Nokia and Microsoft have banded together to fight Apple and Android. On Friday morning, Nokia announced it will partner with Microsoft, adopting the Windows Phone 7 operating system for its smartphones. In the past, Nokia has equipped its phones with its own software platform, Symbian, and a new one, MeeGo, was in development. Earlier in the week, in a leaked memo, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop compared his company’s current situation to that of a man standing on a burning oil platform. To survive, he said, Nokia needed to create or join a smartphone ecosystem. That is what it intends to build with Microsoft.
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Nokia Leaps Off 'Burning Platform' Into Microsoft's Arms
Posted by: Rob Spiegel February 11, 2011 11:57 AMNokia and Microsoft have banded together to fight Apple and Android. On Friday morning, Nokia announced it will partner with Microsoft, adopting the Windows Phone 7 operating system for its smartphones. In the past, Nokia has equipped its phones with its own software platform, Symbian, and a new one, MeeGo, was in development. Earlier in the week, in a leaked memo, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop compared his company’s current situation to that of a man standing on a burning oil platform. To survive, he said, Nokia needed to create or join a smartphone ecosystem. That is what it intends to build with Microsoft.