Re: Eldarmurtazin: "MS want to buy Nokia Mobile division"
 

i used to work in the handset business and what one oem partner told me makes sense - buying a device is a lifestyle statement. what matters most is when you put it on the table and people go oooooh, aaaaaaah.

so, the average person's opinion is usually the one that drives decisions. afterall, the volume game is in the consumer market. make 1 dollar from 10 people instead of 10 dollars from 1 person and you will win mindshare and marketshare. lol.

Re: Eldarmurtazin: "MS want to buy Nokia Mobile division"
 

It depends on the nature of the gain they obtain. The gain can be financial, political, prestige, technological, etc.

Furthermore, it also depends on when they expect to capitalize their gain (convert to money eventually).

From my (or yours) point of view it looks like it does not make sense, but given the reputation these people have, it makes perfect sense for them.

Re: Eldarmurtazin: "MS want to buy Nokia Mobile division"
 

Buying Skype makes sense no matter WHO you are! Too many consumers/users already there! Great proprietary technology for voice, which equals intellectual property, video calling tech... Why wouldn't ANY company NOT want the top video chatting app on the market encompassing every OS on the market?

If LTE voice doesn't pan out, MSFT could just make deals with carriers to share revenue and use Skype across the board. Already supports numbers, landline calls, etc. Did all the work for them...

Re: Eldarmurtazin: "MS want to buy Nokia Mobile division"
 

I still don't see how they can get 8.5B worth of value out of Skype. Given Microsoft's past history in buying companies, the prognosis isn't good.

Re: Eldarmurtazin: "MS want to buy Nokia Mobile division"
 

Whether or not he's gunning for attention with this doesn't make it any more or less likely. I'm sure he was gunning for attention when he said that Nokia would be going Windows Phone 7 and before that when he reviewed the half-assed N900.. neither of which, in hindsight, were inaccurate. Can you provide more of an argument than "he's gunning for attention" and that they considered it but it was shelved? Near as I can tell, Nokia also tried to dismiss claims they would be considering Android or Windows Phone 7 and the evidence was supposed to be their incredible dedication to open-source and to their recently purchased QT. :P

Re: Eldarmurtazin: "MS want to buy Nokia Mobile division"
 

I dont think it will happen. He simply learned from somewhere about Ovi brand elimination and decided to make a wild guess about something bigger since what he said before turned out to be true.

This guy hates Nokia and never misses a chance to trash them in any way possible. So far I think he did this so that Nokia's stock goes down even more

Re: Eldarmurtazin: "MS want to buy Nokia Mobile division"
 

Just because someone doesn't like Nokia doesn't necessarily answer the question of whether they're likely to be right or wrong.

I would also like to point out that he didn't say Eldar was wrong. The way he put it, it can neither be a truth nor a lie, because he targeted "accuracy"... so much for that hope of yours. If he wanted to comment on the rumor, he COULD have simply said the words: The rumors are untrue.

Re: Eldarmurtazin: "MS want to buy Nokia Mobile division"
 

True but spreading rumours about the company certainly helps :) Whether WP 7 was a good move is yet to be seen and as much as Elop is considered a spy or trojan horse I think he would prefer to be CEO of Nokia then the "president" of MS's mobile division.

Re: Eldarmurtazin: "MS want to buy Nokia Mobile division"
 

Spreading rumors about the company in and of itself, again, neither makes him right or wrong. His ratio for correct rumors, however, does make him far more likely to be right than wrong on this but still doesn't confirm anything. The ambiguous response from Nokia to the rumor also doesn't make him any more right or wrong.

Re: Eldarmurtazin: "MS want to buy Nokia Mobile division"
 

Btw, OF COURSE microsoft WANTS to buy Nokia's mobile division. This would be a smart acquisition for anyone looking to make headway in mobile devices if the price was right. The question is, has Nokia seriously considered such an offer? Logic says no, but Nokia has not exactly acted in a logical manner in the past few years....