"In this partnership with Nokia," Ballmer concisely summed up, "Microsoft brings its Windows Phone software and the brands that mobile consumers want, like Bing, Office and, of course, Xbox Live."
Xbox Live coming to Nokia phones through Windows Phone partnership
by James Ransom-Wiley 
on Feb 11th 2011 10:40AM
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"In this partnership with Nokia," Ballmer concisely summed up, "Microsoft brings its Windows Phone software and the brands that mobile consumers want, like Bing, Office and, of course, Xbox Live."
Reader Comments (49)
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 10:43AM Jack Kevorkian said
No one wants Bing Steve.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 10:47AM thisredengine said
@Jack Kevorkian
So they're not supposed to try and compete? I hope you never become a business executive.
"Mr. Kevorkian, what should the company do to try and beat our competitors?"
Jack Kevorkian: "Well...everyone else is already established and doing quite well...So let's not do anything!"
"But how will the company grow and make money?"
Jack Kevorkian: "..."
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So they're not supposed to try and compete? I hope you never become a business executive.
"Mr. Kevorkian, what should the company do to try and beat our competitors?"
Jack Kevorkian: "Well...everyone else is already established and doing quite well...So let's not do anything!"
"But how will the company grow and make money?"
Jack Kevorkian: "..."
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 10:48AM Robborboy said
@Jack Kevorkian I dunno, I like Bing. It has a relatively clean interface, gives me the results I am looking for, and through Bing Rewards gives me for just searching like I would normally. Said points can be redeemed for anything from a donation to a charity to Microsoft points.
Bing is a pretty nice service if you ask me.
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Bing is a pretty nice service if you ask me.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 10:50AM Jack Kevorkian said
@Robborboy i use it too on occasion i was just trying to be cute. the eternal optimism of executives amuses me.
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Posted: Feb 11th 2011 10:54AM darkinchworm said
@Robborboy
Bing Rewards is a nice program. It gives me an excuse to fire up IE and google - I mean, "bing" phrases like "punch babies," "smoke weed," and "smack hoes" until I've met my points quota for the day, at which point I run back to Firefox and Google.
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Bing Rewards is a nice program. It gives me an excuse to fire up IE and google - I mean, "bing" phrases like "punch babies," "smoke weed," and "smack hoes" until I've met my points quota for the day, at which point I run back to Firefox and Google.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 1:00PM darkinchworm said
@JDAC
I just like to have dumb fun with it. But yeah, actually putting forth the effort to maximize those points gets tiresome quickly :-T Gotta get lazy.
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I just like to have dumb fun with it. But yeah, actually putting forth the effort to maximize those points gets tiresome quickly :-T Gotta get lazy.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 1:01PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
@Jack Kevorkian
I haven't heard anyone asking for Bing, either.
Though personally, I like having Bing around. It's amusing to see how Microsoft deals with an issue when they can't just throw money at it to make it succeed.
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I haven't heard anyone asking for Bing, either.
Though personally, I like having Bing around. It's amusing to see how Microsoft deals with an issue when they can't just throw money at it to make it succeed.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 1:32PM Jack Kevorkian said
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze Ive witnessed them throwing a great deal of money at bing. It's everywhere.
Throwing money at IE worked.
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Throwing money at IE worked.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 2:32PM Protege420 said
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
they threw about 1 billion at the xbox until it worked?
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they threw about 1 billion at the xbox until it worked?
Posted: Feb 14th 2011 9:14AM Fermie Prime said
@Jack Kevorkian
I used to use Google for everything search, but I was intrigued by Bing and decided to give it a try. I soon discovered that Bing does everything I require very well and some things even better. If you still haven't given Bing an honest try, you're just a biased fanboy. By the way I also have a WP7 device (I'm sending this from my HTC HD7), which has deep Bing integration. Overall its a slick, refined, and very functional phone app that I use everyday.
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I used to use Google for everything search, but I was intrigued by Bing and decided to give it a try. I soon discovered that Bing does everything I require very well and some things even better. If you still haven't given Bing an honest try, you're just a biased fanboy. By the way I also have a WP7 device (I'm sending this from my HTC HD7), which has deep Bing integration. Overall its a slick, refined, and very functional phone app that I use everyday.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 10:44AM thisredengine said
Bet that Nokia phone was more reliable than many of the smartphones out today.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 12:33PM baby sea tuna said
@shabby329
I had the smaller Nokia with the internal antenna and that thing was built like a truck, unlike my iPhone 3G which is becoming more and more worthless by the day.
I'm kind of excited to see how these new MS phones turn out. Now if they'd only put them on a decent network...
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I had the smaller Nokia with the internal antenna and that thing was built like a truck, unlike my iPhone 3G which is becoming more and more worthless by the day.
I'm kind of excited to see how these new MS phones turn out. Now if they'd only put them on a decent network...
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 1:22PM foxhound said
@thisredengine
I had a similar model phone literally fall out of my truck at highway speed and still survive in normal operating condition. If I tried that with any phone I purchased in the last 3 years, it would've made a nice nest for a rodent or desperate bird.
