Nokia divulging more information about the Windows Phone 7 commitment

The Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona started today with a few companies having events talking about strategies and showing off new devices.

One of the companies that didn’t show off any new devices but still was highly interesting to follow was Nokia.

They did however show off a picture of the previously released concept phones that we saw the other day, seen on the picture to the right here.

Some interesting points from the presentation

There were a few interesting facts in the presentation that highlights the cooperation with Microsoft:

• Nokia feel there is benefit in a single marketplace – hence the Nokia store will be incorporated in the Windows Phone Marketplace.
• Microsoft is placing a “significant bet on Nokia for delivering location-based services” – does this mean that Nokia’s technology will be incorporated into Bing as it’s the Bing engine that’s handling that now on the Windows Phone?
• Nokia would not like to be the sole Windows Phone 7 device provider, the goal is to create a vibrant ecosystem that beats Android – after that we’ll compete within the Windows Phone sphere says Elop.
• Regarding development platform – Microsoft is the primary supplier of that, but Nokia will make a significant investment providing it’s own value-add to it.
• Devices planned for release in 2012, but Jo Harlow says: “My boss has told me he would be much happier if that time was in 2011”.
• Stephen Elop is not a Trojan horse…