Microsoft and Nokia team up to offer Windows Live on S60 devices from the LiveSide Blog reports Microsoft and Nokia, in a new agreement, will begin to allow S60 device owners to use Windows Live suite on their devices.

The rollout will be across 11 different countries, and you can find in the Windows Live suite Windows Live Hotmail, Messenger, Contacts and Spaces. S60 users have already had the ability to use Windows Live Search on their devices, in an agreement back in September 2006.

With all the speculation around Google Mobile phones, you bet Microsoft is pushing to capture a larger share of the mobile market.

In yesterday’s keynote with Marrisa Mayer of Google, Danny asked about Google’s mobile initiatives.

Why Mayer did not go as far to deny that Google is working on their own mobile device, she did say Google is very interested in partnering with device manufacturers on creating applications and widgets for their mobile devices. She did add that devices like the Apple iPhone are great examples of devices they are interested in partnering with.

More coverage at Techmeme.

Related Topics: Microsoft: Bing Mobile | Microsoft: Partnerships

About The Author: Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land's News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry's personal blog is named Cartoon Barry and he can be followed on Twitter here. For more background information on Barry, see his full bio over here. See more articles by Barry Schwartz

Connect with the author via: Email | Twitter | Google+ | LinkedIn