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# The new, small Nokia looks really interesting
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2013/09/nokia-microsoft-internet-of-things/
- Published: 2013-09-03T11:36:57.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T16:03:05.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: in-car systems, internet of things, microsoft, nokia

[![The soon-to-be Microsoft Lumia 1020](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/09/lumia-1020-thumb-640xauto-3258.jpg?resize=640%2C337)](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/09/lumia-1020.jpg?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)  
Well, now, I might actually have a future as a tech blogger and analyst after all. Last Saturday, I wrote a piece for Next Conference, speculating that the [big push that that Nokia was giving its Here Auto in-car system](http://nextco.nf/1a2TLjs?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) made it look like it was preparing for a post-phone future.

Sure enough, yesterday, Nokia announced it was [selling its phone business to Microsoft](http://gigaom.com/2013/09/02/it-happened-microsoft-to-buy-nokias-device-division-for-5-44-billion-euros/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+OmMalik+%28GigaOM%3A+Tech%29), in part of the second big pivot the former rubber company has made. What’s left? An interesting mix of technologies that could make the Nokia that remains post-phones an interesting player in the future where we have embedded screen all around us – in our cars, in our homes, and maybe worn on our person.

I had the chance to visit Nokia’s HQ [in Helsinki](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2012/11/a%5Fsilence%5Fand%5Fan%5Fanniversary.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) late last year, as part of a [Brilliant Noise](http://brilliantnoise.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) project I was involved with ([this ebook](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2013/05/design%5Fyour%5Fday.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) was the end result of my contribution). It was – and felt like – a company in transition. There were some bright, articulate and thoughtful people there, and a deep commitment to the brand. If enough of those stay with the Nokia that remains, it could well be a company to watch over the next few years, freed once again of the shackles of its past.

As for the new Microsoft with its phone division – well, its future rather depends on who they chose as CEO, doesn’t it?