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Unstated: Nokia got a very inexpensive, possibly free license to WP. It's structured via offsetting transfer payments, of course, but still. Likely Nokia pay

by gonzo 16y ago

Unstated: Nokia got a very inexpensive, possibly free license to WP. It's structured via offsetting transfer payments, of course, but still. Likely Nokia pays no more for WP7 than HTC pays for Android. Microsoft is going to market the hell out of the relationship and resulting phones.

stcredzero 16y ago
It's quite a savvy move. Microsoft's strengths are marketing and software. Nokia knows how to engineer hardware. The employees weren't handled correctly. If I were Apple and Google, I'd now be poaching some Nokia employees.