Kunmi, disregarding on what other sources Nokia might explore, the company's original principles and values should remain the same. That was always a good charactistic about Nokia. Nokia is looking at bad examples.
There is still room for diversification in business if they have the means to do it. One product line may not last for eternity but to remain a viable company, Nokia has to explore other sources.
Let me put it this way, what would you think if tomorrow Nokia annouces that it's going to launch a Nokia computer?
The traditional competition has been Apple vs. Microsoft. As Apple has the iPhone it seems like Microsoft needs to compete there, too, with a mobile OS.
The question can be more generic "Is Windows mobile OS good fit for mobile phone?" I guess the answer can be based on the current market share of Microsoft in mobile world..
Yes, Alex. But not only an OS that supports the applications but also that works well and responds as a perfect OS. Do you think Windows OS is the perfect OS for Nokia?
Mobile phone is becoming more of a commodity. Nowadays what really differentiate them are the operating system which support wide variety of apps running on it.
I think the problem with Nokia is its complacency with mobile phone/smart phones for so long. It should have try out other products as well. With Microsoft partnership, will it produce just-another-smart-phone?
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