Eldar Murtazin: Microsoft will enter negotiations to buy Nokia's mobile division next week -- Engadget
A rumor, but one that makes sense. I suggested at the time that Nokia announced it was dropping Symbian that it should be acquired by Microsoft if it was going that way. Actually could increase the value of the Skype deal, and vice versa.
Note that Microsoft is retrenching into a (enterprise) mobile communications business, since it lost its way in so many other places. Why doesn’t it buy RIM, too?