I think the very latest MeeGo news has changed everything. As I've said before, the n900 is a one-off. A pure transitional device. It's got a f*ckin' stylus for f*ck sake! Everyone raise their hands who think Nokia will ever use a resistive screen again in one of their high end devices. Okay, one guy. Sorry one guy, you're sh*t out of luck.

So, regardless of the OS, all Nokia handsets after the Missing Link, formally known as the n900, will and do have mainstream form factors. Now, combine that with the latest Qt eye candy. Cool, let's add in an OS. Take your pick: Symbian, MeeGo, Harmattan, LG's MeeGo, ..., etc. If Qt 4.7 can truly hide 98% of the OS from the application developer, f*ck Android. Again, with the latest MeeGo news, porting Android might have just gotten a hundred times easier. And without even knowing it, I could be a Symbian developer by this time next year.

Lastly, let's add in all the Symbian handsets that Nokia will sell in the next 18 months. There's no good reason why Nokia should throw in the OS towel at this point. Or ever, really.