The author of the article threw away his/her credibility by saying Nokia had abandoned symbian 3 and 4 efforts when that is clearly not what has happened. Finds it difficult to take them seriously.

Also let's wait to see how well N8 does before deciding that Nokia is dead in the smartphone sector. I suspect globally it will sell just as good as many of the high end android devices (though personally I prefer the android devices to symbian).

I suspect the article is about Nokia becoming a force in the Us smartphone sector. Globally they seem a force enough even with crappy devices like N97. Nokia is not going to be a force in the US with symbian. It is just too ugly for that. Let's give Meego a chance before we say Nokia needs to embrace android. However, even if Nokia's meego phone fails in the US I suspect it will be a success globally so why would Nokia need Android even then. The world is a far far far bigger place than the US, contrary to what many in the US seem to think.