Random thought... Qualcomm makes the chips that will power this upcoming generation of Windows Phone 8 and had produced the prior chips that Nokia utilized (as well as the other WP7 handset manufacturers)...

Perhaps this is Qualcomm's way to get back at Nokia. Sell them on the old chipset, say it's the fastest chipset while withholding this upcoming chipset, sat back and laughed when Elop was saying that the Lumia 900 was the "real WP7 phone"...

If so. Well played Qualcomm... well played. That'll teach anybody to take you to court for so long...