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Nokia + MS: two failures do not make a success

Posted by Graeme in Business & Investment at 11:34 am on Friday, 11 February 2011

There are two things that strike me about the alliance agreed between Nokia and Microsoft:

  1. Combining Nokia’s failed smartphone strategy, with Microsoft’s failed smartphone operating system, is not a receipe for success.
  2. Nokia will now have three smartphone platforms, possibly falling back to two. This continued fragmentation is hardly a great way to get the critical mass then need.

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