{"id":576465,"date":"2010-05-24T11:32:45","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T15:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=121746"},"modified":"2010-05-24T11:32:45","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T15:32:45","slug":"yahoo-nokia-alliance-is-too-late-for-mobile-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/576465","title":{"rendered":"Yahoo-Nokia Alliance Is Too Late for Mobile Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Yahoo and Nokia have unveiled a partnership that will see Yahoo power Nokia’s Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat platforms and Nokia provide mapping services for all of Yahoo’s navigation products<\/a>. But the deal is a late effort by two companies being leap-frogged by newer, nimble competitors in the mobile space.<\/p>\n

Or as my friend\u00a0Michael Gartenberg, who tweeted just after the announcement<\/a>, put it: “Yahoo and Nokia deal feels like two brands that have lost relevance seeking to reclaim it.” Indeed, this deal would have held far more promise had it been inked as little as two or three years ago. But at this point, swapping services won’t be enough to slow down the mobile juggernauts of Apple and Google, both of which already provide rich ecosystems and services.<\/p>\n

Some numbers to help put this last-ditch alliance in scope:<\/p>\n