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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Looks like Microsoft finally discovers the world of mobile phones 
Still, they're late to the game. The world is Android and iOS. |
Things change.
Even before this deal, WinPhone was growing market share faster than anybody.
The Balmer email makes it clear that the Nokia units will now be Microsoft's hardware unit; don't think this is just about phones. Tablets, of course. But with a top-notch hardware design team in-house and a mandate to go after the consumer market there is a whole range of possibilities now open. We may yet see the Courier. Or a Zune 2.
Try this: now it makes sense for MS to buy Nook.
It also makes sense to make good on the long-standing "threat" to buy AMD.
Things change and they just did.