17 Feb 2011
Nokia's main competitors see the phone manufacturer's adoption of Microsoft Windows 7 as a chance to boost their own market share.
Last week, Nokia announced a partnership with Microsoft to adopt its Windows 7 smartphone platform as a replacement for its Symbian operating system.
Samsung, HTC, Motorola and RIM all believe that this has left Nokia in a vulnerable position because of the time it will take to release a Windows phone, and they hope to capitalise on this opportunity, according to the Financial Times.
"I can see in terms of Nokia and Microsoft's relations we will do our best effort to try and gain more market share," said JK Shin, head of Samsung's mobile division.
Sanjay Jha, chief executive of Motorola, indicated similar thinking, saying: "Europe is interesting right now from the point of view of Nokia's transition. Potentially that creates opportunity for us."
HTC and RIM have also indicated that they hope to capitalise on Nokia's transition, according to the paper.
Google's Android became the most popular smartphone platform in the second half of 2010, while Nokia's Symbian has lost market share to Andriod and Apple's iOS.
Large volumes of Nokia Windows 7 smartphones are not expected until 2012.
Nokia, almost game over. show what you got. NOW!!! (or never)
I fully agree. below is what i wrote yesterday as a comment on other articles.
Nokia should come with something te very soonest. The reason is simple, the offer for high quality communication devices is hugh, gigantic, massive and immense. Just look at what competitors have to offer, for example, at the MWC 2011 in Barcelona.
Thus, why should consumers wait for Nokia? Even die hard Nokia fans cannot wait anymore. Why? Because they love high quality devices/smartphones and there is lots of it to choose from, NOW, at this very moment. A big negative point from Nokia is that they cannot give a specific date for introducing....just something.
I am very confident that Nokia will come with a range of new and competitive devices in the early second quarter of 2011. And if not, they sould come with a new, fresh and astonishing upgrade of its Symbian3 platform. Just to show what they can. Overall, it is important for Nokia to come up with ....something... very soon.
A lifeless Nokia is a hugh market for competitors,....even for big old Microsoft.
Posted by: plint6 17 Feb 2011
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