Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer outlined their new partnership in an analysts' meeting in London today, painting a picture of Nokia as Microsoft's premiere Windows Phone partner and of Windows Phone as Nokia's core smartphone platform.
"Nokia will adopt Windows Phone as our primary smartphone strategy," Elop said. "We will help drive the future of the platform, and we will bring Windows Phone to extended price points, market segments and geographies."
Nokia will bring "leading mobile devices," along with mapping, advertising, and global online store capabilities to the partnership, Elop said. Microsoft will bring Windows Phone 7, with its Bing, Office and XBox capabilities.
Nokia had three options, Elop explained. Symbian seems to have been written off from the start. Nokia didn't feel it could reach a board enough range of price points quickly with MeeGo, and didn't feel it could differentiate enough if it became an Android house, Elop said. That left Windows Phone as Nokia's path forwards.
There's still a lot that's unclear about Nokia and Microsoft's relationship. For instance: Microsoft has a very defined "chassis" spec for Windows Phones so far, which prevents phone makers from differentiating very much. Microsoft also hasn't offered super-high-end or low-tier Windows Phone options. But that may change: Ballmer said a "lower-end chassis" is coming, and Elop said Nokia would help Microsoft "move aggressively down the price continuum."
"We have very clear plans that allow us to differentiate within the Windows Phone ecosystem," Elop said. "It's a unique relationship."
We've reached out to Microsoft partners Samsung, LG and HTC to see what they think, and we'll update this story when we hear back from them.
One casualty of the agreement will be Qt, Nokia's cross-platform development framework.
"To introduce Qt to Windows Phone would fragment that environment, which would be repeating our mistakes of the past. With that in mind, for Windows Phones we will use Microsoft's developer frameworks," Nokia spokeswoman Laurie Armstrong said.
Elop went into a little bit of detail as to what will happen to Symbian, the smartphone OS that Nokia re-absorbed recently, and to Meego, Nokia's OS project with Intel.
"We expect as we transition through to Windows Phone we'll ship 150 million or more Symbian devices in the months and indeed years to go, but it's a transition program ... We'll ask [the MeeGo] team to change their focus into an exploration of future platforms, future devces and future user experiences."
But MeeGo could still surface as an OS for future Nokia tablets, Elop hinted.
"The third pillar of our strategic investment is in future disruptions," he said. "We reserve the right to introduce tablets with future platforms."
The partnership may finally result in Nokia's return to the US smartphone market, where it's been largely absent for years.
"This gives us faster access to the US market with a contemporary offering," Elop said.
We're sure to hear more at the Mobile World Congress trade show, starting Sunday in Barcelona, where both Ballmer and Elop are speaking.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Microsoft Phone 7 Stays Alive
Microsoft got a huge boost by the deal it did with Nokia. This will ensure the platform has legs and will probably ensure the slow death of HP/Palm WebOS which announced three new products this week.
While the WebOS looks like road kill, let's not forget the Nokia-Intel joint venture: the MeeGo OS, a Linux-based initiative that seems stillborn. Nokia mentioned that it will continue to experiment with MeeGo, but the Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop, did not seem too inspired by any sort of possibility that it will go anywhere. He was just being nice.
In fact, you have to wonder what Intel needs to do to get some respect in the mobile arena. When you think of mobile chipmakers, the last name to come to mind is Intel.
Whatever the case, Microsoft pulled a rabbit out of a hat with the Nokia deal, and over the next few months, this will be over-analyzed until we're sick of it.
I personally have written about Nokia strategies and think this decision is the most risky one it could make. Windows Phone 7 isn't going anywhere. It has no buzz, and Microsoft seems jinxed on some level. After all, Microsoft essentially invented the smartphone over a decade ago, long before the iPhone. Where did it get them?
Microsoft was single-handedly responsible for perception that the smartphone was a dog of an idea. The smartphone languished under Microsoft tutelage. Then the iPhone came along, and Microsoft was dumbfounded and slow to react. Years had to go by before a kind of iPhone-like Windows Phone 7 appeared too little and too late.
The irony, of course, is that Windows Phone 7 is not a bad OS and modern. In fact, a lot of what Microsoft has done on the mobile platforms has been quite good. Which brings us back to the notion that the company is "jinxed." Years of bragging, bad marketing. and lazy PR has resulted in major perception problems that Microsoft seems unaware of.
This was all epitomized by the Vista fiasco.
I was amused by the Nokia roll-out of its partnership with Microsoft where CEO Elop kept telling the media how the company will now change modes and get things done faster. Faster? With Microsoft? How would that work?
Nokia said it will continue with MeeGo in the background. None of the media at the press event managed to ask if Nokia is completely ruling out Android. My guess is no. And my guess is no only because the sluggish pace it will find coming from Microsoft.
