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Nokia goes to the dark side with Microsoft applications on Nokia mobile phones – Windows Live suite tailored to Nokia handsets

By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 at 3:16 PM

Nokia makes MicrosoftThe force is strong within Nokia, it must be used for good. We fear that the dark side of Microsoft may have tempted the Finnish mobile phone giant into playing with fire. Nokia has already gone into cahoots with Microsoft to license the PlayReady DRM scheme that we so frowned upon. And now they’re getting seduced by the power of the Windows Live application suite.

Nokia Symbian S60 users are now free to download a custom-tailored version of Microsoft’s Windows Live suite of applications – including Windows Live Hotmail(R), Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Contacts and Windows Live Spaces.

If you’re rocking a Nokia N73, N80 Internet Edition, N95, N76, or N93i, you can head on over to Nokia’s Windows Live website and download the free software suite for your S60 phone – as long as you’re within the borders of Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, U.K., Sweden, Saudi Arabia, or the United Arab Emirates.

There’s even talk of the Windows Live applications coming to compatible S40 devices starting next year. Tread carefully, Nokia. Soon you might find yourself unable to escape the seductive grasp of the dark side of the force.

Jeez, what’s next? Nokia handsets coming pre-installed with Microsoft Windows Live, or even running Windows Mobile OS? Discuss.

[Via: I4U News]

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Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • Edward

    Is this really such a bad thing? Come on, it’s good if you use WLM (I do) or Live Mail.

  • Anoop Isaac

    I would love to see nokia with windows mobile.