Nokia-built Windows phones might not have major market impact, analyst says

An analyst recently said that IT operations teams worried about having to integrate still another major new mobile platform into existing management frameworks may not have to worry too much about Windows Phone 7 changing the balance of power, according to the New York Times.

The newspaper quoted Pacific Crest Securities expert James Faucette as saying that the coming wave of Nokia smartphones running the Microsoft mobile platform have little to differentiate them from the competition. Therefore, Faucette announced that he had cut his estimate for their quarterly sales from 2 million to 500,000 units.


Other analysts tend to agree that the partnership's prospects are limited, though some told the Times that the faltering of Research In Motion's BlackBerry line may mean an opportunity is present for the devices to gain traction in the business world.

Another potential opening for Microsoft may have been provided by Android, which is facing increasing concerns about its version fragmentation causing security problems. The platform had numerous entries on a recent list of the worst-protected smartphones published by Bit9.