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Apollo isn't competing with Maemo6x/N9, it is competing with iphone and Android. As it will be out only in Q3/Q4 it is so late to the party that it may as well not come. By then iphone 5 and quad core Android phone will be out.

Mango isn't even on par with current ios and Android 4 by a long shot. Here's an honest review of Mango by a reviewer who bought his own phone, not one given F.O.C. by Nokia. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...ia-800-goodbye

The prospect for WP7 is bleak. Nokia still hasn't released figures but some reports say it has sold far short of 1 million in Europe in Q4'11. This is a failure despite the huge marketing as even the N8 based on the sunset Symbian sold 4 million in its 1st Q. In India and China WP7 will fail (too many reasons to state here) while U.S. is the last great hope. The rest of the world including Oz doesn't care about WP7.

In U.S. the Nokia brand is associated with cheap flip phones for oldies while Microsoft is an unloved monopolist. WP7 penetration so far is only 5%. Will Lumia make it here? It better or Nokia is doomed. Another company will gobble up a weak and battered Nokia who bet on the wrong horse.
 

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