A lot of people are very skeptical about the latest between Nokia and Microsoft, puritans have issues with the bastardization of the platform and the OS. But windows phone has been running cross platform for years, and with Microsoft implementing a very strict minimum handset specification for all devices, substandard handsets is a thing of the past. And as for Nokia, I don't think there are more versions and builds of an OS floating around in the market place than Simbian.
The merger/partnership seems to be one of the mist interesting developments to come out of 2011. It has been a long time coming with both windows phone and and Nokia playing catch up on the smartphone market for quite some time now. Microsoft has a brilliant OS and UI, and Nokia has the marketshare, a vibrant ovi app and music store, and together they stand a chance to be a real player in the modern smartphone race. And from what we are seeing in the developer community on windows phone 7.1, there will even be apps for Africa soon enough. The tools are innovative, the language easy, and the support is there. Microsoft want input from developers, they want to improve, and they want to make it. Rumors are out that we can expect a windows phone Nokia late 2011.
This is an interesting development that I will be watching very closely.
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