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I think it was a very stupid move by Nokia.
Elop, as of now, is just a trojan horse for MS. If everything turns sour, MS can either walk away or buy Nokia at bargain prices.
For a phone company the size of Nokia, I don't see why they didn't choose to offer phones in various platforms. Better yet, imagine they start to build a Nokia-compatible device, a hardware platform where all OSes are an option Sorta like how a PC is able to accomodate MacOS, Windows, Linux... etc
Nowadays, what makes a mobile platform stands out is SERVICE!! iOS has an excellent app store while android has the openess plus perfect integration with google apps.
If I were Elop, I would go multi-platform while starting to develop mobile services (from free to premium and beyond current offerings.. like payment gateway, security... etc) for all platforms. A seemlessly cross-platform service provider beyond what google has to offer to iOS and android.
With BETTER services once in place comparing to other competition, they can offer phones with some degrees on optimization and advantage. (Similar to what HTC is doing with SENSE) With the resource that Nokia has, I am sure they could pull sth awesome off
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