[deleted]
Well from a bit of Googling it would seem that Samsung has a market capitalisation of ~USD$120B vs. Nokia's ~USD$14B. I'm unsure of what % of Samsung is mobile devices, but one would assume Google would have to throw a lot more money at Samsung to buy their devices division than MS is spending to buy Nokia (according to their press release: USD$7.17B)
Microsoft to acquire Nokia
11–20 of 156 posts
Re: Microsoft to acquire Nokia
#12Re: Microsoft to acquire Nokia
#13And now Microsoft has a hardware division. I can easily see most hardware vendors being ousted by the trio of Google/MS/Apple - all of whom now either make or have been making their own hardware to go along with their software. And so the walled garden grows...
Re: Microsoft to acquire Nokia
#14Re: Microsoft to acquire Nokia
#15And now Microsoft has a hardware division. I can easily see most hardware vendors being ousted by the trio of Google/MS/Apple - all of whom now either make or have been making their own hardware to go along with their software. And so the walled garden grows...
Re: Microsoft to acquire Nokia
#16And now Microsoft has a hardware division. I can easily see most hardware vendors being ousted by the trio of Google/MS/Apple - all of whom now either make or have been making their own hardware to go along with their software. And so the walled garden grows...
They already have several hardware products including Xbox, Kinnect, keyboards, mice, and the Surface.
Re: Microsoft to acquire Nokia
#17And now Microsoft has a hardware division. I can easily see most hardware vendors being ousted by the trio of Google/MS/Apple - all of whom now either make or have been making their own hardware to go along with their software. And so the walled garden grows...
Re: Microsoft to acquire Nokia
#18And now Microsoft has a hardware division. I can easily see most hardware vendors being ousted by the trio of Google/MS/Apple - all of whom now either make or have been making their own hardware to go along with their software. And so the walled garden grows...
We've yet to see Google do anything interesting w/ Motorola though (unless I've missed something). The Nexus line are all currently built by LG, no? So sure they own Motorola, but they haven't (tightly) integrated it into their Android plans.
Re: Microsoft to acquire Nokia
#19Re: Microsoft to acquire Nokia
#20I hope Ballmer and Gates have a dedicated CEO in mind now that Ballmer's leaving... very few people will be able to lead a company this large, and it will be quite a tragedy if Microsoft's reputation declines and takes down Nokia with it.