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Nokia Lumia 800 Entertainment Bundle Now Online at Microsoft Store
Want the Nokia Lumia 800 Entertainment Bundle, but don’t live near a Microsoft retail store? Well, now you can buy it at the Microsoft online store. It’s available in Black or Magenta for $899. It’s an insane price, but doesn’t seem so bad if you actually calculate the total cost of buying the devices in the bundle separately.
Packaging Photos of Nokia Lumia 800 Entertainment Bundle
The Nokia Lumia 800 Entertainment Bundle became available a couple of days ago. Thanks to @bluechrism, we now know how the packaging looks like. He stopped by one of the Microsoft Stores and took some photos. Unfortunately, he couldn’t look inside the box. Check it out.
$899 Nokia Lumia 800 Entertainment Bundle Now Available
The Nokia Lumia 800 Entertainment Bundle officially goes on display February 26th at Microsoft stores, but you can buy one now if you simply ask. The $899 price tag is a little high, so I’m curious how well the bundle will sell. The Nokia Lumia 800 will be unlocked and contract-free, supporting AT&T’s 3G network. To be more specific, it supports WCDMA/HSPA at 850/1900/2100.
Microsoft Paid Nokia $250M Last Quarter For Adopting Windows Phone, Billions More to Come
Nokia’s fourth quarter earnings was published earlier today. Here’s an interesting tidbit: Microsoft sent Nokia $250 million. According to Computer World, it was payment for Nokia to adopt Windows Phone. It was the first of many to come, expected to measure in the billions of US dollars.
Samsung to Acquire Nokia?
A few weeks ago, Nokia stepped forward to say that rumors of a Microsoft acquisition was baseless. How will Nokia respond now to the latest reports that Samsung is preparing to acquire them? The speculation originally came from the The Wall Street Journal. Mobile insider Eldar Murtazin tweeted this is a rumor started by Nokia to put pressure on Microsoft.
Nokia’s Ovi Maps to Replace Bing Maps, Insider Says
An insider told Search Engine Land that Nokia’s Ovi Maps will “replace everything that Microsoft had developed over the past several years in terms of the Bing Maps infrastructure.” Microsoft’s role would be on the Bing Maps UI. This is shocking to Search Engine Land because they say Microsoft has already invested hundreds of millions of dollars (if not billions) in their mapping technology.
Finnish Union Demands EUR 100K to Each Nokia Employee Laid Off From Strategy Overhaul
Chairman of a large Finnish trade union, Antti Rinne, told the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday it will demand Nokia to pay EUR 100,000 to each employee it lays off as part of its strategy overhaul. The union represents 5,000 Nokia employees. Rinne says the lump sum in addition to their severance payment will pay for their reeducation.
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