Nokia Mixes It Up With New Android X Family
| Richard Adhikari 02/24/14 12:26 PM PT | |
 | For Microsoft, the way to the smartphone market's heart may be the open source road. Nokia's Lumia handsets, which run the Windows Phone OS, have achieved some modest success, but the hot growth area is the low- end market, where the Lumia doesn't play well. Nokia's design, plus WinPho features and Android's huge app catalog -- not to mention a low price point -- could be a winning combination. [More...] |
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