Microsoft buys Nokia's devices and services division
by Volker Weber
Is anybody surprised? I'm not.
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I was only surprised by the (cheap) price.
@Nicolai Reuschling - yes, Skype did cost 20% more.
Well to be fair, they have had one of their guys running the price down over the last couple of years
:)
Didn't Elop say, he would not be the "trojan horse"???
Elop did only his job. Welcome the new CEO of Microsoft.
"I for one welcome our new overlords."
Ich hoffe, Nokia bleibt weiterhin der Stachel, der die Entwicklung von Windows Phone vorantreibt.
Also kann Microsoft jetzt auch Apple ;)
Very sad day, anyway.
@Christian: Only, if you still sleep with a 3110 under your pillow. (I have one in mint condition :-) )
No, the real Nokia has vanished quite some time ago. So maybe it's high time to rename the remains.
Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern.
Ob der Thomas schicke Software und schicke Hardware meint? SCNR ;)
The fact is that had Apple purchased Nokia I'd be pretty excited for the future. Thinking that MS has bought Nokia I'm just wondering how long before they mess it up.
In my view this graphic pretty much describes how I see it.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BTNhZWiCUAA4bod.png:large
Courtesy of https://twitter.com/amir/status/374789309531840512
@ Ian: ive heard another statistics, that Android has a market share of nearly 80% worldwide. so it would be interesting to know what market your graphics cover.
Of course, the general picture would be same: Two Minions joining together.
@ Chris. I picked up the image from a tweet by Luke Millar. (Like an idiot I got the link wrong in my post - https://twitter.com/ltm)
A little bit of research tracks back to...
http://www.zdnet.com/nielsen-tries-to-figure-out-who-is-winning-the-u-s-smartphone-market-7000019067/
So I'm guessing the numbers are correct. Of course - as I've often said - 80% of statistics are made up. So read what you will.
@ Ian: only believe the statistics that You made up yourself. A wise snippet of information that I follow carefully. :)
Good for you - how many shares did you buy?
