Bloomberg has reported that Nokia and Microsoft are in talks for a likely partnership. These rumors emerged last year too and this year they have been going on since last couple of days. Both, Nokia and Microsoft are giants in their own fields but they both have similar wounds that they have received in the recent smart phone wars. These wounds have been inflicted by guys who came much after these two and screwed their happiness. I am talking about Apple (specifically their iOS) and Android here. These two have come much after and built their own ecosystems of users, developers, OEMs etc. Like Nokia CEO rightly said, Nokia is getting killed by these ecosystems which are growing exponentially and getting popular every second. Microsoft's WinMo was never that and popular but Nokia's Symbian was, it still leads but is bleeding left right and center. There is no clear understanding on what these two companies are planning to do. Maybe they will go ahead and announce a new OS (very unlikely) or may be the availability of MS products on all Nokia smart phones. You never know and like others out there I am not an expert. Nokia does not need a partner to handle this situation and certainly nt Microsoft. For Microsoft, in the of mobile platforms, everybody is their direct or indirect except Nokia. If these two go ahead, then MS will be able to exploit Nokia's volumes for WinMo but I do not think that it will sustain in the long run. What Nokia needs right now is to improve its Symbian 3 platform as fast as possible, it has phones, which rock when it comes to hardware but they don't run on a platform that possesses the killer instincts of an iOS or Android. I am still wondering why the fuck are they shying away from Android, agreed that Google pulls the strings there but what's harm in giving it a shot man. Microsoft is a good partner to have for Nokia but not when it is competing and planning to take on Apple's iOS and Android. These are completely my thoughts and if you don't agree with them lemme know yours in comments!!
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