Nokia will sell more Windows Phones than it would have sold Meego 1.2 phones. And I presume M$ are paying them to do it.

Then again, if they went Droid, they'd be selling a ton of Android phones at the moment.

I don't know much about WP 7 but I presume it's faster than Android. With M$ unlimited cash, it's definitely got a future.

But in the long term, M$ will be taking their cut. Compare this with a Meego 1.3 that runs Android apps faster than Android does (using Alien Dalvik).

New versions of Android are adopted slowly so there's little problem with lagging behind. Also, Google are supposedly harmonising with Linux kernel again so that would make it easier.

With Nokia's advanced hardware and design, the phones are going to sell anyway. Users and journos notice that Meego apps are twice as fast as Android ones.

Frankly, it looks like they made the worst choice. The smart one would have been to sell both Android phones and Meego phones until they could run Droid on Meego.

In short, Android was never a threat to them. Rather it would have helped create an application base for Meego.