The folks over at MSMobile’s have recently begun to peddle rumors about Nokia planning to launch a E61 running Windows Mobile Standard(aka a Treo 500 knockoff). I think that this is utter bullshit(and linkbait) - read on to find out why:
Nokia has invested a lot into its own OS
Nokia has recently purchased TrollTech, the maker of QT. The future of S60 definitely lays in this direction(more on this another day in the future, I have an insider information here).
Why in God’s name should Nokia invest loads of money into getting QT if they plan to become a Windows Mobile licencee eventually. S60 is definitely here to stay - and will probably also remain the platform deployed on most(if not all) of Nokia’s phones(for licensing reasons…I think that a Symbian license is cheaper than a full WMS license).
Also, the picture looks very weird - take an E61, fire up Resco Explorer and show a WM screenshot from a Treo - and the party is set up.
Last but not least, the folks at MSMobile’s have had a long history of publishing controversial stuff that brings them masses of backlinks(that’s why I am not linking to them here) - and April’s fools day provides them with an excellent way to get links with a fake story without risking to burn their hands…
What do you think?
P.S. If Nokia ships such a device…stay calm. Today, the hardware found in S60 devices is so similar to WMS devices…the R&D cost for this probably was minimal…