Following the epically brutal "our platform is burning" memo, Nokia announced today it's going to start using Windows phone in an effort to better compete with -- and disrupt if they can -- incredibly successful upstarts like Apple's iPhone, iOS, and iTunes App Store ecosystem. Nokia makes great hardware and Windows Phone is about as elegant a piece of software as Microsoft has ever written. That's a powerful combination -- if they can execute (and that's a big if).
Video after the break and for complete coverage see our sibling sites:
- WPCentral on Microsoft/Nokia alliance
- Nokia Experts on Nokia/Microsoft alliance
Then come back and let us know what you think, is the new Nokia Windows Phone going to be greater competition than the sum of its parts?

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