When a year ago Microsoft and Nokia started their cooperation, no one guessed they have long-term goals and many people used to think the cooperation would wreck. Those who thought this way were naive, because both companies haven’t built a good reputation in a day. It took them years of hard work. My words refer especially to US geeks mainly devoted to Android and iOS. It’s difficult to convince them there are other platforms offering better or at least similar features. However, Nokia and Microsoft have planned everything in details and entering the US market was one of the basic provisions of their plans. This is apparent after what Nokia’s North American head Chris Weber said in an interview. He particularly noted that Nokia will make such offers that US carriers won’t be able to refuse.
At the moment we have no reason not to believe his words, because Nokia started its epopee in the US with a mid-range Lumia 710 offered not via the biggest carrier, T-Mobile. Yesterday the company jointly with AT&T announced the Lumia 900, which will be Nokia’s first smartphone running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and supporting LTE. So which will be the next step — Verizon Wireless? It’s rather expected because each manufacturer dreams of having its products in Big Red’s stores. Nokia is no exception.
In this regard I have to say US geeks are not sure the Lumia 900 is the phone to appear in Verizon’s stores and not fail considering Nokia’s popularity in the States. You decide whether Nokia is reborn or not, but the company is currently introducing handsets not yielding other manufacturers’ products.
