If Nokia is switching to Android

"Sohu It News" Beijing time September 16 News, in 2011, Nokia gave up Symbian, instead of playing on the WP platform. Since then, people have been discussing whether Nokia should develop Android handsets. Android is an understandable solution: Android is the largest smartphone OS platform, accounting for Two-thirds of total sales, and Android is gobbling up Nokia's smartphone business at 1.1 points in emerging markets. In theory, Nokia could not beat Android and had to join it. This is an attractive proposition: it is a good choice to combine the Invincible Andorid operating system with Nokia's design prowess, brand reputation, and supply chain. The advantage of using Andorid Nokia has app problems, for example, the experience of opening a WP App Store on a Nokia phone is pretty bad, and it's a ghost town compared to Google Play. Nokia and Microsoft tell you about app data, but it's not important, it's important to have high quality programs. If you put it in the Android camp, Nokia can fix the problem. Using an Android platform can also save cash, Android is a free system, and despite Microsoft's 250 million dollar support per quarter, Nokia still has to pay royalties. Suppose Nokia combines its design prowess with Android, who doesn't want its phone? However, Nokia chose the WP platform, many times the challenge of Nokia and hardware does not matter. If you focus on Andorid, Nokia can not be bundled in the "ghost town" the same WP App Store, turn on the Android platform to launch their own programs, such as maps. Of course, it's too simplistic to assume that other handset makers are not very successful in the Andoird field except Samsung. Turning to Andorid is not a panacea for Nokia, especially now that Samsung has dominated. WP market also faces similar problems, in addition to Nokia, no other companies sell many WP mobile phones. Still, LG, Lenovo, and ZTE sell Android phones more than Nokia WP handsets. Now it's impossible to switch to Android. Maybe in 2011 years, Nokia should turn to Android. We can't assume what we've been able to do in the last 2.5 hours. But by the year 2013, the market was different. Today, Nokia is best to stay with Microsoft anyway. Without Nokia, Microsoft's mobile business will return to its starting point, with no powerful partners to launch devices to support its own OS. To acquire Nokia, Microsoft does not want a partner, it needs to manufacture the business, it buys the BlackBerry also can. In short, Microsoft can have other options. So next year, will Nokia give up the WP platform and turn to Android? No way. All Nokia app's key jobs, developer coverage, integration, partnerships, all with MicrosoftConnected. The development of Andorid handsets is not a difficult task for Nokia, but it is difficult to dismantle the Nokia-Microsoft relationship. It's not difficult to get a device running on an OS, but it's not easy to make the same thing for the entire business. One might say that Nokia could opt for multiple OS strategies, and other WP handsets would take multiple OS paths, making both WP phones and Android phones. This is not a bad note, but cooperation with Microsoft will be cooled by heat. In 2011, Nokia turned to WP from Symbian, which was a big turn. 2014 If another big turn, shareholders are unlikely to agree. Symbian's sales were still impressive in 2011, enabling Nokia to increase its WP shipments without falling. Now rely on WP phone to support the company not to fall, and then increase the Android phone shipments, this is too difficult. Once, Nokia could turn to Andorid and might succeed, but this time point has been missed. (The writer Jo Best,zdnet columnist)