As always, it seems Nokia is getting flak for actually putting 110% effort behind WP..
I know that a lot of us here like Microsoft, my self included, but Nokia got the short end of the deal with MS ... they lost their independence, and now they are pretty much co-depended on Microsoft. This is more from a short term perspective... we will see what happens long term
Microsoft on the other hand got an amazing deal. Without Nokia I really don't see how they were going to push WP to the levels it is at today. Was HTC going to carry the WP flag and actually make a difference ? No. Was Samsung going to do it ? No.
Microsoft would've been in trouble.
Add to that the fact that if Nokia weren't using WP, they would either be using their own software, or even worse, that malware of an OS from Google, which would make Nokia a competitor against MS.. and we all know how that ended with Windows Mobile vs. Nokia/Symbian..
So, yes, they are putting 110% and that is good for them.. but its simply great for Microsoft.
Nokia will becomeWindows Phone and Windows Phone will become Nokia
MS might as well just buy them.. no wonder they were thinking about it, but I bet if that becomes the case, they will.
I don't know where things stand with their own Surface phone, but at this point ... how is it supposed to compete with the 1020 and its future clones ? So Microsoft will be in same boat as HTC and Sammy are right now facing the 1020..
But yes, I could see that happening, but I am not sure if Microsoft want that to happen. Probably not.
The other major companies are trying to kill Microsoft, either covertly or overtly (all of them: Google, Samsung, Instagram, etc.). .
Both MS and Nokia have been in the crosshairs of a lot of people, or so it seems... I don't know why that is, but Nokia got destroyed by the US tech media in the past 7-8 years. It was consistent pounding for a long, long time. Is it stock prices.. I don't fking know, but it felt like there was an agenda to bring Nokia down. Of course, Nokia didn't help themselves by having awful management, etc,. but still.. So finally they did go down and Microsoft got them.
Microsoft has been the black sheep in the tech industry for decades.. its so annoying.. I think we are finally seeing that trend changing, but its still pretty bad.