Nokia & Microsoft Optimistic, Google Unpertrubed

Sounding optimistic about the tie-up, Nokia and Microsoft Chiefs, Stephen Elop and Steve Ballmer wrote an open letter in Nokia Conversations, the official Nokia blog.

They specifically mentioned, “We each bring incredible assets to the table. Nokia’s history of innovation in the hardware space, global hardware scale, strong history of intellectual property creation and navigation assets are second to none. Microsoft is a leader in software and services; the company’s incredible expertise in platform creation forms the opportunity for its billions of customers and millions of partners to get more out of their devices.
Together, we have some of the world’s most admired brands, including Windows, Office, Bing, Xbox Live, NAVTEQ and Nokia. We also have a shared understanding of what it takes to build and sustain a mobile ecosystem, which includes the entire experience from the device to the software to the applications, services and the marketplace.

Today, the battle is moving from one of mobile devices to one of mobile ecosystems, and our strengths here are complementary. Ecosystems thrive when they reach scale, when they are fueled by energy and innovation and when they provide benefits and value to each person or company who participates. This is what we are creating; this is our vision; this is the work we are driving from this day forward.
There are other mobile ecosystems. We will disrupt them.
There will be challenges. We will overcome them. Success requires speed. We will be swift.
Together, we see the opportunity, and we have the will, the resources and the drive to succeed.”

Google’s Response to the Tie-Up
Google as a whole did not seem much perturbed with the development. But the Googlers did respond in their typical manner. Vic Gundotra, Vice President of Engineering of Google wrote (though indirect, the hint was direct):

It went viral in the online world and has been picked up by almost all the online media.

Drastic changes in Nokia, which also include jobs cut, are inevitable. Google EMEA (emerging and middle-east market) recruiter Aidan Biggins went for the jugular and tweeted, "Any Nokia software engineers need a job? We're hiring: www.google.com/jobs".

Conclusion
At the present, the analyst and the market experts are divided about how the tie-up would make a difference to the telecom world in general and the Smartphone world in particular. But there is no denying the fact that the war for the Smartphones and Smartphone OS dominance will get even interesting. We can only watch and see!!!