Thread: Microsoft buying Nokia's devices & services
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2014-07-23 , 07:55
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Originally Posted by misterc View Post
well, they are in much direr position every passing quarter / reporting period, losing market like sand spilling out of a net.
S40 may have been NOKIA's golden egg lying milk swine for ages but thanks to (!) Flops back stabbing burning platform hara-kiri that's not so any more >¦-))))))
thus losing money on their "future" and not getting much (if any) money in w/ traditional products, one has to make choices, right?
still the wrong choice of course
in fact, the only way m@ke$$h!t gets $$$$$$s in from the mobile market is thru their patent trolling on Android ¦-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
not much of an achievement for Flop, now, is it? Possibly the only reason why they haven't written off the NOKIA division (& its m0%%0nic mgr with it) yet is because last time the m$ big boss made such a write off (Surface, nearly a billion) he got handed his resignation, thus his successor decided to keep throwing good money after bad one, though less.
MS was still posting record profits until relatively recently, IIRC that only dipped for the 1st time very recently, regardless, they're still a long way off being in dire straits. S40's gone because they want to push WP down there too (or possibly Android LT), it was no longer competitive like it used to be, S30's still competitive so it remains, for now. N.B. Elop had nothing to do with them now being able to (partially) monetise Android. The new MM (formerly Nokia D&S's) division won't be going anywhere soon, it's one that MUST work for them LT or it's curtains*. Also, not sure what you're talking about WRT Surface division, it most def. wasn't canned. The SP3's in fact a very nice device, by the time the SP4 hits they really will have nailed it. Already the SP3's compelling, much harder sell to users already heavily into Android tablet + Win UP & esp. iPad + MBA/UP, but for folks who aren't using both FF's, or aren't using Android/iOS (there's still many), it's a compelling offering.

Originally Posted by misterc View Post
EDIT: well, as a matter of fact, getting the NOKIA patents was one of its achievements indeed, thus, yes, maybe the patent trolling on Android can keep m$KIA afloat somewhat longer...
That had nothing to do with helping them to monetise Android, that was to help them mostly in the area of radio tech/signalling etc.
IIRC Nokia kept most of that portfolio & are free to license it to others, but as part of the purchase of D&S's MS is allowed to use it w.o. licensing fees.
I could be wrong about the above sentence though, my memory's hazy now...


*Unless they successfully shift into business only, but really, one can't do one or the other, one must do both well now if one wants to remain a BIG player.
There's companies that "fly in the face" of that, but I have my (perhaps unfounded) doubts over their LT prospects...
Last edited by jalyst; 2014-07-23 at 09:10.
 

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