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> a sophisticated smartphone platform adopted wholesale by the world's leading phone manufacturer. "Wholesale adoption" must mean something different than what
by michaelcampbell 16y ago
> a sophisticated smartphone platform adopted wholesale by the world's leading phone manufacturer.
"Wholesale adoption" must mean something different than what I was taught, since Nokia was paid a cool billion to take WP7.
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-will-pay-nokia-1-billion-for-phone-deal-2011-3 http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-will-pay-nokia-1-bi...
- recoiledsnake 16y agoThe deal isn't so simple as you make it out to be. Bing will get access to Ovi maps which will fill in the gap in EU and Asian countries. Even Google tried to court Nokia but the talks failed. $1 billion over 5 years is literally peanuts between such big players. And Google "pays" handset manufacturers and wireless operators to use Android. http://www.puremobile.co.uk/insiderblog/google-is-paying-carriers-and-phone-makers-to-adopt-android http://www.puremobile.co.uk/insiderblog/google-is-paying-car...
- kooshball 16y agoThe cool billion was just the up front fee, Nokia still has to pay licensing fee. from your article, "Nokia will have to sell more than 60 million phones, as Microsoft is estimated to charge no more than $15 per handset for Windows Phone."