In the mobile segment, things are flying. I see no evidence that Microsoft can keep up the torrid pace of real innovation. The company has gum on its feet.
I actually recall talking to Steve Ballmer during the roll-out of Windows 98 and asked him if the company was thinking of bringing out a complete and new upgrade to the OS every year like car companies do with their vehicle models. There was Windows 95 and then 98. It seemed headed that way.
He said they were considering it.
Well, since the two year gap between 98 and 2000, the gap has widened as the company cannot keep up a faster pace. You can get away with slowing down progress with a desktop computer and a game console, but not with these phones. Hopefully, Nokia has a plan B when the Windows Phone platform falls behind the rest of the pack.
While the WebOS looks like road kill, let's not forget the Nokia-Intel joint venture: the MeeGo OS, a Linux-based initiative that seems stillborn. Nokia mentioned that it will continue to experiment with MeeGo, but the Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop, did not seem too inspired by any sort of possibility that it will go anywhere. He was just being nice.
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In fact, you have to wonder what Intel needs to do to get some respect in the mobile arena. When you think of mobile chipmakers, the last name to come to mind is Intel.
Whatever the case, Microsoft pulled a rabbit out of a hat with the Nokia deal, and over the next few months, this will be over-analyzed until we're sick of it.
I personally have written about Nokia strategies and think this decision is the most risky one it could make. Windows Phone 7 isn't going anywhere. It has no buzz, and Microsoft seems jinxed on some level. After all, Microsoft essentially invented the smartphone over a decade ago, long before the iPhone. Where did it get them?
Microsoft was single-handedly responsible for perception that the smartphone was a dog of an idea. The smartphone languished under Microsoft tutelage. Then the iPhone came along, and Microsoft was dumbfounded and slow to react. Years had to go by before a kind of iPhone-like Windows Phone 7 appeared too little and too late.
The irony, of course, is that Windows Phone 7 is not a bad OS and modern. In fact, a lot of what Microsoft has done on the mobile platforms has been quite good. Which brings us back to the notion that the company is "jinxed." Years of bragging, bad marketing. and lazy PR has resulted in major perception problems that Microsoft seems unaware of.
This was all epitomized by the Vista fiasco.
I was amused by the Nokia roll-out of its partnership with Microsoft where CEO Elop kept telling the media how the company will now change modes and get things done faster. Faster? With Microsoft? How would that work?
Nokia said it will continue with MeeGo in the background. None of the media at the press event managed to ask if Nokia is completely ruling out Android. My guess is no. And my guess is no only because the sluggish pace it will find coming from Microsoft.
In the mobile segment, things are flying. I see no evidence that Microsoft can keep up the torrid pace of real innovation. The company has gum on its feet.
I actually recall talking to Steve Ballmer during the roll-out of Windows 98 and asked him if the company was thinking of bringing out a complete and new upgrade to the OS every year like car companies do with their vehicle models. There was Windows 95 and then 98. It seemed headed that way.
He said they were considering it.
Well, since the two year gap between 98 and 2000, the gap has widened as the company cannot keep up a faster pace. You can get away with slowing down progress with a desktop computer and a game console, but not with these phones. Hopefully, Nokia has a plan B when the Windows Phone platform falls behind the rest of the pack.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Microsoft Names New Server and Tools President
Microsoft has appointed its online services veteran, Satya Nadella, to head its US$15 billion server and tools business, the company announced Wednesday.
Nadella will assume the role of president for that business, a post that Bob Muglia announced in January that he would be vacating.
In announcing the appointment, Microsoft highlighted Nadella's expertise in cloud computing, a skill the company sees as essential in finding its place in the emerging market for cloud computing services and tools. Nadella's "deep experience" in Microsoft's server business and online services will "help accelerate our momentum while setting the course" for its future cloud offerings, CEO Steve Ballmer said in a statement.
Nadella formerly led engineering efforts in the company's online services division. He led the technical efforts to launch Microsoft's Bing search engine, as well as updates to the Microsoft MSN consumer portal and the integration of the ad services between Yahoo and Bing.
Nadella, 43, had been with the online services division since 2007. Before that, he led Microsoft business solutions, which offers the company's Dynamics line of enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management products. He has been with Microsoft for 19 years.
The server and tools business division oversees the Windows Server operating system, along with related development and administration tools. The division will also oversee the company's cloud computing offerings, including the Windows Azure group. In his new role, Nadella will have to develop a technology road map and overall strategic vision for both the server tools software and enterprise cloud offerings, according to the company.
Muglia plans to leave Microsoft by mid-2011, after he helps Nadella get acquainted with the new job.
Nadella will assume the role of president for that business, a post that Bob Muglia announced in January that he would be vacating.
In announcing the appointment, Microsoft highlighted Nadella's expertise in cloud computing, a skill the company sees as essential in finding its place in the emerging market for cloud computing services and tools. Nadella's "deep experience" in Microsoft's server business and online services will "help accelerate our momentum while setting the course" for its future cloud offerings, CEO Steve Ballmer said in a statement.
