Nokia details importance of developer relations for Windows
Phone  Lumi 720  Nokia has been able to build important
relations with developers to bring apps to the Windows Phone
platform, and Lumia hardware in particular. But just how
important are said partnerships to the handset manufacturer and
Microsoft's mobile platform? The company has Bryan Biniak, VP,
Global Partner and App Development, who takes care of apps that
are developed for both Asha and Windows Phone.  Nokia previously
unveiled plans to partner with DreamWorks Animation for new apps
to be developed, Biniak notes how critical partners are,
especially with app development in a new mobile ecosystem:
"Partners are critical. You can’t sell a phone without apps
anymore. When I got here almost three years ago, I don’t think
anyone believed that but it’s true today. You just can’t have
some apps either, you have to have the apps that consumers want
the most. That only catches us up to our competitors – we have
to do it better. Then we need to have so