Sincere question. Nokia is bleeding cash. They need to make money now, not in 12-18 months. No one in their right mind would buy a WP7 phone at this point, knowing WP8 is on the horizon and won't come to their WP7 phone, so 800 and 900 sales, whatever they were, are going to grind to a halt. Nokia is losing ground in the low-end feature phone market, so they can't count on that to maintain liquidity.
I think WP8 is a definite improvement in a vacum, but in the context of Nokia on life-support, it's a disaster. And it's a kick in the junk for existing users.
So is Microsoft willing to keep funneling cash into Nokia for the foreseeable future, or is the WP8 timetable quicker than we're expecting?
I think WP8 is a definite improvement in a vacum, but in the context of Nokia on life-support, it's a disaster. And it's a kick in the junk for existing users.
So is Microsoft willing to keep funneling cash into Nokia for the foreseeable future, or is the WP8 timetable quicker than we're expecting?