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Microsoft and Nokia Finally Sign Definitive Agreement

Posted by Soulskill on from the do-not-go-gentle-into-obsolescence dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft and Nokia yesterday announced the signing of a definitive agreement regarding their global mobile ecosystem partnership. We already know that Microsoft and Nokia will work together to reach out to developers, but the two have agreed to make Windows Phone developer registration free for all Nokia developers. There are also plans to open a new Nokia-branded global application store that leverages the Windows Phone Marketplace infrastructure so that developers can publish and distribute applications through a single developer portal to consumers that use Windows Phone, Symbian, and Series 40 devices. Lastly, Nokia will contribute its expertise in operator billing to ensure participants in the Windows Phone ecosystem can take advantage of Nokia's billing agreements with 112 operators in 36 markets."

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  1. Who are they reaching out to? by spaceon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who are they going to be reaching out to? The Windows developers that were already ignoring WP7, or the developers that got shafted by Nokia when they changed course?

    1. Re:Who are they reaching out to? by FlipperPA · · Score: 5, Informative

      Hardly a Microsoft fan, but two seconds of Googling would have gotten you here (or any number of other sources):

      http://www.windowsphoneapplist.com/stats/

    2. Re:Who are they reaching out to? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      They are trying to reach out to people like me.
      Iâ(TM)m working for a big mobile game developer company (hence posting as AC), and I told our CEO, that I'd rather quit and take my whole team with me, than to develop for WP7.
      And from talking with others in the industry, including Nokia's own people, I'm by far not the only one.

      Developing for Nokia right now, is like buying tickets for the Titanic, shortly after hearing it hit the iceberg.
      And I'm saying that as a former level 65 Nokia fanboy. ;)

  2. Shame by Anonymous+Cowar · · Score: 5, Informative

    I switched from the n900 to the motorola atrix and I'm going to say it: for a linux geek who doesn't care about an app market, the n900 (and its successor) beat the pants off of android devices. I would routinely go 3-4 days without charging vs my 36 hour android battery life, the slide out keyboard was pretty good and beats the on-screen keyboards any day, and multitasking without having applications hide in the background is still sorely missed.

    Now the n900 wasn't perfect, but if it had a capacitive screen, 3g on AT&T, and a 1ghz+ chip, it would have been.

  3. Well done Nokia by DrXym · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your decision to partner with Microsoft is as sage and wise as allowing your balls to be shaved by a mental patient.