Microsoft Gets Nokia Units. But the purchase won't affect the fortunes of Windows Phone. / Google's Golang/Go

The Microsoft-Nokia Deal: Risks and Messiness

By DAVID POGUE

It's hard to understand why Microsoft bought Nokia. But the purchase won't affect the fortunes of Windows Phone.

Microsoft Gets Nokia Units, and Leader

By NICK WINGFIELD

Microsoft reached an agreement to acquire the handset and services business of Nokia for more than $7.1 billion in an all-cash deal, and Stephen Elop, the chief executive of Nokia and a former Microsoft executive, will rejoin Microsoft. 

這樁交易極有可能會影響三星電子（Samsung Electronics Co.）等產業內其他公司。全球最大智慧型手機公司三星也有製造Windows筆電。

儘管三星多數行動手機支援谷歌公司（Google Inc.）Android作業系統，但三星也生產一些搭載Windows的行動裝置，像是6月在倫敦推出的ATIV平板電腦。

谷歌2011年因收購摩托羅拉行動公司（Motorola Mobility Inc.）而獲得硬體資源。現在微軟透過與諾基亞的交易，也成為主要的硬體公司。這為三星和其他硬體公司帶來更多風險和不穩定性，而這些公司仍嘗試自己開發軟體。

拉希福表示，微軟與諾基亞的交易「讓三星有必要更努力開發自家軟體」。

根據Canalys，第2季搭載微軟Windows作業系統的手機出貨量在全球僅占3%，Android則占80%，蘋果公司（Apple Inc.）的iOS占13%。

在 諾基亞的交易可讓微軟在智慧型手機中增添戰力的同時，也讓全球最大個人電腦（PC）製造商聯想集團等其他硬體公司慌了手腳。聯想一直力圖拓展智慧型手機和 平板電腦市場版圖。聯想不僅生產Android智慧型手機，也有許多採用Windows的平板電腦。（譯者：中央社陳昱婷）1020903

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