Microsoft to buy Nokia phones unit
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V.VAIDYA
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Dad gonna cry , loves nokia like anything , he is too much habituated with S40.
theterminator
Wise Old Owl
This was on the cards . Good news for both companies. Slightly bad news for Google/BlackBerry.
lywyre
Cyborg Agent
Oh dear. What we feared. When Nokia shifted to Windows, it was the best that could have happened to MS, but at the same time it was the worst for Nokia. This is even worse. I was hoping Nokia would look in to other directions as well, but sadly the Trojan horse that Stephen Elop is, has made sure his mission is a success.
ankush28
Bazinga
harshilsharma63
DIY FTW!
Oh man, now Nokia will get spoiled in Balmer land.
theterminator
Wise Old Owl
well he's retiring..
OP
amjath
Human Spambot
theterminator
Wise Old Owl
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Samsung has failed miserably with their S4. Apple is on top as the most valuable company & you think its failing?
Its a good strategy by MS since they failed with their endeavour in devices field via Surface Tablet. So, seeing Nokia as an established player & the most selling Windows Phone , it was like inevitable to see this because Nokia is failing miserably in all other devices running Symbian & they were getting more vulnerable. Nevertheless, its good for both companies.
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This move makes sense though. MS and Nokia are both floundering in the mobile market but now with better integration and MS having a lot of excellent veterans in hardware design they'll be able to make phones with better software and hardware unification It also helps the branding. Instead of having to push two brands (Lumia and Windows Phone) they will only have to push one (Microsoft). It will also give MS direct access to Nokias distribution channels allowing them to push their hardware the way they want to.
Considering that Nokia had said that they could start making Android phones this move also functions as a defensive move by MS. They would be losing out one of the core advantages the WP line (the hardware design) had over most android devices if Nokia did that.
All hail Digia for acquiring QT before this transaction happened.
This move makes sense though. MS and Nokia are both floundering in the mobile market but now with better integration and MS having a lot of excellent veterans in hardware design they'll be able to make phones with better software and hardware unification It also helps the branding. Instead of having to push two brands (Lumia and Windows Phone) they will only have to push one (Microsoft). It will also give MS direct access to Nokias distribution channels allowing them to push their hardware the way they want to.
Considering that Nokia had said that they could start making Android phones this move also functions as a defensive move by MS. They would be losing out one of the core advantages the WP line (the hardware design) had over most android devices if Nokia did that.
All hail Digia for acquiring QT before this transaction happened.
theterminator
Wise Old Owl
yup,that's pretty much on .. BlackBerry is for SALE. Who'll buy them?
man, Symbian sucks now. Nokia's non-Windows Phone devices (especially touchscreen) are like waiting to be thrown into dustbin.
harshilsharma63
DIY FTW!
This will make things bad between Microsoft and it's software partners like it did during the announcement of Surface.
sujoyp
Grand Master
symbian?? nokia didnt launch any symbian handset after pureview 1 yr back ...and sold the symbian development to Accenture ...and fired the symbian team
