Microsoft Invests $300 Million In Nook e-Readers

First time accepted submitter NGTechnoRobot writes "In a turn for the books the BBC reports that Microsoft has invested $300 million in Barnes and Noble's Nook e-reader. The new Nook reader will integrate with Microsoft's yet-to-be-released Windows 8 operating system. From the article: 'The deal could make Barnes and Noble's Nook e-book reader available to millions of new customers, integrating it with the Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system. The as-yet unnamed new company will be 82.4% owned by Barnes and Noble, with Microsoft getting a 17.6% stake.' Guess the lawsuit's over, folks."

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Error in the Summary

[Anonymous Coward]

Now even the summary doesn't RTFA. It's $300 = £185m, not $300 = £300.

Re:Very Clever Long-Term Business Planning

[Anonymous Coward]

Calm down, dude, calm down. It's just another generic post-as-soon-as-the-article-comes-up, high-ID Microsoft shill. You've got to expect that sort of thing.

Re:Very Clever Long-Term Business Planning

[Anonymous Coward]

Samsung is now the largest mobile manufacture, not Nokia.

Re:Very Clever Long-Term Business Planning

[Richard_at_work]

iPhones and iPads as of iOS5.x now update over the air, without any PC or Mac interaction required (they can even activate OTA these days as well).

Re:Very Clever Long-Term Business Planning

[theheadlessrabbit]

You lost me at "On top of that Nokia will use Android on their lower end phones"

What about the part where he says Nokia is the largest phone manufacturer? Wasn't there just an article posted less than a week ago about Samsung taking the top spot from Nokia?