Are we just going to ignore the monster acquisition Microsoft made?

Also they are using their foreign cash reserves and avoiding US tax.

 

if they are smart they would start to release some Nokia phones ruining android

 

oh shiet... will we see a new microsoft version of ...

 

Not such a "monster" acquisition.

If you want a monster, take a look at Verizon's deal with Vodafone. That should probably effect the market on a much larger scale.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/02/us-vodafone-verizon-idUSBRE97S08C20130902

 

Im not sure how thats going to effect the market. All they are doing is kicking Vodafone out. Vodafone wanted out anyways.

 

I do believe I am just going to ignore it.

 

As someone who uses a Nokia Windows Phone, I don't feel like this has any real effect on me.

 

It just means the OS will be even more tuned to your phone. It's like running a macbook vs a hackintosh. The hackintosh's are great, but nothing compares to when the software and hardware people are on the same page. It also means that the phone should have a longer lifetime as well. Windows Phone is looking to make slow sustained growth (from 4.5 % now to 18 % by 2018) and now they can actually do that. MSFT is realistic about its growth potential and I think that this will also help tie in developers. Before, MSFT could easily just ditch the platform which made developers weary (especially with its limited market share). Now developers can see that the platform is more likely to stick around and this should help them to stick around.

(Personally, I think most of the app moaning is done by ignorant people who are not in the platform itself. Sure, it's missing some apps, but outside of what the OS already does natively and the available apps on the market I don't think it's missing much.)

I think this deal came about for one of two reasons (if not both):
a.) MSFT needed a new CEO
b.) Nokia, who owns 85 % of the WP8 market was on the verge of making an Android phone

 

Whomever you read that from is dead wrong. I can easily do both. Some YouTube embed's do not work (that's if they are using a flash embed) but that's it. They don't have an official Instagram client, but 6Tag, Instance, and other 3rd party apps work just fine.