If what you say is true then Elop is a fool and the board is not as wise as you think. As a device manufacturer you would have to be on something really strong to talk both about fragmentation and device differentiation at the same time, it doesn't make any sense. Unless Nokia plan to be the only WP7 manufacturer. I don't think the board is as wise as you think they are unless they have some undisclosed grand master plan because every press release so far has been contradictory and quite frankly stupid.
In terms of (Windows Phone) doesn’t allow for the Sense UI or whatever, I would suggest that one of the biggest challenges facing that particular ecosystem is the fact that there is more and more of that going on. And when I go into the store and look at what that brand was supposed to stand for, I’m not quite seeing it — it’s just unclear what the standard is for the user experience.Stephen ElopNokia
“We don’t want fragmentation being introduced into Windows Phone because we are beginning to see how in a certain other eco-system that fragmentation becomes a problem.”-steven Elop “You don’t need a quad-core phone unless you want to keep your hands warm in your pocket. We’re believers in the experience so, fine you have this camera density and you have that camera density. Let’s put the pictures side-by-side and we’ll show which ones are better.”