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So, Nokia is doing an Android launcher? I thought Microsoft were going to scrap the Nokia brand, making Nokia a windows phone company, and now its still Nokia a
by harel 12y ago
So, Nokia is doing an Android launcher? I thought Microsoft were going to scrap the Nokia brand, making Nokia a windows phone company, and now its still Nokia and doing Android? Am I missing something?
- Nokinside 12y agoWhat you missed is that Microsoft didn't buy Nokia or the brand. Nokia only sold its ‘Devices and Services’ business to Microsoft. Nokia was left with Nokia Networks, Business Services, HERE, Nokia Research. MS licensed "Nokia" brand from Nokia for limited time. Nokia can't make mobile phones until 2015.
- wmt 12y agoMicrosoft did not buy Nokia, just its mobile division, and the exclusive right to use the Nokia brand to sell mobile phones for some time. This is the actual Nokia corporation licensing its brand for a Foxconn tablet.
- harel 12y agoYep. a bit more digging and I found out they do this: http://n1.nokia.com/ http://n1.nokia.com/ but without a 3g card, at least until their contract with MS runs out.
- experimental- 12y agoYes, a great deal. Nokia is still an independent company, even though it sold a division of theirs to Microsoft a while back. Microsoft also bought a license to the Nokia brand on select products for a set period.