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Kasz216 on 03 September 2013
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bananaking21 said:
Kasz216 said:
bananaking21 said:


i meant Meego OS, i just mixed up with the names

Still doesn't really make sence.  Meego was expensive as hell... at least compaired to the ROI.

They couldn't afford to keep all those developers on staff for such a tiny percentage of marketshare. 


The Memo barely mentions Meego outside of how it's sales weren't doing awesome, which everybody already knew.

I mean hell, again saying this is a huge microsoft conspiracy is silly, because it's not even the most popular conspiracy theory.

There is a more popular one... but with actual analyst backing.

http://blogs.computerworld.com/windows-phone/22748/did-nokia-blackmail-microsoft-sale-threatening-abandon-windows-phone

Which in of itself is silly as hell but hey.  It's atleast plausable.

Lately with this financial stuff, people have been trying to be critical of a platform, and been critisizing it for the exact opposite of what the valid complaints are.   It's "Should sony spin off Sony Entertainment" all over again.

as i explained in an earlier post this wasnt really about Meego as it is about andriod, it was clear symbian wasnt cutting it anymore, the smartphone market that nokia once dominated was shifting towards andriod and iOS. Nokia could have stuck with Meego and phased out symbian in the major markets where it wasnt popular, or went with andriod or go with windows phone as it did. the result, windows phone failed to turn the company around. and it IS do to windows phone. how can companies like ZTE and huawei sell more smartphones than nokia when nokia has a much stronger brand name, marketing budget and awarness. HTC, sony, LG, TZE, huawei and samsung. what do all these have in commen? they focus on andriod as a primary OS, and they all outsell nokia when it comes down to smartphones. Elops choice to kill off Meego and go with Windows was a bad choice for nokia not because it killed Meego and whatever potential. it was a bad choice because it closed the door for Nokia to use andriod. they went with windows which proved to be a failure. 

 

As for why they went with Windows instead of andorid... Nokia was losing money hand over fist.  Windows phone exclusivity came with a bag of cash.  Android phone exclusivity came with a bunch of superior, cheaper samsung phones.

Also...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-07/microsoft-is-said-to-pay-nokia-more-than-1-billion-under-software-accord.html

To consider how much that is...  The handset buisness is being bought for 7.2 Billion currently.

 

If they went with Android... they'd still be in the same position.  Their phones just weren't cutting it.  It was a choice of gambling on being a big fish in a small pond, or be a small fish in a big pond as you slowly wasted away into nothing. 

Samsung is the only real name when it comes to android, everyone else is just living in a tiny secondary market that would of never supported Nokia.

Had they went with Android they would of eventually had to drop phones.

At least this way they got some money for their dieing marketshare.