[asian_XL]

Leaked letter confirms that Microsoft Mobile Oy will be the new name of Nokia's handset division (http://www.phonearena.com/news/Leaked-letter-confirms-that-Microsoft-Mobile-Oy-will-be-the-new-name-of-Nokias-handset-division_id55347)

Leaked letter confirms that Microsoft Mobile Oy will be the new name of Nokia's handset division

Dear Supplier,

On September 3, 2013, Nokia Corporation announced its intention to sell substantially all of its Devices and Services Business to Microsoft Corporation. We anticipate the transaction to close during April 2014.

Under the terms of the sale, Microsoft will assume all rights, benefits and obligations of the Nokia Devices and Services business, including Nokia’s agreements with suppliers, customers and partners which pertain to the Devices and Services business. Therefore, the purpose of this letter is to update you that the current terms and conditions that you have with the Devices and Services business will not change.

Please note that upon the close of the transaction between Microsoft and Nokia, the name of Nokia Corporation/Nokia Oyj will change to Microsoft Mobile Oy. Microsoft Mobile Oy is the legal entity name that should be used for VAT IDs and for the issuance of invoices.

NEW BUSINESS INVOICE DETAILS:

New name and registered address replacing Nokia Oyj/Nokia Corporation is:

Microsoft Mobile Oy

Keilaranta 7

02150 ESPOO

Finland

New Bank Accounts: Please note that Microsoft Mobile Oy is going to have new bank accounts, for further information please contact us via AP Portal: https://ap.nokia.com/APPortalExt/Login.aspx (registration required).

There is NO change in the invoice sending method, please continue to send the invoices via electronic channels as before.

For further information on changes (legal address/send to address) after the close of the transaction between Microsoft and the Nokia Devices and Services business, please check our Invoice Address Search tool (IAS): https://ap.nokia.com/APPortalExt/AddressSearch.aspx (No registration required), or contact us via AP Portal: https://ap.nokia.com/APPortalExt/Login.aspx (Registration required).

Please note that the only changes in the Purchase Order (PO) layout after the close of the transaction will be to remove the Nokia Logo and change the legal address, whereas the PO numbering format and sequence will not change.

Continuation of business with Nokia

In addition to becoming a supplier for Microsoft Mobile Oy, we appreciate that you might also remain a supplier to the continuing businesses of Nokia (i.e., NSN, HERE or Advanced Technologies) after the close of the transaction between Microsoft and Nokia Devices and Services. Nokia will communicate separately any changes in invoicing methods and addresses before the close of this transaction.

Best regards,

Nokia Devices and Services Financial Services Purchase to Pay Team



http://www.pixentral.com/pics/1jeC7WHK68KHYRWD5rmmtNNd2PtbTh.jpg

[PeanutButter]

So does that mean we should buy Nokia stock because it's going to go up or people who have Nokia stock should sell?

[bcrdukes]

If this is true: :okay:

[ae101]

stylinred will be sad, i still have my 3310 as a back up phone & yes i still use it till this day
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[Soundy]

"Oy"??

Should be popular with Jews :troll:

Other than that... stupidest name since Zune.

[Brianrietta]

Other than that... stupidest name since Zune.

It'll be known eventually as simply Microsoft Mobile, which is a reasonable enough name. Oy is the Finnish abbreviation for Osakeyhtiö or in English, Limited Company. Let's be honest nobody calls Bosch by it's full name Robert Bosch GmbH either.

[Yodamaster]

I'll never stop assuming that people who are saying "Microsoft Mobile Oy" are Australian.

[yray]

Oy phone

inb4 apple lawsuit

[meme405]

:rukidding:

Changing the name of such an established company is up there with the stupidest of business maneuvers.

[StylinRed]

So does that mean we should buy Nokia stock because it's going to go up or people who have Nokia stock should sell?

No, you wanted to be a shareholder earlier on since it was undervalued (down as low as $1.60 iirc) the sell off of Nokias Mobile Devices isn't a new story its quite old and rumored even earlier on

Nokia still exists so if you want to pick up their stock now you'll have to decide how they'll do being a Network/Map provider and Patent holder


stylinred will be sad
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Meh I was pissed off back when they recruited Stephen Elop and had already begun writing them off back then

MSFT was planning on using the "Nokia" moniker on their devices but not sure for how much longer, for me though i'd rather they wouldn't because it just sullies Nokias image imo ;)


Nokia has a non-competition clause in their sale contract that only lasts through 2015 so we may still see Nokia mobile devices as soon as 2016 but I doubt it since they've gotten rid of all their plants/workforce*

(* India plant may still exist due to legal issues)

[knight604]

Bye.

[punkwax]

My first cell :ahwow:

http://www.thebluedot.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/nokia5110-225x300.jpg

[SeanJohn]

:rukidding:

Changing the name of such an established company is up there with the stupidest of business maneuvers.
Is it really?

