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Man, as someone who loves Windows Phone, I am sad to see this merger go through. I wished if Nokia remained separate from Microsoft. Nokia as a company and culture gave Windows Phone a standing chance where most had already declared the market a duopoly. They had great products, amazing ads, exceptional customer service and most of all, a good sense of future. Heck even when MS failed to deliver decent apps, Nokia stepped in to fill the gap: Nokia Music/Radio, Nokia Maps, City Lens, Transit... all with offline support! If it wasn't for them, I would have never switched to a Windows Phone.

I wonder how its going to play out from here. Given the MS culture, are things going to get slow and bureaucratic?

Whatever happens Nokia is always going to hold a special place in my heart especially the 3310 [1], my first phone. :)

[1] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Nokia_331...

>>nivla+(OP)
> Given the MS culture, are things going to get slow and bureaucratic?

This is my worry. Nokia moves so quick on everything, and delivers great products. While Microsoft is always slow, and the the products are always missing features.

Hopefully all those Nokia employees will have an effect on Microsoft's culture.

Microsoft makes products I like. Nokia make products I love.

>>HenryM+Y4
Given that MS managed to do a Trojan takeover of Nokia, I'm gonna say yes, it's probably gonna end as a Pyrrhic victory for MS.

I mean MS has a track record of screwing up mergers, on par with Yahoo's.

>>HenryM+Y4
Did Nokia really move quickly? As I recall, it took them a year (from announcing they were going WP) before they released their first phone, the N9 running WP.

>>Touche+qa
It was about 8 months. Deal with Microsoft was announced in February 2011 and Lumia 800 (I have one) and 710 were announced in October.

>>HenryM+Y4
If Nokia had moved quickly we wouldn't be reading this.