{"id":3432,"date":"2011-02-14T09:17:55","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T09:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=355"},"modified":"2019-04-12T10:53:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T10:53:13","slug":"nokia-teams-up-with-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/nokia-teams-up-with-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"NOKIA TEAMS UP WITH MICROSOFT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nokia-5230-x-5-backs.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-356\" title=\"Nokia-5230-x-5-backs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nokia-5230-x-5-backs.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-356 lazyload\" title=\"Nokia-5230-x-5-backs\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nokia-5230-x-5-backs.gif\"><\/a>Nokia has stunned the cell phone industry by teaming up with Microsoft, agreeing to switch its current smart-phone software in favor of Windows Phone 7.&nbsp; The move was greeted with shock and dismay by many, resulting in Nokia\u2019s stock falling by fourteen percent on Friday, but Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, who took over the company in September in what was seen as a way of \u201cshaking things up\u201d for the firm, has made no apologies for the decision, noting that Nokia is set to earn billions of dollars from Microsoft in return for using their cell phone software system.&nbsp; \u201cThis is something I don\u2019t think was completely explained,\u201d Elop says in response to some of the criticisms of the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Google Inc apparently also courted Nokia, wanting the company to use its system, known as Android, for their phones.&nbsp; Given that Elop is a former executive at Microsoft, some critics have even gone so far as to call him a plant who will work to try and bring Nokia into line with everything Microsoft wants, a claim Elop dismisses.&nbsp; \u201cThe obvious answer (to that) is no,\u201d Elop acerbically told analysts, industry executives and journalists at a special press conference on Sunday.&nbsp; \u201cThanks for asking.\u201d Elop insists that the decision to switch to Windows Phone 7 for the operating system for all Nokia smart-phones was made unanimously by the entire board and also prevents the Android system from grabbing too much of the market.&nbsp; \u201cA decision to go with Windows Phone creates a very different dynamic,\u201d he says.&nbsp; \u201cIt\u2019s an environment where now, Windows Phone is a challenger.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nokia has stunned the cell phone industry by teaming up with Microsoft, agreeing to switch its current smart-phone software in favor of Windows Phone 7.  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