Thread: Nokia low-end Android phone is reportedly unveiling at MWC (pic inside)
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2014-02-12 , 10:51
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Originally Posted by Kangal View Post
Wrong, adopting Android wouldn't affect their desktops.... not if they want it to.

Carriers don't release information like that. Sometimes they do reveal their top selling smartphone.... but it will be the iPhone, noone would know if MS is making more money or sales from WP/Android.

Besides it's not humiliating in the least, it's only business.
Was MS humiliated when they revealed they make more money off Android royalties than Lumia sales?? Nope.

The industry has changed. You either lead it, or adapt with it ...or watch yourself fall from relevance as it happened to:
Nokia, BlackBerry, Palm, Motorola, (lost marketshare) LG and SONY.
humiliation really means mind share / market share to a company. it means brand value as well. yes, there is money to be made but look at the bigger picture.

if they support Android (implicitly or explicitly), that would have an impact on their entire portfolio of products and services.
1. Office 365 - better support for Android
2. Office for Android would need better support
3. Visual Studio needs to be updated to support Android development
4. Mobile device management in System Centre to include Android
5. Windows Server to include support for Android (tablets for example might need support for Kerberos authentication, cached credentials, etc).
6. Internet Explorer to be ported to Android
etc

It's huge, and it means more than just $$$ gained from having Nokia sell Android phones. There is a lot of investment to be made and MS will really need to look at what benefits they gain from this and what Google makes out of it (indirectly or otherwise). As it stands now, I am quite sure MS will not invest in Android in such a large scale so Nokia will be on its own if it really launches this device.