Nokia’s Canadian CEO, Stephen Elop has warned the current partners involved with Google’s Android OS about the dangers of the recent purchase of handset maker Motorola by Google. In a straightforward response to the news regarding the acquisition Elop has said that if he were someone who was connected to the Android eco system, be it in the form of a manufacturer or an operator, he would be calling up folks at Google to let them know about his anxiety. He added that Google’s acquisition of Motorola will be a “danger” to all other manufacturers involved with the platform.
This is strangely coming from the same manufacturer who did something on the same lines when it purchased Symbian in its entirety when there were other licensees to the OS’es based on that platform. Nokia later made Symbian open source and eventually turned it into a licensing body.
Elop also seems to forget the fact that most of the players in the Android fraternity had been assured by Google about their non-partisan approach to everyone else in the eco system vis a vis Motorola. Google has also stated that Motorola Mobility will operate as a separate entity altogether who will be a licensee of Android – just like the rest of the manufacturers.
In the meantime, Nokia is going ahead with its plans to introduce the first of its Windows Phone based devices in the next few months. The Nokia-Microsoft deal was finalized earlier this year when Elop, an ex-Microsoft employee decided to ditch Android in favor of Windows Pone as Nokia’s primary smartphone platform.
