Nokia Wants To Make Phones Again

An anonymous reader writes: Nokia has indicated that it's interested in returning to the phone-making business. In a post on the company's website, spokesman Robert Morlino explains that although they sold their devices business to Microsoft last year, they're still interested in the phone industry. They're not capable of building their own devices, and it looks unlikely that they'll be able to build a new hardware section in a reasonable time frame. Instead, they're looking for a partner to build the actual phones (and support them). Nokia would contribute design and branding. All that said, their deal with Microsoft prevents them from getting back into the phone business until Q4 2016, so we won't be seeing Nokia phones soon either way.

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What a Mess

[segedunum]

Seriously, WTF happened? Well Microsoft happened we all know that. The way forward was clear when the iPhone and then Android came about - either improve Symbian or move to Android. They could at least have been where Samsung is now as the de facto Android manufacturer and done a far better job.

Re:What a Mess

[Rob Y.]

You can't inject an Elop without short-sighted capitalists running the company. Anybody with any tech background knows getting into bed with Microsoft (and hiring an ex-MS exec as your CEO counts) means getting absorbed or screwed. But your average short-sighted capitalist just sees Microsoft's money and thinks "this guy knows how to get me some".