"Mainly because of the Symbian->qt->MeeGo Strategy. Now nokia becomes interchangeable, a simple manufacturer of electronic devices, controlled by the US company "
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop did not explain what Nokia’s doing with MeeGo and Symbian in his open letter, but they were outlined in a following press release. Symbian becomes a franchise platform, while MeeGo becomes an open-source, mobile operating system project. Details after the jump.
This press release outlines the new strategy and structure. Below are just the info on MeeGo and Symbian that you all want to know.
On 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.
On Symbian:
With Nokia’s planned move to Windows Phone as its primary smartphone platform, 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.
light reading mobile broadband rip symbian meego nokia ties
Nokia is shedding itself of its Symbian and MeeGo MeeGo was designed for tablets, not smartphones, so this could be the strategy Nokia ultimately pursues. (See Symbian .
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=204359&
nokia finally dumps symbian for meego at high end rcr unplugged
that Meego may have some chance of holding its own†and “sinking further and further into irrelevancyâ€, is that Nokia’s Symbian to MeeGo (née Maemo) transition strategy is .
http://unplugged.rcrwireless.com/index.php/20100701/news/1760/nokia-finally-dumps-symbian-for-meego-at-high-end/
our software strategy
Executive Summary Nokia's software strategy ensures we can address all consumer and market Ovi*SDK Above both the cross-platform frameworks on Symbian and MeeGo, Nokia is delivering .
http://www.nokia.com/NOKIA_COM_1/Technology/pdf/Nokia_software_strategy_white_paper.pdf
nokia adopts windows phone as its primary smartphone strategy
Nokia Explains Strategy for MeeGo and Symbian After Microsoft Partnership; Nokia Strategy and Financial Briefing, Feb 11th 10AM GMT ; UPDATE: Nokia CEO’s Burning Platform Internal .
http://thenokiablog.com/2011/02/11/nokia-adopts-windows-phone/
nokia's new strategy windows phone 7
Nokia's new strategy: Windows Phone 7 Nokia CEO Stephen Elop announced Abandoning Symbian and sidelining MeeGo are risky moves: Nokia has devoted tremendous .
http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/11/technology/nokia_microsoft/index.htm?source=cnn_bin
nokia confirms microsoft partnership new leadership team
Nokia expects to sell approximately 150 million more Symbian devices in the years to come. Under the new strategy, MeeGo becomes an open-source, mobile .
http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/10/nokia-confirms-microsoft-partnership-new-leadership-team/
nokia symbian and meego not dead yet still shipping this year
Nokia: Symbian and MeeGo not dead yet, still shipping this suffered an untimely death, MeeGo and Symbian fans. "Under the new strategy, MeeGo becomes an open .
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/11/nokia-meego-not-dead-still-shipping-this-year/
sinking nokia prepares to abandon symbian for windows phone
Symbian. Nokia and WP7 strategy. Everybody else seems to be doing Android and WP7… Yea Nokia you should have put big money and time into Symbian or MeeGo..
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/02/nokia-windows-phone/
nokia boosts qt commitment changes symbian strategy
Nokia has announced plans to refine its platform strategy. Symbian will be moving to a more incremental across both Symbian and the Linux-based MeeGo platform. When the Symbian .
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/10/nokia-boosts-qt-commitment-changes-symbian-strategy.ars
nokia further refines development strategy to unify environments
Nokia further refines development strategy to unify environments for Symbian and MeeGo.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Nokia-further-refines-development-strategy-unify-environments-Symbian-MeeGo-1338790.htm
