) this morning took the bold step that many investors wanted â€" it agreed to adopt Microsoft (MSFT) Windows Phone 7 as its ...

Now Nokia Needs To Get MAJOR Support From Mobile Carriers (NOK, MSFT, T, VOD)

San Francisco Chronicle - Dan Frommer - 11 Feb, 2011
Now, if Nokia has even a slight chance of recovering in the smartphone market, it is going to need another new set of best friends: Mobile phone carriers, ...

Windows Mobile 7 to replace Symbian in Nokia

NDTV.com - 11 Feb, 2011
In an exclusive interaction with NDTV Convergence, Nokia India says that Windows Phone will displace Symbian inside Nokia. Also, they say that we can expect ...

Newsmaker: Nokia's Elop eyes Microsoft window of opportunity

Reuters - Terhi Kinnunen - 11 Feb, 2011
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Stephen Elop must know better than anyone exactly what Nokia is letting itself in for by jumping into the eager arms ...

NokiaSoft! Microsoft Crosses the Finnish Line

Wall Street Journal (blog) - 11 Feb, 2011
By Dave Kansas In 1999, a Nokia-Microsoft partnership would have sent people running through the streets shouting hosannas. Today, it's like two old, ...

Nokia: Street Views Mixed On MSFT Deal; Boon Or Bain For RIM?

Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - 11 Feb, 2011
Following news this morning that Nokia (NOK) is, in fact, striking the much-rumored partnership with Microsoft (MSFT), moving to Windows ...

Grief and disbelief greet Elop's Nokia revolution

Register - Andrew Orlowski - 11 Feb, 2011
Analysis There are times when you don't want to intrude on public grief, but Nokia has spent 15 years (or ...

How RIM can win from Nokia-Microsoft deal

Financial Post - 11 Feb, 2011
Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop (L) shakes hands with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (R) on February 11, 2011. Nokia said it was joining forces with ...

Microsoft, Nokia Join Forces On Windows Phones

InformationWeek - Paul McDougall - 11 Feb, 2011
Windows Phone 7 becomes the default operating system on Nokia smartphones under a bold plan designed to lift both companies' fortunes in the mobile market. ...

Nokia's Elop and Microsoft's Ballmer on phone deal

BBC News - 11 Feb, 2011
Nokia and Microsoft have formed an alliance that will lead to the Windows phone operating system running on Nokia smartphones. The deal means that Nokia's ...

Windows Phone 7 gets asked to the mobile dance by Nokia

ZDNet (blog) - Ted Schadler - 11 Feb, 2011
A lot of “ifs” dominate Nokia/Windows Phone 7 discussion…but the end result could be relevant to the ...

Elop and Nokia Do Microsoft a Favor

Forbes (blog) - Haydn Shaughnessy - 11 Feb, 2011
I believe we have lacked accountability and leadership to align and direct the company through these disruptive times. ...

Ballmer Surprise Appearance at Nokia Announcement

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Ben Rooney - 11 Feb, 2011
The biggest surprise of the day was not Nokia CEO Stephen Elop's announcement of a love-in with Windows Phone 7, it was the appearance ...

 

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