I can't see how Amazon can be gaining anything from this whole fiasco. They are losing customers left and right and getting more bad publicity in the past month than they did in the last 5 years.

Nokia, on the other hand, is making some quick gains by stealing customers from its retailers. This may help them in the short run (Q4 reports) but is a risky game to play in the long run (Amazon, Buy.com and others will not be delighted to work with them again).

My guess is that Amazon cannot disclose the terms of their agreement with Nokia, but basically Nokia has them by the *****, and is squeezing real hard.