I agree, that's what made my suspicoin.

There is no direct quote from Elop. It's only the opinion of the author.
By the way, the only thing I can remember Elop saying is that this is the only MeeGo phone this year.

The Telenor carrier here in Norway is going crazy, I mean really batshit crazy, they were super quick to contact Nokia and make an exclusive deal to get it out in September and reserve the rights to be the only supplier of the phone throughout 2011.
They relly want this phone out on the market asap.