Windows Phone Contingency Plan Nokia, Nokia has a plan in its back pocket should a deal with Microsoft fall through, or the forthcoming Windows Phone 8 software update fail to generate interest, according to Nokia's board chairman.
Speaking on his debut television appearance, F-Secure's founder and former chief executive Risto Siilasmaa, who became Nokia's board chairman in May, defended the move to Microsoft's Windows Phone, which replaced the ailing Symbian operating system last year.
But he said Nokia has a "contingency plan" should the forthcoming Windows Phone 8 "fail to live up to expectations," according to a report by Finnish newspaper Yle Uutiset.
In June, Microsoft unwrapped Windows Phone 8 in San Francisco. But the announcement came as bittersweet news, given that owners of current Windows Phone 7-powered devices including the high-profile Nokia Lumia -- would not see their smartphones updated to Windows Phone 8.
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