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I had a similar model phone literally fall out of my truck at highway speed and still survive in normal operating condition. If I tried that with any phone I purchased in the last 3 years, it would've made a nice nest for a rodent or desperate bird.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 10:44AM KinseySS said
I guess the designer of that thing never hear of symmetry
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 10:46AM Robborboy said
Oh man, look at that dinosaur of a phone.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 1:27PM 343 Guilty Fart said
I know, it's like it's maybe 5 years old! Justin Bieber wasn't even famous yet!
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Posted: Feb 11th 2011 10:49AM The Tim said
Hey, its my parent's phone!
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 10:54AM Adhesive said
Is nokia done with symbian?
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 10:57AM brobot said
Beat part of the entire article is the achievement pop up on the bottoms of the screen. Had a good chuckle.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 10:59AM MLC said
I haven't had a Nokia phone since the late 90s. I had the phone where you could compose ringtones.
Those were the days. Lol.
Those were the days. Lol.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 11:00AM Nova Hands said
That's no dinosaur.
These are dinosaurs: http://www.retrobrick.com/index-2.html
These are dinosaurs: http://www.retrobrick.com/index-2.html
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 11:05AM iononion said
Microsoft will announce N-Gage 720 soon.
Play Xbox games on the go.
Play Xbox games on the go.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 11:36AM zero2dash said
I miss my old Nokia phone. Took a beating and lasted a long time on a charge. Snake and ringtone composer were the icing on the cake.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 11:37AM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said
Dangit...I can't read the achievement...
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 12:14PM spin cycle said
"Xbox Live" is coming through Nokia phones the same way as the current Samsung phone. That is, you'll be able to view stats and they'll have some phone games that they refer to in commercials as "playing Xbox Live".
Posted: Feb 13th 2011 8:58PM Fermie Prime said
@spin cycle
If you read up on any of this stuff, you'd know that phone-to-console real-time gaming is coming. We don't know when, but it has been promised. People are acting as if WP7 has been out for years instead of mere months. Its in its infancy, OK? Patience and the internet don't mix.
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If you read up on any of this stuff, you'd know that phone-to-console real-time gaming is coming. We don't know when, but it has been promised. People are acting as if WP7 has been out for years instead of mere months. Its in its infancy, OK? Patience and the internet don't mix.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 12:16PM SynthOno said
I was sad when Snake wasn't installed by default on my Samsung.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 12:19PM xreadmore said
If Xbox LIVE were cross platform, as in, all my Live games were available wherever LIVE was available, then I might be interested in a Windows phone. Until that time (read never) I'm not interested.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 12:31PM Starcade said
This is a great for Microsoft, but they really need to update their Windows 7 phone platform. I've had once since launch, and it's nowhere near as good as iPhone or Android. There's speculation that Cut and Paste will be released next week, and then there's a bigger update coming in March. Cut and Paste isn't a big deal to me, but I would like to see VPN, the ability to add ring tones (Hello? It's a phone) and the ability for more customization of the main screen-- how about a bigger clock!!. Having more apps would be great... releases are slow to arrive and are somewhat disappointing.
Right now there's not much in Windows 7 phone that would cause me to recommend it to others. Xbox Live integration is cool. The tiles are a nice concept that's not fully utilized among developers (ie tiles that update). The OS certainly shows promise though. I just hope Microsoft can add functionality quicky and not rest on what they initially shipped.
Right now there's not much in Windows 7 phone that would cause me to recommend it to others. Xbox Live integration is cool. The tiles are a nice concept that's not fully utilized among developers (ie tiles that update). The OS certainly shows promise though. I just hope Microsoft can add functionality quicky and not rest on what they initially shipped.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 12:33PM arrrdawg said
Strange, but maybe that's what they gotta do. It's a two-company market with everybody else sharing #3. They shouldn't just stop at Nokia, they should talk to HP and MAYBE even talk RIM out of Android (merge BB with Exchange or something... hey it could happen). Just rally up all the #3s. There is just too much darn Android out there and little variety between 'em (and none with iphone, the white one still isn't even out yet).
MS knows that they need to make a significant dent in mobile. Mobile is the present and the future. Sony kind of gets this too since they recently said they don't want to stop at Android for the PS app store thingy and will consider iOS and EVEN Winmo. (that doesn't say much for ngp though)
MS knows that they need to make a significant dent in mobile. Mobile is the present and the future. Sony kind of gets this too since they recently said they don't want to stop at Android for the PS app store thingy and will consider iOS and EVEN Winmo. (that doesn't say much for ngp though)
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 12:58PM Kevadu said
As a long time Nokia fan, this is the worst news I have heard all year.
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 1:21PM DarkNightRJ said
when is XBL comin to droid? :-p
Posted: Feb 11th 2011 4:33PM AmethystHarp said
Really...? Need to tr... Cof cof... to tell this to some friends...
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Posted: Feb 11th 2011 9:53PM AFATALERR0R said
Hahahaha I still use that model nokia for my alarm clock.
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