Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) pumps money into Cyanogen - is there a link to Nokia?

In between messing up its partnership with OnePlus, or making statements about how it is “putting a bullet through Google’s head,” Cyanogen does find some time to look for more investors. Back in March the company, which is led by Steve Kondik and Kirt McMaster, announced its series C funding from investors like Twitter, Qualcomm and Rupert Murdoch. Today the company announced more investor money, this time from Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn).

The series C funding is Cyanogen’s third injection of cash from outside investors. The money is generally given on the basis that the company has started to prove itself and that its business plan is sound.

If you haven’t heard of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), you will have surely heard of some of the products it manufactures: iPad, iPhone, Kindle, PlayStation, Xbox and so on! The keyword here is manufacture. Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) is a Taiwanese contract manufacturer that assembles products for the likes of Apple, Blackberry and Microsoft.

What isn’t so well appreciated is that Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) has its own smartphone brand. Next to all those iPhones that are rolling off the assembly lines, there are Android smartphones sold under Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn)’s InFocus brand.

Could there be a possible link between any future phones that Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) makes and the use of Cyanogen? Also, Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) is in the rebadging game. It designs and builds devices for third party companies who then just stick their own badges on the units. A prime example of this is the Nokia N1. Although it carries the Nokia name it is actually all Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn)’s work. If Nokia was ever to get back into the smartphone market it could very well use the same method. A Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) designed phone with a Nokia badge… and maybe running Cyanogen!

What do you think? Would you buy a Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) built Nokia smartphone running Cyanogen OS?