UPDATE: Nokia has clarified its position. And as expected, they’ve completely denied this rumor and have reaffirmed their commitment to Symbian. No surprises there, Nokia was soon to rubbish the claims.
This is the kinda news thats worth the mobile worlds attention. In a complete unprecedented move,Nokia is rumored to be working on an ANDROID mobile phone. A reported by Guardian.co.uk, they’re going to unveil it in Nokia World Conference in September this year. Yes, its Google’s Green little alien we are talking about. This is a complete strategic departure from Nokia.
Nokia has perhaps never even considered powering their mobile handsets with operating systems other than Symbian and its associates like UIQ. There were some linux based phones in the past, but not something that cought our attention. Nokia has been the flagship company to sport Symbian operating system. We’ve commented on how both, Symbian and Windows mobile are becoming obsolete. Looks like the threat to Nokia as the biggest device manufacturer with the largest market share in the world is real.
Recognizing Google’s threat since Android’s announcement, Nokia bought out Symbian and converted it into Symbian Foundation – open source platform with more or less the same principles the Open Handset Alliance is based on.
Nokia’s lead in world market share is more because of its low priced Symbian Series 40 devices. They’re doing great in most developing countries specially in this economic downturn. The point here is, the smartphone users, people like you and me, are kinda moving away from Nokia.
There are great products like the N-Series sporting a world of technology but I think more than Nokia’s products and its OS, the end user requirements have changed with the arrival of iPhone and Android. Palm was quick to realise it and the result is their Palm Pre and WebOS.
Nokia’s build quality has been unparalleled. They’re probably the most longlasting with the least hardware glitches. Just yesturday I posted a line saying why dont we see a simple android poweredsmartphone thats less expensive than the current touch screen trend.
Guardian.co.uk believes their coming up with a Touch screen. But I hope and wish its a simple smartphone that the world can afford.
Guardian.co.uk believes their coming up with a Touch screen. But I hope and wish its a simple smartphone that the world can afford.
So, what do you guys think? How about Welcoming Nokia?
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