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Cooperation with Nokia does not pay - Sendo nears bankruptcy June 29, 2005 [General] | By Edward J. R. Sendo Z100 was the first non-prototype Microsoft Smartphone that was ever sold (although only for developers). After failing to complete design of this phone Sendo switched to Symbian Series 60 licensed from Nokia and placed whole blame of failure on Microsoft. Now Sendo has serious financial problems and is looking for partners, who would like to take it over (i.e. buy Sendo). Clearly therefore it was not Microsoft to blame for failures of Sendo in first place, but Sendo itself! Despite the fact that Nokia licensed Symbian Series 60 to Sendo with a reduced prices (award for Sendo suing and attacking Microsoft) it looks like Symbian business models are not sustainable particularly because Sendo must compete with Nokia in the area where Nokia has privy information, that Sendo doesn't have: Series 60. In long term nobody who licenses Series 60 software has chances to compete against Nokia. The bottom line is: Microsoft is not doing hardware for mobile phones - just the software (Windows Mobile) and Sendo would be better off using Windows Mobile than Symbian. Anybody licensing software for mobile phones from Microsoft can be at least certain that Microsoft will not compete with them. In case of Symbian it is completely different and it destroys in long term business models, that would rely on licensing Symbian platforms... Hugh Brogan lately was talking to Reuters and among others was even making Nokia jokes of type "Nokia employs more secretaries than Sendo's entire payroll".  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 11 Comments ]
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