Symbian already had its chance to be the smartphone OS of choice for other OEMs, and they turned their backs on it. Similarly, there's been no legitimate attempts made at a MeeGo smartphone outside the N9 itself. The only real alternative to that would be an OEM that allows the customer to choose their OS of choice at point-of-sale, and that's a long way off, if ever even a possibility. If you don't like WP7, that's fine; vote with your wallet. Again, benefit of a capitalist marketplace. Nokia is using WP7 as its primary platform, much like Sony Ericsson & Motorola use Android. What Nokia are actually saying is "This is what we think the market would like to see in a product". They may be right, or they may be wrong; no reasonable conclusion can be derived yet. However, I am very willing to conclude that you're an idiot.