Nokia has atlast declared the historic alliance with Microsoft. Nokia will now be using Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system on it's future phones. Well atleast this bit was already expected. Now they have officially announced it after the three day meet.
Nokia and Microsoft has signed a mutually sharing deal between themselves. Well both are bound to benefit from one another's expertise in certain areas. Nokia has announced that the smartphone manufacturer will use windows as it's primary platform, that is including the usage of Mobile Office and Xbox Live. Bing will be the primary search engine and Microsoft adcentre will provide the mobile ads.
The apps and content from the Ovi Store will be subsumed into the Windows Phone Marketplace. Apps will have to be made with Microsoft's tools and won't work with Nokia's cross-platform Qt.
Nokia also said that Meego and Symbian are also in development. Meego will find itself as an open-source project dedicated to "longer-term market exploration of next-generation devices, platforms and user experiences." While Symbian to support an established ecosystem as it would be "leveraging previous investments."
It's actually like a gamble. Symbian is much more flexible whereas Windows Phone 7 is relatively more strict. This partnership could also thrust Microsoft into the upper echelons of smartphone market with Android and iOS. However it might not last if it's not updated soon.
Nokia is still the leading smartphone manufacturer although with a failing statistics. Symbian just only lost to Android in terms of number. Nokia's strong foot in the developing countries where Apple and RIM are just only establishing would be helpful to Microsoft.
There is currently no info about their combined Phone as of now. Will be out soon I suppose. And it better be good for both Nokia and Widows Phone platform.
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