Don't look now, but Nokia is back ...

[Don Dingee]

... and it's not in mobile phones.

Nokia to buy digital health firm Withings for $191 million | Re/code

Withings is one of the more recognized brands in digital health, particularly for its Wi-Fi digital scale.

Nokia has a stated goal to get back in a consumer business, not just stay in the mobile infrastructure business. We've been saying for some time the next play is IoT infrastructure - this isn't a huge stretch.

This sets up an interesting dynamic as more and more of the IoT startups are looking for big acquisition partners.

 

[Daniel Payne]

Interesting to see if Nokia can reinvent itself.

Intel started out designing DRAMs, then went into Microprocessors as DRAM became a commodity that it couldn't be #1 or #2 in.

 

[JeffreyHF]

Starting with making rubber boots, Nokia has had many reinventions throughout its history.