Jumping Off The Burning Platform: Nokia Knew It Was Stuck On WP7 When It Signed On

Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop has had a hard time getting his company to jump off the 'burning platform' onto the Windows Phone ship, and in their haste to do something quick they made a crucial compromise. The first Nokia handsets running Windows Phone would remain stuck on version 7 with no upgrade path to WP8, a fact, according to our sources, that the Finnish handset maker was made aware of when it signed on last year. And in doing so, the company left itself exposed to the 'Osborne-effect' but this time at Redmond's making.

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