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To: pyslent who wrote (134179)	5/23/2012 4:42:05 PM
From: Road Walker	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) of 213177

Nokia estimated $650M in annual recurring royalties from all sources in their most recent conference call. I imagine that the bulk of this is iPhone related and therefore growing quickly. Also potentially fueling the royalty stream growth is additional lawsuits. I know it's not like Apple, but an acquisition of NOK would make sense in some areas. A few: Nokia's patents combined with Apples would be incredible. Nokia has some great engineering and design talent. Great cell phone industry relationships. Apple could sell/spin off the non-consumer divisions. Pre-existing mapping program. Last but certainly not least superior expertise in cell phone camera tech, and Zeiss relationship. Pipe dream (pass the pipe!) I would never expect Apple to do it. But you can make a decently compelling argument.

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