Finnish handset maker Nokia should have chosen Google’s Android operating system instead of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, Google CEO Eric Schmidt has argued.
Speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, he said that Google too had been in…
Finnish handset maker Nokia should have chosen Google’s Android operating system instead of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, Google CEO Eric Schmidt has argued.
Speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, he said that Google too had been in “extensive” talks with Nokia, which is now led by Microsoft alumnus Stephen Elop.
Schmidt promised that his door was still open, if Nokia changed its mind and wanted to adopt Android “at some point in the future”.
In a widely expected move last week, Nokia announced a partnership with Microsoft, which would see it replace its own Symbian platform with Microsoft’s mobile operating system in all smartphones. Nokia is hoping that a stronger technology platform will enable it to recoup lost ground against the likes of Apple’s iPhone and RIM’s Blackberry handsets.
