Nokia unhappy with Windows Phone 8 progress

Expected but came off late, Microsoft needs to push devs. My friend's friend was screwed by MS as a developer.

Nokia is by far the biggest player in the Windows Phone 8 game. However, the Finns doesn’t seem to be too happy with the progress of the latest version of the platform.

In an interview with International Business Times, Nokia’s Vice President of App development, Bryan Biniak has expressed his disappointment over the Microsoft’s approach in developing the Windows Phone operating system. Mr. Bryan feels that the platform is running out of time to make a big impact.

The lack of apps for Windows Phone seems to be the major concern for the Nokia’s Vice President. He says that “if there is an app that somebody cares about that’s not there, that’s a missed opportunity of a sale”.

Although, Nokia has some of the best smartphones in the market like the Lumia 1020 and Lumia 920 with great hardware, the fact that it runs on a slowly developing eco-system hasn’t helped the company’s cause. Biniak feels that “without apps, the hardware is useless”.

Check out the source link below for the complete interview.

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Association with Microsoft was a mistake. They should have gone the Amazone way, even now they can do so.

They should have seen the progress of Microsoft on Internet Explorer before they ported Windows Phone to Nokia.

Nokia should not have been 100% dependent on Windows phone only ....y not meego +symbian+WP8 ...at least other OS were there own sometimes back...they could have updated symbian with more features and animations

WP8 is getting success...but it needs more innovation...better home screen...more features...and all that very soon

why don't they move to open source (android)

^^

But for those who were wondering why Nokia didn't go with Android, Elop's reasoning is pretty clear: he and his team reckoned that Samsung would be well-placed (because of its manufacturing capability and history in the mobile space) to dominate, which would leave no room for anyone else.

They've certainly been proved right - HTC's figures show continuing falls in revenue despite the critical plaudits for the HTC One. It's impossible to know, of course, whether it was the right decision - but at least we know why it was made.

SOURCE :
Elop explains: why Nokia didn't choose Android to replace Symbian | Technology | theguardian.com

Still I believe along with windows they should have gone with Android to gave a shot.

MSFT has to mutually work with others (be it Nokia/LG/Samsung), if they want to project WP8(or upcoming 9) and really contend with iOS/Android.

Well ain't that obvious.