According to Murtazin, Nokia’s 2012-2013 strategy includes a few inexpensive, sub-100-euro phones, a mid-tier S60 fifth-edition phone, a mid- to high-end Symbian device, a few high-end Windows Phone 7 handsets and one Windows Phone 8 tablet, scheduled for 2012 – but which Murtazin expects will be delayed until 2013.
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop & Microsoft's chief executive Steve Ballmer where speaking at the company's annual partner conference in Washington which was broadcaste live on the internet.
'This year, one of the most important things that we will do in the smart device category is really push forward with Windows 8-based slates,' said Ballmer.
'This is a terribly important area for us.'
