Update: He is also very confident that Stephen Elop would resign this year!

Stephen Elop will be resign as Nokia CEO in 2012 (I told that several times but repeat again).

— Eldar Murtazin (@eldarmurtazin) January 5, 2012

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Eldar Murtazin is tweeting some interesting thoughts about Nokia and Microsoft relationship.

He seems to be pretty confident that the two companies are going to meet in the coming weeks to discuss a possible acquisition deal.

Microsoft could acquire the Nokia brand. They are probably more interested in the patents rather than the plants and research and development units.

Here are some of his tweets:

Steve Balmer, Andy Lees and Stephen Elop, Kai Ostamo will meet in Las Vegas to finalize agreement about Nokia smartphone unit. Bye Nokia

— Eldar Murtazin (@eldarmurtazin) January 5, 2012

NOKIA smartphone unit could be transfered with one or two plants. Second half of 2012. Anouncement date isnt defined

— Eldar Murtazin (@eldarmurtazin) January 5, 2012

Nokia brand wouldnt be used for smartphones in this new MS unit. Thats a kind of deal between Elop and Balmer

— Eldar Murtazin (@eldarmurtazin) January 5, 2012

Nokia brand will be used for dumb phones and updated category of devices which they count as smartphone competitors. I dont believe in that

— Eldar Murtazin (@eldarmurtazin) January 5, 2012

Most interesting thing about Nokia/MS deal that everythingdepends only from MS now. If MS decide then deal will be closed in 2012

— Eldar Murtazin (@eldarmurtazin) January 5, 2012

MS isn’t sure that company need own plants/R&D for hardware etc. But MS definitely want to receive all patents connected with smartphones

— Eldar Murtazin (@eldarmurtazin) January 5, 2012

I’m not sure how fast Nokia will be destroyed if that deal happens in first half of 2012. May be 1-2 years.

— Eldar Murtazin (@eldarmurtazin) January 5, 2012

Without smartphones Nokia won’t survive. But Motorola or SE shows that smartphone itself isn’t save companies

— Eldar Murtazin (@eldarmurtazin) January 5, 2012