Microsoft/Nokia are the perennial underdog in a market dominated by Android and iOS



From DailyTech:

On Friday, Microsoft announced the official completion of its purchase of Nokia's Devices and Services division. The $7.2B deal netted Microsoft a swanky smartphone hardware division and 25,000 new employees.

Microsoft, long the dominant player in the desktop/laptop operating system market with its various flavors of Windows, has found itself struggling to compete in the smartphone sector with Windows Phone. The Nokia acquisition will hopefully help to craft a hardware/software experience more in line with Microsoft’s vision for the consumer mobile experience.

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