Nokia: We still need a cheaper Windows Phone to complete with Android - Pocket-lint
Sounds like Nokia is aiming to take on the <$150 Android phones with Windows Phone, that or they're thinking of pricing 610 lower than initially stated.
I'm sure a lot of us are worried about Nokia racing WP to the bottom, but I'm beginning to think we'll see Nokia use the WP OS in a manner similar to their Asha phones.
For example, we might see devices (next-gen Asha?) running the WP OS, but are "locked" to apps developed by Nokia, Microsoft and certain partners (global and local-oriented devs). This would include Drive, Maps, CNN, Facebook, SkyDrive, Office, Angry Birds, etc, as well as local-specific apps for education and stuff as we see with S40 today. Hardware quality would be similar, screens might be smaller than Lumia 610/710 but bigger than Asha-series? Might come with physical keyboards, maybe a scroller/thumb thing?
So users of these phones won't have access to apps using background agents or the Marketplace catalogue. However, Nokia will probably just market these handsets as next-generation Asha phones for specific roles, e.g. social connectivity, 'common functionality' or to get lower-income consumers access to the basics we enjoy.
Sounds like Nokia is aiming to take on the <$150 Android phones with Windows Phone, that or they're thinking of pricing 610 lower than initially stated.
I'm sure a lot of us are worried about Nokia racing WP to the bottom, but I'm beginning to think we'll see Nokia use the WP OS in a manner similar to their Asha phones.
For example, we might see devices (next-gen Asha?) running the WP OS, but are "locked" to apps developed by Nokia, Microsoft and certain partners (global and local-oriented devs). This would include Drive, Maps, CNN, Facebook, SkyDrive, Office, Angry Birds, etc, as well as local-specific apps for education and stuff as we see with S40 today. Hardware quality would be similar, screens might be smaller than Lumia 610/710 but bigger than Asha-series? Might come with physical keyboards, maybe a scroller/thumb thing?
So users of these phones won't have access to apps using background agents or the Marketplace catalogue. However, Nokia will probably just market these handsets as next-generation Asha phones for specific roles, e.g. social connectivity, 'common functionality' or to get lower-income consumers access to the basics we enjoy.
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