Changing the name to include Microsoft isn't that terrible since the Microsoft label will have a certain amount of goodwill attached to it (in terms of credit worthiness) to businesses that they deal with whereas the Nokia name seems to have gone downhill in recent years. This is comparing apples and oranges but an example that comes to mind is how WorldCom still operates under a different name because of the whole scandal thing.

Not trying to be a dick for the sake of disagreeing with your point or anything but just wondering why it's a bad business decision in this case is all.

[asian_XL]

My first cell :ahwow:

http://www.thebluedot.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/nokia5110-225x300.jpg

here is mine... lol

http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Nokia-Updates-Product-Name-Conventions-Removes-Letters-2.jpg

[ae101]

http://pureviewclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Nokai-3310-1.jpg?f82e68
my fave & still using it this day

[AAnthony]

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[FerrariEnzo]

My first cell :ahwow:

http://www.thebluedot.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/nokia5110-225x300.jpg
mine also.. back then it was on the Cantel network :ilied:
had it all blinged out with the flashy lights and stuff

[HondaGuy]

Haha here are mine in order:

Nokia 6160
Nokia 6161
Nokia 8260

Span from 1996,1997 and 2000-01
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[twitchyzero]

still remember my friend showing off his imported n95 when everyone was still on flip phones :awwyeah:

[Tone Loc]

Fuaaaark, remember my mom giving me her old Nokia as a "safety phone" when I first started walking home alone. Fast forward to getting an N95 for like $600 back when I was in HS, balling on minimum wage. Kinda crazy to think Nokia went from being the most popular phone maker in the world to scraping by in the space of 10-15 years...

[LightKeeper]

Well, companies come and go.
Before nokia, ericsson dominated the market.

[v_tec]

Anyone else receive an email an hour ago stating:

Privacy, Data Protection and Service Terms Information Regarding the Sale of Nokia’s Devices & Services Business to Microsoft

Pretty much inline with OP's post.

[El Bastardo]

"Oy"??

Should be popular with Jews :troll:



Hear that? Its the sound of Charles In Charge destroying his Lumia because this name change is evidence of the Jewish world order using communication devices to spy on the citizens of the planet.

He has since purchased an HTC and, in spite of HTC's own alleged history of spying on its users, he feels comfortable because the people listening to his calls still have their foreskins intact.

[Mr.HappySilp]

Nokia 3310 were the beast. No matter how many times you drop it, it will still work. You might break your case but that's it lol. I still remember when fido was offering that phone free 3 months with them. I got a bunch of them lol =D

Not to mention snake was the most awesome game ever!

[k3mps]

I remember my sister bringing home one of these bad boys, it was the first cell phone I ever touched and played with

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EHMq5o4BUNA/UDd0pzQPSFI/AAAAAAAAAU4/8fFeYwriRz8/s1600/Old+Phone+NOKIA+5165+Image.jpg

Years later when I started High School, this was my first cell phone

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Nokia6265i.jpg

Time flies...

[StanleyR]

I recall back in the mid 2000's when my GF and I moved in together. She needed a cell so we got set up with a Nokia 3205i. I liked it most since reminded me of my BMW (325is)

[flagella]

The name change isn't bad at all compared to PwC changing Booz & Company to Strategy&.

"Hey where do you work?"

"Oh, I work for Strategy&...."

[Matlock]

Oh I remember having a giant heavy Nokia as my first cellphone in the early 2000s... Then I brought it to get the case modded to a fully clear one and the bastards cut my antenna inside so I had no idea why my phone turned shitty until I brought it into telus. Damn you early Richmond night market at some mall parking lot on No 3 Rd in the early 2000s!! I remember having snake as the only game on my phone.

Renaming Nokia to anything Microsoft just makes me want one even less. (Not that I would get one in the first place.)

[ae101]

lol i remember back then i would exchange cases with my friends over & over again, man those were good times

[rice cooker]

i remember back in early 2000s when nokia was cool/relevant

[ae101]

http://i3.asn.im/Now-that-s-just-plain-dangerous-_t1dj.jpg

:lawl:

[smoothie.]

Fkn Microsoft Trojan horsed and killed nokia.
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[freakshow]

nokia was dead long before they got trojan horsed by elop

[OriginalJC]

http://www.idhawati.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Nokia-8890.jpg

Miss my 8890. I remember paying something insane like 800-900 for it.

[bcrdukes]

That is still, by far, one of my favourite phones!

[heleu]

http://www.idhawati.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Nokia-8890.jpg

Miss my 8890. I remember paying something insane like 800-900 for it.

IS that the matrix phone? I remember it was an object of desire....

