The Finnish handset maker has announced it may cut 6, 000 jobs, or 38% of its research and development staff, as it prepares to adopt the Windows Phone 7 mobile platform across all future smartphone offerings.

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Currently, mobile app development is defined by technological complexity (complex coding), smartphone platform fragmentation (iOS, Android, Windows, Blackberry, Symbian) and over-regulated distribution channels (app marketplaces).

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