Nadella formerly led engineering efforts in the company's online services division. He led the technical efforts to launch Microsoft's Bing search engine, as well as updates to the Microsoft MSN consumer portal and the integration of the ad services between Yahoo and Bing.
Nadella, 43, had been with the online services division since 2007. Before that, he led Microsoft business solutions, which offers the company's Dynamics line of enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management products. He has been with Microsoft for 19 years.
The server and tools business division oversees the Windows Server operating system, along with related development and administration tools. The division will also oversee the company's cloud computing offerings, including the Windows Azure group. In his new role, Nadella will have to develop a technology road map and overall strategic vision for both the server tools software and enterprise cloud offerings, according to the company.
Muglia plans to leave Microsoft by mid-2011, after he helps Nadella get acquainted with the new job.
Microsoft Releases Web-Based Suite of Apps, Windows Live Essentials 2011
Microsoft's Windows Live Essentials 2011, is ready for prime time. Microsoft announced Thursday it's consumer focused suite of free applications, has moved from testing mode (beta) to the final release. The productivity suite is Microsoft's flagship bundle of Web-based productivity apps for managing and sharing images online, editing video, and sharing documents and files between PCs.
Click to ZoomIn addition, the company announced that Live Essentials will be bundled with Dell Computers sold during the holiday season. "Windows Live Essentials 2011 was designed and built to connect your PC to the services you use every day," Windows Live Engineering Vice President Chris Jones wrote today at the Inside Windows Live blog.
System requirements for the free suite of applications include a PC running either Windows 7 or Vista operating system with a 1.6GHz processor or higher. The applications in Windows Live Essentials 2011 include:
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Windows Live Movie Maker - edit videos and publish them to YouTube.
Windows Live Messenger - allows you to connect with Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace.
Windows Live Mesh - allows you to sync your files and folders across your PCs and connect back to your PC from virtually anywhere.
Windows Live Family Safety - manage permissions on your PC to keep kids safe.
Windows Live Mail - manage e-mail from Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo.
Click to ZoomMicrosoft Plays Nice with Others
One of the interesting characteristics of Windows Live Essentials 2011 is that this suite is surprisingly open in the way it works with and connects to third-party services such as Flickr and YouTube. Typically Microsoft has chosen to give the cold shoulder to so-called "frienemies" and keep Microsoft customers using Microsoft services. This update to the Essentials suite expands its reach beyond the Microsoft universe.
In addition to its outward looking orientation, the suite's apps have some interesting new features. For instance, both the video editing and photo programs are hardware accelerated for better performance than the typical web-based app. Photo Gallery also has a face recognition feature that allows it to combine the best faces in an assortment of group photos and create an ersatz group photo with the results.
If you're a Windows XP user, though, you won't be able to take advantage of the new suite of Live apps. They're for Vista and Win 7 users only.
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Click to ZoomIn addition, the company announced that Live Essentials will be bundled with Dell Computers sold during the holiday season. "Windows Live Essentials 2011 was designed and built to connect your PC to the services you use every day," Windows Live Engineering Vice President Chris Jones wrote today at the Inside Windows Live blog.
System requirements for the free suite of applications include a PC running either Windows 7 or Vista operating system with a 1.6GHz processor or higher. The applications in Windows Live Essentials 2011 include:
Windows Live Photo Gallery - share photos with your friends on SkyDrive, Flickr, SmugMug, and Facebook.
Windows Live Writer - update your blog on Wordpress.com, Blogger, and TypePad.
Windows Live Movie Maker - edit videos and publish them to YouTube.
Windows Live Messenger - allows you to connect with Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace.
Windows Live Mesh - allows you to sync your files and folders across your PCs and connect back to your PC from virtually anywhere.
Windows Live Family Safety - manage permissions on your PC to keep kids safe.
Windows Live Mail - manage e-mail from Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo.
Click to ZoomMicrosoft Plays Nice with Others
One of the interesting characteristics of Windows Live Essentials 2011 is that this suite is surprisingly open in the way it works with and connects to third-party services such as Flickr and YouTube. Typically Microsoft has chosen to give the cold shoulder to so-called "frienemies" and keep Microsoft customers using Microsoft services. This update to the Essentials suite expands its reach beyond the Microsoft universe.
In addition to its outward looking orientation, the suite's apps have some interesting new features. For instance, both the video editing and photo programs are hardware accelerated for better performance than the typical web-based app. Photo Gallery also has a face recognition feature that allows it to combine the best faces in an assortment of group photos and create an ersatz group photo with the results.
If you're a Windows XP user, though, you won't be able to take advantage of the new suite of Live apps. They're for Vista and Win 7 users only.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
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