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Saturday, September 1, 2012

nokia plans for a android




Nokia is planning a android if nokia lumia fails  .......................................................................................

 has been frantically rejecting the possibility of putting Android on its smartphones, but this might change if Windows Phone 8 fails to gain traction.

In an interview aired on a Finnish TV, Risto Siilasmaa, a member of the Nokia board of directors, said that Android is the company's "backup plan" if Windows Phone 8 fails.
However, Siilasmaa also added that he is happy with how things are currently shaping up for Windows Phone 8 and switching to plan B probably won't be required. Microsoft and Nokia are betting on more features and less bugs to turn things in their favor.
Many people are going to be quite happy if in fact Nokia joins the Android camp and starts manufacturing some truly high-end devices. However, such a turn of events seems unlikely as the contract between Nokia and Microsoft is said to contain clauses, which force the Finns to focus all their effort on WP.
Update: Nokia got in touch with us and it turns out the interview was wrongly interpreted. When asked what the company's backup plan was, Nokia's chairman hasn't explicitly stated that Android is in it. Here's the exact quote: "[...] like any responsible board, we must be prepared for alternatives, but that is not our focus today [...]".
However, we can't think of any other mobile OS, which can be a viable alternative to the Windows Phone strategy, other than Android.



After making plenty of controversial comments about Android, Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop, the Lumia-maker has finally done the unthinkable and yet the inevitable; it has embraced Google's platform. With the addition of a newly announced Nokia Feo 800, the Finns now has phones based on five platforms including Windows Phone, Meego, Symbian, and Series 40.

The Feo 800 will feature the latest Android 4.0 ICS out of the box. It's powered by a 1.5 GHz CPU sourced from its Korean friend Samsung. Other than that the phone features a 4" AMOLED screen with pixel dimensions of 800x480, 8 MP camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, and a 1850 mAh battery. Additionally, this will be the first Android device to flaunt Nokia's offline maps and navigation solution.

During the announcement, Elop said "The Android OS is so ugly that it managed to turn our beautiful polycarbonate monoblock into an ugly slab. Therefore, we decided to call it Feo, which means ugly in Spanish".

According to the press release, the Feo 800 will hit the market in early May. Similar, to Lumia 800 and N9, the device will be available in black, cyan, and magenta. Although there's no official word on its pricing, experts believe that the handset will cost around Rs 35,000 when it is available in India.


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