Nokia’s Windows Phones will soon be coming out at a relatively rapid clip after the first one appears later this year according to Nokia’s executive vice president of smart devices, Jo Harlow. “We should be launching new devices in a rhythm that might be every couple of months, every three months, something like that,” she said. The first Windows Phones came out in October and we personally haven’t seen many devices since then. According to a recent sales figure from Gartner, the phones haven’t sold very well at all (which isn’t a surprise) although many surveys show that, out of the relatively few people who actually own Windows Phone devices, they love them. The slow pace of Windows Phones hardware may also be due to Windows Phone 7 being a “secondary platform” for many manufacturers such as HTC and Samsung, according to Harlow. As Windows will be Nokia’s primary platform, Nokia will focus more heavily on Windows Phones, she said. “We’re going to keep coming with new devices in order to have something to talk about,” she said. Nokia seems to be influencing the Windows Phone platform already. Along with the mapping software that Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop and Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer discussed when they made their agreement in February, Harlow said that some of Nokia’s cloud services may help Microsoft’s gaps in countries where Microsoft doesn’t have a major presence. For instance, the Nokia Music Store may take the place of Zune in countries where Microsoft’s music store isn’t available. Nokia’s future Windows Phone may also come on CDMA networks in the USA and non-Qualcomm chipsets, Harlow said. Nokia’s attitude towards CDMA “has changed” and “we are in discussions with all of” [the U.S. wireless carriers], Harlow said, then saying nothing but smiling when a reporter responded with “CDMA devices are in the works.” Microsoft’s existing relationships with U.S carriers will also help Nokia get on shelves according to Harlow. “We are working in a collaborative way across the triad of Nokia, Microsoft and the operators,” she said. Nokia has been a Texas Instruments customer for many years, but switched to Qualcomm for its first Windows Phones, as Microsoft requires Qualcomm chipsets in Windows Phone devices, that may change though. “You have to have multiple chipset suppliers that allow you to address different levels of performance, different parts of the business geographically given different modem requirements, etcetera. So the starting point is clearly with Qualcomm … we are in the process with Microsoft of defining other chipset suppliers as well.” Seeing more Windows Phone 7 phones will definitely welcome more diversity in the market. Do you think you’ll consider picking one up if you see more of them around? Do you already own a Windows Phone 7 phone? If so, what do you think of it? Share your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below! As usual, stay tuned for more tech news and info by following us on Facebook, Twitter, and/or subscribing to our RSS feed. Authors: