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September 13, 2013, 11:55 PM

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Nick Wingfield / NYT Bits:
Microsoft execs were aware of an Android Lumia prototype before Nokia deal  —  Behind Microsoft Deal, the Specter of a Nokia Android Phone  —  SEATTLE — Before Microsoft reached a deal to buy Nokia's phone business, there was a possibility that Nokia could have switched its smartphones …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Nuclear options: Microsoft was testing Surface Phone while Nokia experimented with Android  —  Things might have turned out very differently  —  Microsoft and Nokia need each other more than you'd expect.  While Nokia was testing Android in a variety of different ways, Microsoft was busy experimenting with a Surface Phone.
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