Currently Nokia’s working on more than three operating systems, specifically, it launches smartphones running different platforms. That sounds a little bit strange, because usually mobile manufacturers have one big partner and cooperate only with it. That’s beneficial for both sides. But Nokia doesn’t follow others’ examples and dictates its own rules. This is why, though Nokia’s in deep cooperation with Microsoft, the company continues developing its native Symbian, MeeGo, and I am already not talking about Maltemi. Anyway, we must focus on Windows Phone, as Nokia’s decided to give out free Windows Phone-powered devices to WP developers.
During the last months it’s the second time Nokia’s expressing readiness to help developers by giving them free handsets. At first it referred to the Nokia N950 launched only for developers, now the company’s doing the same thing with the WP developers. Of course, Nokia’s done such a bounty in the past as well, but at that time Symbian was the only platform Nokia’s handsets ran. Presently everything’s changed, but Nokia remains faithful to its “humanitarian” roots.
Nevertheless, this is not the only step showing Nokia’s serious when it comes to promoting Windows Phone OS — recently Nokia started offering Developers Incentives for Windows Phone 7 apps. Clearly, Microsoft’s platform is the future of Nokia, so it has to do its best to go out the existing situation. Well, the developers have to wait only two weeks, because it’ll be launched on October 26.
