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There's no doubt that Nokia has been buoyed by Microsoft leading up to this acquisition. The lack of android devices would have been completely illogical if this wasn't the long game.

I think "end game" is more appropriate than "long game"

Please see this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6318882 they are not buying patents.

Considering that Google acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5b, $7b for Nokia doesnt look expensive.

In 2007 RIM had a market cap of $120 billion.

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