Comments on: Microsoft checked Nokia’s books and killed buy-out plan say insiders

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:36:00 +0000

Manoeuvring an executive into CEO position, binding it to MS OS and then stripping the company until it is cheap and no one else can use it…. Brilliant strategy, MS !

By: Semper Fidelis

Semper Fidelis — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:58:00 +0000

“Nokia didn’t want a sale to happy either. ” has the author ever been to an English class ?

Anyway, it was clear from the beginning that the so-called “strategic” alliance between the Fins and MS was just a bluff whose ultimate purpose was to allow Redmond to snap up Nokia’s IP portfolio. As a manager, I could never fathom how Elop came up with the idea that in a highly-competitive market you can still allocate resources to a dying OS (Symbian) hoping clients will not notice… he fired other people in Finland for having taken the wrong decisions in the past (which is justifiable), but maybe he should look into his own backyard?….

By: The_Four_Freedoms

The_Four_Freedoms — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:34:00 +0000

I would dispute the assertion that Nokia have some time available to turn the mobile devices business around. The market works on an 18 month cycle, driven by the carrier contracts customers buy into. From the point where Elop announced Nokia were ditching Symbian & Meego in Feb 2011 they have lost almost every customer to rival handset replacements, and 85 % of their revenue stream. Now the customers have gone, there is no time left, it’s game over.

By: Aaron Baker

Aaron Baker — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:09:00 +0000

That was the plan all along, send in Elop the trojan horse to bankrupt Nokia and kill its OS’s so Microhard can buy it and use its patent to patent troll. I wish someone would do an investigation into the board members to find blackmail or bribes

By: Richard Hafner

Richard Hafner — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:24:00 +0000

if they had came out with some sort of variation of the pure view already in the states I’d most likely just buy it over any other phone for the camera. unfortunately they aren’t doing much with that idea :(

that or Samsung buy Nokia and use that tech for their future devices and *Drools* omg have the best phone out ever!

By: bibleverse1

bibleverse1 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:44:00 +0000

Nokia needs to get a prepaid wp7 or wp8 device the device needs to be 149.99 to 249.99. They also need CDMA devices in the US Verizon and Sprint have some of the worse device currently available. I would like to see a device with qwerty keyboard.

By: bibleverse1

bibleverse1 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:40:00 +0000

Agreed. They should be focused on increasing capabilities of OS and filling app store.

By: Ed_Luva

Ed_Luva — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:20:00 +0000

MS gets everything it wants out of its relationship with Nokia right now, so why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?

By: hiJACK

hiJACK — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:55:00 +0000

So many rumors popping up about facebook, samsung, microsoft buying nokia.

By: Paul Salmon

Paul Salmon — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:25:00 +0000

I wonder if it would be worth while for Microsoft to get into the hardware aspect of smartphones. While the XBox has worked out well for them, the smartphone market seems to be much harder to crack than the console world.

They should just concentrate on making their OS for the smartphone market and leave the hardware to another company.