Nokia begins work on Windows Base phone

 

Work has begun on the first Nokia Oyj smartphones, based on 

Microsoft Corp software.

Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop said Nokia has started work on their new phone after their announcement of the partnership with Microsoft last month.

 

Elop, who left a Microsoft executive post, was recruited last year to rescue Nokia from increasing irrelevance at the high end of the market. The company is under huge pressure to produce results from the partnership.

The company has struggled to establish its brand in the United States, especially since Apple Inc launched its iPhone. Nokia shares have fallen almost 30 percent since the agreement with Microsoft was announced and remain not far from their more than 10-year low.
Although an agreement between Nokia and Microsoft still has to be finalised, Elop said that Windows-based Nokia phones will be on sale from 2012.