The Nokia Acquisition (post comments and questions here)

[raul_junior]

http://conversations.nokia.com/2013...n-letter-from-steve-ballmer-and-stephen-elop/

 

[baseballbert]

First! Ok. Now that's out of the way. I like it. Should let the flood gates of fun open for WP!

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[TheJoester09]

I feel like this opens the door for Elop to become the new MS CEO.

 

[arvinxi]

Is this event good for us nokia phone users?



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[Bkr11]

Big news...hoping it's good for the NOK products to come...as long as there isn't a brain drain after the fact.

 

[boo516]

why isn't this on the cover wpcentral?!?

 

[Residing]

While there will be many not happy about this news (Fandroids), this is really a great move by Microsoft and for Windows Phone.

Very exciting news!

 

[raul_junior]

is this event good for us nokia phone users?



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yessss!!

 

[giffis]

Elop new CEO... great news ... Great...

 

[falconeight]

Awesome deal!

 

[boo516]

Elop new CEO... great news ... Great...

Not new CEO, he essentially becomes the head of the mobile services and devices division.

 

[Darkgift]

This is pretty exciting.

 

[jlp34876]

Whats going to happen to nokia branding, will they change the brand company of future lumia devices ?

 

[Good OL MC]

As part of the agreement, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop is stepping aside; he's now leading Microsoft's Devices team. That puts him in an odd position with Julie Larson-Green, who Ballmer said will be joining his team, but will also be responsible for other hardware like Surface and the Xbox One. The exact scope of Elop's role isn't exactly clear, and with a soon-to-be-vacant CEO seat we expect plenty of rumors to fly as the acquisition closes.

The Verge

Hot damn. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but it sounds super fishy that Elop adopted this OS and then sold himself back to MS.

 

[Sugarnotch]

MS, please don't screw this up. Keep Nokias key players in place so they can continue to inspire innovation.

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[NTUser]

Here we go... Hopefully they can get their act together and start improving WP!

 

[Sugarnotch]

MS, please don't screw this up. Keep Nokias key players in place so they can continue to inspire innovation.



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[Reflexx]

I'm happy AND sad.

I will miss seeing Nokia branding on my phones. Since Nokia is still going to keep existing as a company, I doubt that MS will be able to use Nokia's name on phones.

I've loved Nokia phones for almost 20 years.

 

[falconeight]

Nokia phone design, marketing, and development now have unlimited budgets. I can see amazing things coming out of nokia now.

 

[DaveSC]

I feel like this could really **** off some OEM's that were on the edge already when it comes to manufacturing devices for the windows mobile ecosystem. I am not sure that I really want to see Microsoft head in apples direction with a single choice for hardware. Having said that it could lead to some really tight hardware integration but then it could also follow the Google/Motorola purchase and produce little to no change at all.

I'm just not sure how to feel about this one, maybe it will become clear when details start flowing.