Yep, those same analysts seem to think that Nokia should ditch Symbian and Meego and start building Android phones like others do. Problem is that most of those analysts seem to look at the issue from strictly US market point of view, which is not the whole picture. If Nokia is successful in most of other markets, they think that everything should be changed only to satisfy their view of US markets and effectively disregard everything else. This is why I take most of their analysis with grain (or ton) of salt.

Personally I don't care where the new CEO comes from. I only want Nokia to succeed (which is quite natural for stock holder), stay independent and keep their HQ in Finland. Elop seems to be a safe bet, I just hope he's capable of doing right things. If not, well... fortunately there won't be emotional barriers keeping from booting him out.