[ARWestenberger]

"Microsoft said it has reached an agreement to acquire the handset and services business of Nokia for about $7.2 billion, in an audacious effort to transform Microsoft?s business for a mobile era that has largely passed it by.

Late Monday night, Microsoft and Nokia said 32,000 Nokia employees will join Microsoft as a result of the all-cash deal, which will turn the Finnish mobile phone pioneer into the engine for Microsoft?s mobile efforts" -NYTimes

What does this mean for the future partnering prospects for BlackBerry or for BlackBerry as a company in general? Now that Microsoft will have control of the hardware and the software of their WP devices...

BlackBerry Z10 | Verizon | 10.2.0.1371

[hf199]

This is huge! BlackBerry needs a big partner like Lenovo and HP!

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[njblackberry]

http://forums.crackberry.com/news-ru...p-msft-845575/ <- six pages here...