They just wouldn’t let it lie, would they? After seemingly dismissing Google’s Android mobile OS and its Open Handset Alliance (OHA), Nokia is now saying it might participate after all.
After Google unveiled its open-source rival to Symbian earlier this week, Nokia was notable by its absence from the OHA.
Google announced over 30 of the world’s largest operators and manufacturers as partners, but Nokia and Microsoft, who have their Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms respectively, hadn’t signed up.
At the time, Nokia said Android wasn’t a threat to its part-owned Symbian OS. Now, Nokia has told Reuters it might be interested after all.
“It’s not ruled out at all. If we would see this as beneficial we would think about taking part in it,” said Kari Tuutti, spokesman for Nokia’s multimedia unit. “We should never close any doors.”
So is this an admission by Nokia it mis-judged the industry’s attitude to the upstart Google?
[Via Yahoo]
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