Will a MicrosoftOnNokia deal affect the SkypeOnNokia deal?
Details will come in about six hours on another distribution agreement between Microsoft and Nokia, this time for a mobile edition of Microsoft Office 2010. A previous arrangement preloaded Microsoft Live products, including Skype rival Windows Live Messenger, on Nokia Series 40 and 60 handsets. Meanwhile, Skype hasn’t shown up in retail channels preinstalled on some lines of Nokia’s smart phones, as announced in February 2009 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Will Skype be positioned as prominently as Live Messenger? Will mobile Office drive more Messenger use by tight Office-Messenger integration? Skype will sync with (share?) the N97’s address book; will Messenger? Will an Office bundle come with Live Messenger? Will the mobile operators who block Skype distribution also object to Live Messenger? tags: skype, microsoft, nokia, office, messengerCall me at +1-510-316-9773, Skype me, follow @skypejournal and @Phil Wolff.
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