Nokia + Microsoft aims at more than Office Mobile
by Volker Weber
This is a looooong timeline. Nokia and Microsoft have only committed to Office Communicator Mobile on Symbian for 2010. They also want to do Office Mobile on E-Series and then other Nokia Smartphones, but have not committed to a timeframe here. Exchange support is here today, but Sharepoint and System Center have not been sketched out in the call.
From the press release:
Next year, Nokia intends to start shipping Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile on its smartphones, followed by other Office applications and related software and services in the future. These will include:
- The ability to view, edit, create and share Office documents on more devices in more places with mobile-optimized versions of Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft OneNote
- Enterprise instant messaging and presence, and optimized conferencing and collaboration experience with Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile
- Mobile access to intranet and extranet portals built on Microsoft SharePoint Server
- Enterprise device management withMicrosoft System Center
Comments
prehaps its time for a sccm or mdm client for Nokia , mdm is unlikely though as it looks like its being merged into sccm down the road
sorry for the acronyms
sccm = System Center Configuration Manager for deployment/inventory
mdm = System Center Mobile device manager currently only supports mobile 6.1 but prehaps they will make a client for Nokia since it uses Open Mobile Alliance Device Management standards
But from what i heard it looks like MDM and SCCM will merge over time and SCCM will come out at the winner , but time will tell.
