It doesn’t matter how Symbian Anna, Belle and MeeGo succeed — we all know Nokia’s goals are related with Windows Phone. We have heard for many times about it and it’s not a secret the first WP-powered device of Nokia already exists and is being tested. Of course, I am speaking about the Nokia Sea Ray, though there are several other WP-based smartphones to be launched by Nokia in the nearest future.
Well, every day we hear news about Nokia and its adopted Windows Phone strategy. Yesterday we even introduced a new concept that looked quite attractive, though there is a huge number of Nokia’s WP-powered concept phones. I am mentioning it to make it clear how intensively Nokia is working on these phones, but at this time I must sadden you because the latest statement of Nokia’s Australian branch says:
“We won’t be releasing a Nokia on Windows Phone until Q1 of next year. Can’t be more specific than that sorry!”
In some aspects this announcement doesn’t change anything because we initially were aware the WP handsets will be launched not earlier than Q1, 2012, but the latest events make us hope they will appear sooner. One more thing — probably this statement refers to only Australian market, and other regions will offer the handsets before 2012. It mainly depends on Nokia’s plans — whether they are going to launch Windows Phone-based devices worldwide or there will be specified countries. Though I must say China is in the list already, which can mean Nokia’s WP-strategy refers not only to the U.S., but to other areas, too.
