News: Windows Phone will be primary platform for Nokia

Nokia has just made a big announcement in which Windows Phone will be Nokia's "primary smartphone platform." What does this mean for Symbian and MeeGo? This is what Nokia had to say:

“Symbian becomes a franchise platform, leveraging previous investments to harvest additional value. This strategy recognizes the opportunity to retain and transition the installed base of 200 million Symbian owners. Nokia expects to sell approximately 150 million more Symbian devices in the years to come.”

And this is what they had to say about MeeGo:

“Under the new strategy, MeeGo becomes an open-source, mobile operating system project. MeeGo will place increased emphasis on longer-term market exploration of next-generation devices, platforms and user experiences. Nokia still plans to ship a MeeGo-related product later this year.”

After reading the comment regarding MeeGo, it's apparent that only one product will be coming out, and that is not definite. By the looks of it, Symbian and MeeGo may be no longer within a few years.

No word yet on when Nokia plans to release the first Windows Phone handset.



via: Nokia - Show Press Release

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