....FWIW:
The deal with Microsoft takes Nokia completely out of the handset market. It's left with a pile of cash and NSN, the company's maps and advanced technology division (basically research & development and various patents).
One of my contacts, a senior executive in the technology space, wrote me with his thoughts on Nokia's current situation…
My guess is that they [Nokia] are going to take the cash and make a strategic acquisition that is complimentary to the NSN assets in order to complete the transformation of the company…