TAKEPLACE: NOKIA & MICROSOFT INTRIGUE NOT SURE BET

Monday, February 14, 2011

NOKIA & MICROSOFT INTRIGUE NOT SURE BET

A teaming of the world's biggest cell-phone and software manufacturers, respectively, would seem like an obvious success story in the making. Yet past stumbles by both Nokia and Microsoft in the smart phone market makes their announcement of a partnership more an intriguing possibility for consumers than a sure bet.

Nokia announced that it will drop development of it floundering Symbian operating system and instead move its phones to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system. (See our cell phone shopping tips for more about mobile phone operating systems.) CONSUMERREPORTS

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