While many people discus why Nokia has cancelled the first MeeGo device and decided to work on the second, analysts debate what Nokia will do – it’ll switch to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 or Google’s Android. So let’s see what the specialists are thinking about this case. We have studied Bloomberg’s report and here is what we have found.
According to Bloomberg, Nokia is too close to cooperate with Microsoft to bring Windows Phone 7 to its high-end smartphones. But before to make such decision Stephen Elop had met Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer and Google CEO Eric Schmidt and talked about their platforms. According to the authors of the abovementioned report, Nokia has already abandoned MeeGo which has been going to be the successor of Symbian for Nokia’s high-end smartphones. So the specialists think, during the Nokia Strategy and Financial Briefing tomorrow Elop will unveil the company’s plans and probably they will refer to WP7. It could be a real version, as the agreement between Nokia and Microsoft can help both companies to go forward Android and Apple in the smartphone market.
Hakim Kriout, a fund manager at Grigsby $ Associates in New York, who holds Nokia shares, said:
“Very few companies regain their leadership once they’ve lost it. It’s a very difficult thing to do because their demise tends to originate from a combination of problems rather than one or two issues.”
But not all analysts think in this way, for example Inderes analyst Mikael Rautanen thinks Nokia wouldn’t use WP7 platform for its smartphones:
“We do not believe that Nokia will start using WP7, because that operating system has nothing to add to Nokia’s own eco system. It’s quite likely that Nokia and Windows will start some kind of cooperation, but that does not necessarily mean WP7.”
I tend to think Rautanen’s thoughts are more believable as licensing Android or Windows Phone 7 software won’t bring any benefits to Nokia and the smartphone market is fulfill with Android-powered smartphones.
However, I guess all our questions will get their answers tomorrow when Elop will introduce Nokia’s plans to investors.
