I'm sure this has been said before, but i'm worried just how Nokia is going to be able to further itself as a brand and company, given the fact it no longer has it's own OS

Nokia has always been known for innovating - and that's why i've always had so much respect for Nokia

The N9 was an innovation with Swipe - something that was an excellent idea, and should be used on ALL touchscreen phones

In the past, Nokia has had to write their OS's to support such features - but now that they're essentially a hardware maker, their ability to innovate is going to be severely hampered.

Having said that, there IS a possibility that WP8 will be absolutely amazing and blow everyone out of the water. But i highly doubt that - very much so