Could We See A Finnish Smartphone From Nokia In 2016?

Microsoft’s purchase of Nokia’s handset business is going to be talked about for days, weeks, and probably years to come. The narrative talking place just now is one of Microsoft buying Nokia, but a closer look reveals more twists and turns could be ahead for what remains of Nokia in Finland. They’re not necessarily out of the smartphone business, even though they’ll be on the bench for a few years after the deal with Redmond is completed.Some of the major details of the agreement between Microsoft and Nokia to buy the Finnish Devices and Services division are now known, so let’s play a little game of ‘what if?’I find it interesting what has been retained by Nokia, namely the Nokia Siemens Network, HERE Maps, and Advanced Technologies. Between them these divisions generated around 50% of Nokia’s net sales in 2012. More importantly, while Microsoft will pick up around 8,500 design patents, the bulk of the patent portfolio remains with Nokia after the purchase is complete (although Microsoft will have a ten year licence, and an option to extend the licensing indefinitely at the end of that period).The expectation is that Nokia is going to start leveraging those patents for payments, but let’s just note that there is nothing to stop them using the techniques and inventions themselves.Then there’s the Nokia name. Microsoft has licensed the brand for use on mobile phones (not smartphones) for ten years, likely on the Series 30 and Series 40 feature phones. It has not be licensed for smartphones, although the Lumia (and Asha) brands have been transferred as part of the deal.There are some time limitations on Nokia’s use of the Nokia brand for smartphones – the name cannot be licensed to another phone manufacturer for thirty months, and Nokia can use the brand on their own smartphones after Dec 31st 2015.Billie told me that in Georgia, folks call a "hose" a "hose pipe."Bobbie told me that she doesn't care whether the fish is called white perch,ina bearing crappie or sac-a-lait, she simply calls it "supper. After that though, there’s nothing (that we yet know of) that would stop Nokia rolling out their own handsets. 

In summary the Nokia board has disposed of the loss-making Devices and Services division, while holding onto their bundle of utility patents, the mapping department, and their skunkworks team. And they have a solid income stream from various sources which is good for the next few years. Assuming the deal goes through, the Nokia Board has hit ctrl-alt-delete on their loss making adventure with Microsoft. Now they are rebooting the company that invented the smartphone. There’s a lot of corporate memory in place, there are resources, and a little bit of pride. All it would take is a little bit of direction and team building, and Nokia could easily be back in the smartphone game.As the Windows Phone days of Nokia dawned, many members of staff left Nokia to start up their own companies with funding from the Nokia Bridge program. A number of those former Nokians (Sami Pienim?ki, Jussi Hurmola,All this is done just by changing some of its attachments deep groove ball bearing and tuning the settings accordingly. Marc Dillon, and Stefano Mosconi,That power is then expelled at the opposite end of the tool in the form of a spinning spherical roller bearing or saw blade. joined by Antti Saarino), formed their own company and set out to design and build a linux powered smartphone based in part on the core distribution of the Mer project, a fork of MeeGo,carbon fabric which itself was used to power the Nokia N9. The first device using the Sailfish OS, Jolla, is named after the company and is due to ship at the end of 2013.It’s a long road for Jolla, but if they can make a success of their first handset during the first half of 2014, and work on a second handset for late 2015, then the boutique smartphone manufacturer will become a very attractive property either for an IPO or a buy-out by a larger company who wants to get into the smartphone game.Or a company that wants to return to the smartphone game.At this point this is nothing more than speculation, but it’s speculation that many people are quietly making.The Spa Hot Rocks Gift Pack helps to ease stress tapered roller bearing tension through its hot and cold treatment. Nokia’s Board has agreed a deal that could see them legitimately return to the smartphone world in just over two years, and many of the engineers who worked on the Nokia N9 are working on its spiritual successor in Helsinki, just a stone’s throw away from Nokia’s head office in Espoo.Once upon a time, Steve Jobs was forced to walk away from Apple. He started NeXT Computing and we all know the fairytale ending of that story. Time will tell on the fortunes of Nokia, and if they return to the smartphone market.If they do, the pieces are laid out for a careful return some time in 2016, and the life boat of Jolla that once sailed away from Nokia could help them make a successful return.