"See, just a couple of weeks after Nokia announced plans to put Microsoft's PlayReady DRM inside its Series 60 handsets, it's now revealed that it's also going to preload Windows Live applications like Hotmail, Messenger, Contacts and Spaces on its smartphones, with Series 40 devices to follow next year... If you've got an N73, N76, N80 Internet Edition, N93i or N95, you can get the Windows Live apps now via your phone's Download application."
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"The hurried nature of the Microsoft/Nokia deal could be an 'indication of the threat that both Nokia and Microsoft see coming from the likes of Apple and Google' and might also point to 'the extent to which services can and will be provided by Internet players, such as Microsoft, in collaboration with devices players rather than the wireless carriers,' Taylor said."
