With Nokia Asha can Microsoft make significant impact on its mobile phones?
Microsoft Mobile is a hardware manufacturing company located not in REDMOND but in Espoo, Finland. That Microsoft acquired Nokia's devices and services divison is knwn although details finalized this April 2014. Microsoft Mobile will: Design Develop Manufacture Distribute Mobile Phones Smart Phones Tablet Computers Accessories The 'Lumia' and the low end 'ASHA(Hope in Samskruta aka Sanskrit)' are owned by Microsoft. I am not sure if 'Asha' can compete with 'Akash' which traces its DNA to INDIA? http://hodentek.blogspot.com/search?q=akash In any case, I wish good luck to Microsoft Mobile. You can develop apps for Nokia ASHA either with Java or Web. You should read this article if you are into developing apps: http://developer.nokia.com/asha/platform-overview Watch this Nokia ASHA related video from Vietnam.