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To: pyslent who wrote (134179)5/23/2012 4:42:05 PM
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Nokia estimated $650M in annual recurring royalties from all sources in their most recent conference call. I imagine that the bulk of this is iPhone related and therefore growing quickly. Also potentially fueling the royalty stream growth is additional lawsuits.


I know it's not like Apple, but an acquisition of NOK would make sense in some areas. A few:


Nokia's patents combined with Apples would be incredible.
Nokia has some great engineering and design talent.
Great cell phone industry relationships.
Apple could sell/spin off the non-consumer divisions.
Pre-existing mapping program.
Last but certainly not least superior expertise in cell phone camera tech, and Zeiss relationship.


Pipe dream (pass the pipe!) I would never expect Apple to do it. But you can make a decently compelling argument.
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