It is interesting to read that Nokia is abandoning its mobile operating system, Symbian, for competing Microsoft's Windows Phone (See - Sinking Nokia Prepares to Abandon Symbian for Windows Phone) Both Nokia and Microsoft believe that by combining Microsoft's 'excellent' user experience with Nokia's 'excellent' hardware, they could be in a position where they can compete with iPhone and Google' Android. Well, makes sense :-), especially, when both these companies are not doing good in mobile market.
Personally, I think the most important thing that these companies have to realize is how soon can they build a community of 'free' programmers who would be willing to build mobile apps. The reason for success of iPhone and Android to a large extent has been because they have been able to position themselves as an excellent platform and monetary tool to programmers world-wide.
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