In the mobile market -- at least the higher-volume, lower-cost part of it -- the new Microsoft is looking to make money on services, not operating systems.
From All About Microsoft:
From All About Microsoft:
Top Microsoft execs, including Devices business chief (and former Nokia CEO) Stephen Elop and operating system group head Terry Myerson both indicated earlier this year that Microsoft was planning to put its muscle behind the Nokia X phones. The official line has been that these phones provide Microsoft with a gateway for potentially getting new users interested in Windows Phone.Second-generation Nokia Android phones show Microsofts new priorities
One key -- if not the key -- to these Nokia Android phones is the set of Microsoft services that are preloaded and/or available for the devices.