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Microsoft’s Elop: Nokia brand soon to vanish from smartphones

Microsoft’s new head of devices, Stephen Elop. James Martin/CNET Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, starting his new job as head of Microsoft’s devices group Monday, doesn’t see the Nokia name sticking around for long at Microsoft. “Nokia as a brand will not be used for long going forward for smartphones,” Elop said in a Q&A on its Conversations blog (recently …

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Microsoft gets colorful with its first Nokia Lumia ad

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft has unveiled its first Nokia ad since officially taking ownership of the Lumia lineup. In a spot titled “Not Like Everybody Else,” Microsoft touts the “colorful” aspects of Nokia phones. We see a lone Nokia phone owner outfitted in a yellow jacket, red hat, and red gloves as he travels through a black-and-white world. The …

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