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Nokia Windows Phone Revealed

Posted by timothy on from the if-you-want-one-please-explain dept.

DMiax writes "Nokia's controversial CEO Stephen Elop just revealed the prototype of the next WP7 handset. The CEO asked the journalists present to turn off the cameras because the new phone was 'super confidential.' Did he really expect them to comply? After all he must know that this has the potential to hurt the sales of the recently released N9, the last non-Windows Nokia smartphone. He would never want to do that, right?"

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  1. It's reverse psychology! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "This phone is super secret, don't say a word!" actually means "Please, please, please, please give us some press for this. Even bad press. Just anything you can say that isn't another iPhone or Android story is great."

    1. Re:It's reverse psychology! by wintersdark · · Score: 5, Insightful

      This.

      Color me uninterested. Windows Phone is too little, too late. To an entrant in the mobile OS market this late, they need to come to the table with something that can generate enough wow on it's own accord to get the press it needs.

      WP7 doesn't do this. It's arguably more or less on par with the existing OS's (though I'd certainly debate that) but it definitely doesn't have anything making it particularly appealing in comparison. Why give up the huge support base and massive app availability of Android or iOS for.. well, Something Else.

      As it stands, WP7's only feature is that it isn't iOS or Android.

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      Meh.
  2. Re:Can't really hurt the N9... by Microlith · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My point is that he's a tool. He isn't supposed to think for himself, or do what 's best for his company. He's doing what's best to drive his company into a weak position so that they are dependent on Microsoft. His reaction here is to undermine the notion that Nokia could actually exist without the Microsoft dependency.

    He is a tool, wielded by Microsoft.