[mos_skeeto]

http://cdn2.gsmarena.com/vv/pics/nokia/nokia-e71-02.jpg

Everyone is going nostalgic but this is quite honestly the best phone I ever owned. I don't know why but when you held it, it's perfect. The metal frame made it feel cool (literally). The phone felt super thin. The keyboard was fantastic and everything was the right proportion.

[!LittleDragon]

Had me 4 Nokias... 8890, 6820, 7110 and 8800... all were great phones... I would always try something else in between but always found myself coming back to Nokia... After the 8800, I started using WinMo phones... then went to Android, iPhone, back to Android and now WinPho

Actually, make that 5... I'm currently using a Lumia 1020. I always come back to Nokia... lol

[Skittlez160]

http://www.idhawati.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Nokia-8890.jpg

Miss my 8890. I remember paying something insane like 800-900 for it.

Ah yes, good 'ol 8890. I still have mine sitting in the matching charging dock lol. I too paid somewhere upwards of $800 for it hahaha.

[Skittlez160]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/EM1SiR/IMG_4495resize.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EM1SiR/media/IMG_4495resize.jpg.html)

I still have all these sitting around somewhere. These were mine and my wife's before jumping on the iPhone wagon. I also have a N97 somewhere, amongst other models lol.

[asahai69]

my first 3 phones were nokia. first phone ever was a 7210. second was the 8801. still my favorite looking phone. my third was the nokia n82. then i started with the blackberries.

[vyrospec]

Been using nokia since the beginning and hopefully to continue.
like many, I started off with a 5120, then 3330, 6600, E65, X2-01, and currently Lumia 625.

[StylinRed]

nokia was dead long before they got trojan horsed by elop

no they werent

really long story but the former ceos changes were working and re-growth was accelerating when Elop snuck in (at a rate Windows Phone could only pray for) so he had to put a stop to it and came out with that burning platform memo and prematurely announcing an end to symbian to stifle that regrowth asap

that's why it boggled the minds of many that there were ppl defending Elop from being described as a trojan horse (they soon shut up though when it was painfully apparent)

[bcrdukes]

Everyone is going nostalgic but this is quite honestly the best phone I ever owned. I don't know why but when you held it, it's perfect. The metal frame made it feel cool (literally). The phone felt super thin. The keyboard was fantastic and everything was the right proportion.

Yes!

E71 really was, the best phone I ever owned! (Thanks slowguy!)

It was until I bricked it with a foreign software update. :okay: :failed:

[skiiipi]

http://cdn2.gsmarena.com/vv/pics/nokia/nokia-e71-02.jpg

Everyone is going nostalgic but this is quite honestly the best phone I ever owned. I don't know why but when you held it, it's perfect. The metal frame made it feel cool (literally). The phone felt super thin. The keyboard was fantastic and everything was the right proportion.

This and the 8801 was my two favorite phones
i've also owned the N73 and the N95, but I like the E and the 8801 the best due to the metal frame and just how solid the phone felt.

And the ball bearing slider on the 8801 was amazing too

honestly, as much as the phone software quality has advanced, the build quality seemed better back in the day.

I remember buying Nokias for $700-800 in highschool, but always looked for the ones that was made in Finland

[StylinRed]

http://m.phonegg.com/1/192b.jpg

https://hdimages-raw.s3.amazonaws.com/nokian-gageqd-1356310899-1.jpg

Internet tablets circa 2005
http://nokia770.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1806.jpghttp://www1.pcmag.com/media/images/113480-nokia-770-internet-tablet-angle-in-case.jpg
http://cdn.itechnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/Nokia-N810-internet-Tablet.jpghttp://www.educationfutures.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/nokian800.jpg

http://cdn2.gsmarena.com/vv/pics/nokia/no9110_00.jpg

[bcrdukes]

I remember buying Nokias for $700-800 in highschool, but always looked for the ones that was made in Finland

Nokia really made phone hunting fun, kind of like a bunch of children during an Easter egg hunt. All the time and effort was worth it, and the phones made in Finland always had better resale value too! :D

[nabs]

Nokia still makes cell phone carrier equipment! But they changed the name of that to NSN. Reflecting its merger with Siemens on this front. Nokia Siemens Networks.

[StylinRed]

Nokia still makes cell phone carrier equipment! But they changed the name of that to NSN. Reflecting its merger with Siemens on this front. Nokia Siemens Networks.

they bought out the Siemens portion its now Nokia Solutions Network

[ae101]

i just wish nokia would have done a better.job with their OS, maybe then they wouldnt fail so bad
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[StylinRed]

i just wish nokia would have done a better.job with their OS, maybe then they wouldnt fail so bad
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thats what happens when you're on the top you get lazy and fall

they had made great strides with Belle and they were going to transition it into full on Maemo by this year (if they had stuck with the plan)

and their changes were working like i said but microsoft had already sunk their teeth in and got their lackey in

[bcrdukes]

Nokia N9 + Maemo = :alone: