Nokia’s MeeGo platform might be the most exciting news to come from the Finnish manufacturer, but that fun will stop before it hits enterprise customers. In a shocking revelation this afternoon, Nokia business smartphones chief Ilari Nurmi dropped the bombshell that broke our hearts.
We loved Symbian, it was a great mobile OS and it continues to serve its purpose best in lower-end devices, not Nokia flagship products. The Maemo-powered Nokia N900 changed the way we thought about Nokia products and opened the door for endless possibilities. When that project picked up steam and became MeeGo, it felt as though Nokia had finally embraced change – change in the form of a fresh UI for top-tier handsets.
In an interview with ZDNet UK this morning, Nokia business smartphones chief Ilari Nurmi said that Nokia had “great converged device plans based on the MeeGo platform” and that there were “different types of needs and wants in the enterprise market”. Simply put, Nokia has no plans of pitching MeeGo to the enterprise as a replacement for Symbian.
We had our own interview with Ilari: Get his take on tablets and more
Rubbing sand in our wounds, Nurmi went on to say that, “It’s very important to note that Symbian is the primary platform today and will also be the primary platform in the future”. Apparently the strong reviews of the Nokia N900 and the advancements in MeeGo are not enough for the head of business smartphones.
The first MeeGo phone is due out in early 2011 and as the end of the year approaches, the shake ups in the Executive Board and Nokia combined with this news from Mr. Nurmi, really have us shaking in our boots. What does the future hold for MeeGo? Is Nokia really going to continue to push Symbian to the enterprise users? Let us know what you think.
via CNet
